WCCUSD Students to Receive Award for English Proficiency

More than 1,000 West County students will be recognized on May 21 for reaching academic and conversational fluency in English. The West Contra Costa Unified School District will host it 13th annual Reclassification Ceremony.

The students, formerly "English learners," have achieved proficiency in English skills to a level to be "reclassified and no longer considered "English learners."

"These students have mastered both academic and conversational English and have met the state and district criteria for fluent English proficiency," according to a school district statement.

The ceremony will take place 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on May 21 at the Richmond Civic Center Auditorium. It will be attended by students, parents and educators. It is intended to "recognize the accomplishment of mastery of English, a feat that is often undervalued, but which requires enormous effort and dedication from students, parents and educators," according to the statement.