Four Kenmore East High School students were awarded the S.T.A.R. Award by the Western New York Foreign Language Educators Council during the organization's 2019 S.T.A.R. (Student, Teacher And Recognition) Awards Dinner on June 5.

Receiving this distinction for foreign language studies were Kenmore East students Evan Haeick, Mayan Karpie-Jones, Shareen Abdallah, and Jessica Fink.

In addition, Jessica, Shareen, Mayan as well as Kenmore East student Ryan Swick each earned the "Seal of Biliterecy" for their Spanish language achievements.