Interpreter Services
The ELD program employs language specialists, bilingual specialists and staff who speak more than 15 different languages.
Language specialists assist families with registration/orientations and provide interpretation and translation services. They also help facilitate communication between the school and the home in the primary language of MLs families as needed.
Bilingual specialists provide instructional support for MLs.
Language | Name | Office Hours | Desk Phone | Cell Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
English | Debbie Battista | 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. | (509) 354-6263 | NA |
العربية Arabic | Areej Al Abbasi | 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | (509) 354-5661 | NA |
Burmese | Ma Win Tain | 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | (509) 354-5656 | (509) 598-9561 |
français French | Dean Batuma | 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | (509) 354-5663 | NA |
Karen | Ma Win Tain | 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | (509) 354-5656 | (509) 598-9561 |
Marshallese | Doresty Daniel | 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | (509) 354-5647 | (509) 598-9532 |
русский Russian | Anna David | 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | (509) 354-5650 | NA |
español Spanish | Vacant | 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | (509) 354-5653 | NA |
Kiswahili Swahili Kirundi/Kinyarwanda |
| 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | (509) 354-5663 | NA |