ELD/Bilingual Programs → Counseling Services
EML Therapeutic Counselors (ETC) provide counseling services to Emergent Multilingual Learners (EML) in grades Pre-K through 12. Counselors support students from a cross-cultural perspective so they can succeed academically and adjust to a new social and cultural environment while helping them stay meaningfully connected to their culture. The ETCs are a diverse team of professionals who provide counseling services districtwide and are located in schools offering intensive English services.
Our services include, but are not limited to:
We recognize the importance of supporting your child and can help you with questions or concerns that may arise during the school year.
To access EML Therapeutic Counseling services:
ETCs can also provide support in the languages listed below. Please send an email to one of the ETCs listed below for assistance.
SCHOOL |
LEVEL |
ETC CONTACT |
---|---|---|
Arcola |
ES |
Lorena Gonzalez |
Argyle |
MS |
Edelle Jean |
Bel Pre |
ES |
Leocadie Bader |
Bethesda-Chevy Chase |
HS |
Thomas Le |
Blake, James Hubert |
HS |
Nazareth Aregai |
Brown Station |
ES |
Tekshia Innocent |
Clarksburg |
HS |
Esther Wei |
Clemente, Roberto W. |
MS |
Maya Vakas |
Eastern |
MS |
Monica Pimienta |
Farmland |
ES |
Leocadie Bader |
Forest Oak |
MS |
Ana Rivas |
Gaithersburg |
ES |
Zahra Dorranian |
Gaithersburg |
MS |
Norca Yarborough |
Galway |
ES |
Girma Yeshanew |
Georgian Forest |
ES |
Walter Marroquin |
Harmony Hills |
ES |
Vickie Kwong |
Kemp Mill |
ES |
Tekshia Innocent |
Key, Francis Scott |
MS |
Zahra Dorranian |
Lakelands Park |
MS |
Joy Lee |
Leleck, JoAnn at Broad Acres | ES | Elisabeth Fisher |
Loiederman, A. Mario |
MS |
Elisabeth Fisher |
Magruder, Col. Zadok |
HS |
Ana Rivas |
Montgomery Village |
MS |
Norca Yarborough |
Neelsville |
MS |
Rina Chaves |
New Hampshire Estates |
ES |
Girma Yeshanew |
Newport Mill |
MS |
Edelle Jean |
Nix, Roscoe R. | ES | Maya Vakas |
Northwest |
HS |
Victoria Alvarado |
Paint Branch |
HS |
Jocelyn Reyes-Escobar |
Parkland |
MS |
Tamar Hill |
Ridgeview |
MS |
Monica Valencia |
Rock View |
ES |
Lorena Gonzalez |
Rocky Hill |
MS |
Tamar Hill |
Rolling Terrace |
ES |
Evelyn Montecinos |
Seneca Valley |
HS |
Esther Wei |
Shannon, Odessa |
MS |
Marvin Rivas-Perez |
Sherwood |
HS |
Elizabeth Miguel |
Shriver, Sargent |
ES |
Ashley Vergara |
Silver Spring International |
MS |
Nazareth Aregai |
Singer, Flora M. |
ES |
Leocadie Bader |
Sligo |
MS |
Monica Pimienta |
South Lake |
ES |
Jocelyn Reyes-Escobar |
Summit Hall |
ES |
Monica Valencia |
Tilden |
MS |
Vickie Kwong |
Tubman, Harriet R. |
ES |
Elizabeth Miguel |
Twinbrook |
ES |
Marvin Rivas-Perez |
Viers Mill |
ES |
Ashley Vergara |
Watkins Mill |
ES |
Joy Lee |
Weller Road |
ES |
Thomas Le |
West, Julius |
MS |
Rina Chaves |
Wheaton Woods |
ES |
Walter Marroquin |
Whetstone |
ES |
Maya Vakas |
Wood, Earle B. |
MS |
Evelyn Montecinos |
LANGUAGE |
ETC |
---|---|
Amharic |
Nazareth Aregai |
Cantonese |
Vickie Kwong |
Farsi |
Zahra Dorranian |
French |
Leocadie Bader |
Haitian Creole |
Tekshia Innocent |
Hebrew |
Tamar Hill |
Korean |
Joy Eunjung Lee |
Mandarin Chinese |
Vickie Kwong |
Portuguese |
Elisabeth Fisher |
Spanish |
Victoria Alvarado |
Tigrinya |
Nazareth Aregai |
Vietnamese |
Thomas Le |