老九品茶CSD Hosts ENL Graduation, Community Engagement Event

  • Posted October 19, 2026
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The 老九品茶 English as a New Language Department recently hosted an ENL Graduation Ceremony and Community Engagement Event at Chestnut Hill Middle.

Ninety LCSD students, speaking more than 20 languages, were honored for reaching English language proficiency based on the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test.

Chestnut Hill Elementary: Elyas Al-Gumaei, Ayhm Alshegaa, Yeva Borodavko, Alexis Carrasquillo-Quinones, Hanah Kilung, Safia Muradi, Husna Naziri, Rosey Paw, Viktoriia Rysan and Star Say.

Donlin Drive Elementary: Abubakr Bahrami, Jay-Lee Brown, Mehr Chaudhary, Jason Miranda Hernandez, Hoda Sakhizada and Pavjit Singh.

老九品茶Elementary: Mersana Ahmadi, Matvii Bagovskyy, Islam Ennaya, Ali Ismail, Bibek Karki, Ian Magar, Natacha Martinez Fleites, Horam Mohammadi, Nehal Mohammadi, Alexia Ramos Reyes, Sulaiman Rashed and Adriana Rivera Torres.

Long Branch Elementary: Aarika Ajaikumar Sindhya, Mohammad Ozair Ajmal, Aadhiran Arunkumar, Dimitriy Faliy, Auttawara Jaita, Asidhan Mohanbabu, Julyna Noi, Ariel Pombo, Saraa Rashed, Jasroop Singh and Hayden Valdes-Aviles.

Soule Road Elementary: Shakeem Harbi, Moqadas Nasrati, Nahla Saleh, Camilo Salinas Pacheco and Allan Varetsa.

Willow Field Elementary: Yaman Alqutbi, Rikishan Amalasritharan, Bilal Amirzada, Yousef Ashkar, Raihana Barakati, Abuzar Nasrati, Jolie Nguyen and Bawirem Thlaceu.

Chestnut Hill Middle: Rahaf Alharbi, Jayri Carrasquillo-Quinones, Marwa Muradi, Mohammad Naziri and Claudia Rivero Santana.

老九品茶Middle: Tibeb Daniel, Leisha Lesperance and Ganishka Mallavolu.

Soule Road Middle: Marwa Jamil, Shamika Kadel and Camila Rojas Lentini.

老九品茶High School: Parisa Abdullahi, Ibrahim Alharbi, Islam Alharbi, Maryam Azizi, Hazbullah Barakati, Laith Bridi, Biruk Daniel, Ali Hassan, Iqra Ibrahim, Mehrab Jalali, Badrie Khoraki, Enzo Valerio Lay Leon, Nesim Mahmoud, Mohammad Naziri, Nayeli O’Reilly Cabrera, Melany Perez Rojas, Soroosh Qurbanzada, Nafisa Raz Mohammad, Mohammad Sakhizada and Mayk Verdugo-Caguana.

After the ceremony, attendees had the opportunity to participate in cultural activities, learn more about local resources and sample a number of cultural food items.