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Major Languages for MCPS Schools

The languages listed for each school are those for whom ten or more speakers could be identified based on data available on October 3, 2008. This data is from the weekly report after the official enrollment census for the 2009 school year. The available data is known to be incomplete, but the most accurate currently available. If local school administrators have more complete data, they should contact the Language Assistance Services Unit (LASU). For specific requests for languages not listed, contact the LASU.

For some languages, you may need specific fonts to be able to read and format documents when you receive them. You can follow this link to find a list of fonts for major languages recommended by the Language Assistance Services Unit. For other languages contact the LASU directly.

Translation Coordinators for MCPS Worksites

The translation coordinators listed for each school or office have been trained to use the Translation Request System to submit documents to the Language Assistance Services Unit for translation. Each worksite name is a link to the MCPS directory page for the worksite to facilitate access to contact information for the translation coordinators. As administrators identify new persons to serve their units as translation coordinators, tutorials for translation coordinators are available online. If your school does not have a translation coordinator, please contact María Elena Escobar, LASU publications manager. Ms. Escobar will create credentials for the new coordinator.

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School Worksites

SchoolCoordinatorLanguages
Alternative Programs, (central office and all program sites) Melinda Bredow, Cynthia KiserSpanish
Arcola ESWendy SmithSpanish, Vietnamese
Argyle MSCharlease Hyman Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Amharic, Portuguese
Ashburton ESMarjorie Jacobs Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese
John T Baker MS Teresa Haines, Romana Lawrowycz, Cindy LowethSpanish
Benjamin Banneker MS Josie McCathorine Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Amharic, Urdu
Bannockburn ES Indu SahaSpanish
Lucy V Barnsley ES Spanish, Vietnamese
Beall ES Jeffrey Hacker, Linda Hoffsis, Paula Puglisi, Lori Sokolowski Spanish, Chinese, Russian
Bel Pre ES Martha Greenleaf, Mary Jane Samwell, Angela Ford Spanish, French, Amharic
Bells Mill ES Spanish, French, Chinese
Belmont ESPeter BraySpanish
Betheda ESLisa SeymourSpanish
Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS Joan Davis, Ana Taffo Spanish, French, Amharic, Tagalog
Beverly Farms ES Denice Etheridge, Sharon IllanesSpanish, Chinese
Montgomery Blair HS Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Amharic, Tagalog, Urdu, Hindi, Haitian Creole
James Hubert Blake HS Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Cambodian (Khmer)
Bradley Hills ES Spanish, French
Briggs Chaney MS Kelli Petty Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Amharic, Urdu
Broad Acres ES Martiza Buitrago, Catherine RandallSpanish, French, Vietnamese
Brooke Grove ES John Moran Spanish
Brookhaven ES Joan Mahaffey, Kelly Morris, Isabel Vidal Spanish, French, Amharic, Tagalog
Brown Station ESKimberly SchultzSpanish
Burning Tree ESAaron TarkSpanish, Japanese
Burnt Mills ESDeborah García, Aleyda Portillo-Holsey, Carolina Pinkney Spanish, French, Amharic
Burtonsville ESTagreed Dubbaneh Spanish, Chinese, French, Amharic, Urdu, Twi (Akan)
Cabin John MSJudith MillsSpanish, Chinese
Candlewood ESDaniel Yip Spanish, Korean
Cannon Road ESSusan Warner Spanish, French, Vietnamese
Carderock Springs ES Chinese
Rachel Carson ESCathrine Shinn Spanish, Chinese, Russian
Cashell ESLita Yates, Coleen PaulSpanish
Cedar Grove ESJoan ZimmermanSpanish, Chinese
Chevy Chase ES Spanish
Winston Churchill HS Spanish, Chinese, Korean
Clarksburg ESDiane FellSpanish, Chinese, Korean
Clarksburg HS Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Urdu, Hindi
Clearspring ES Carla Ramdat Spanish
Roberto W Clemente MSEllen Berman, Linda Ramos Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Urdu
Clopper Mill ES Spanish
Cloverly ES Spanish, Vietnamese
Cold Spring ES Chinese
College Gardens ES Constance Boorstein, Diane HennessySpanish, Chinese
Cresthaven ESMarty Sherrill Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Amharic
Captain James E Daly ES

Alison Dennison

Spanish, French
Damascus ESDelyza HowardSpanish
Damascus HS Kristan NelsonSpanish
Darnestown ES Spanish
Diamond ESLinda GrundySpanish, Chinese, Russian, Telugu
Dr Charles R Drew ES Gail Scott-Parizer, Jorina Zuber, Anne Marie Foerster Luu Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese
Dufief ES Suzanne Pape Spanish, Chinese, Russian
East Silver Spring ESMerida Friedman, Jean CouchmanSpanish, French, Amharic
Eastern MS Kathy Kohler, Herenia López, Chirs MerkleSpanish, French, Vietnamese, Amharic
Albert Einstein HSEdith Perona, Orisbeth Zavala Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Amharic, Tagalog, Urdu
Fairland ESSusan MeyersSpanish, French, Vietnamese, Amharic
Fallsmead ESVajda Simone Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Hindi
Farmland ES   Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Hebrew
William H Farquhar MSHeather Sobieralski Spanish, Vietnamese
Fields Road ESMarjorie Vanterpool, Kimberly SantoraSpanish, Chinese
Flower Hill ESPatti BoccabelloSpanish, French, Urdu
Flower Valley ESHelen VélezSpanish
Forest Knolls ES Louise Melson, Iris Quinteros, Ana Pineda Spanish, Vietnamese
Forest Oak MSGail Gilpin, Donna McCarthySpanish, French
Fox Chapel ESDelmy Martínez, Kathryn ThebergeSpanish, Chinese
Robert Frost MSEileen Lisker, Jerry ScottiSpanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian
Gaithersburg ESMegan MooreSpanish, French
Gaithersburg MSMaria BoichinSpanish, French
Gaithersburg HS Kathryn Liapis, Susan Frishman, Myrian Fuentes Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Tagalog
Galway ES Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Amharic,
Garrett Park ESPatricia Rodgers, Sally Brogan Spanish, Russian, Japanese
Georgian Forest ESAdeline De Pola, Kathleen McDaniel, Tamara AugerSpanish, French
Germantown ESLaurie LyonsSpanish, French
William B Gibbs, Jr ESJessica Medeiros Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese
Glen Haven ESJennifer Hirst, Allison Green Spanish, French, Vietnamese
Glenallan ES Deborah Lee, Leslie Chavis, Christy Welsh Spanish, French, Vietnamese
Goshen ES Ann Wickson, Amanda Friedman, Monique Godfrey Spanish, French, Urdu
Great Seneca Creek ES Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Urdu
Greencastle ES Linda KuhnSpanish, French, Vietnamese, Amharic
Greenwood ES Spanish
Harmony Hills ESRosemary Hess, Kathleen Marsh, Marlene Pineda, Glenda OvalleSpanish, Portuguese
Highland ES Melissa Wilkins, Courtney Lust, Michelle Piket Spanish, Vietnamese
Highland View ESStephanie Ulaky, Katherine Segal Spanish, French, Amharic
Herbert Hoover MS Linda Schultz Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean
Jackson Road ES Caren Ferris, Terri Hawthorne, Rachna Rikhye Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Amharic
Walter Johnson HSKristin McKinney Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, Farsi, Japanese, Hebrew
Jones Lane ESLisa Fogle, Christine MooreSpanish, Chinese
Kemp Mill ES Ayana Shabazz-ManzanaresSpanish
John F Kennedy HS Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Amharic, Tagalog, Portuguese
Kensington-Parkwood ESWendy Engelson Spanish
Francis Scott Key MS Daniel WilsonSpanish, Vietnamese, Amharic
Martin Luther King Jr MSSally MacGregor Spanish
Kingsview MSElisabeth Gross Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Urdu
Lake Seneca ES Spanish, French
Lakelands Park MSLori Knight, Catherine TsakanikasSpanish, Chinese, Russian
Lakewood ESMichelle Fishman, Mary Beth FosterSpanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian
Laytonsville ES Spanish
Col E Brooke Lee MS Robyn Hart Spanish, French, Vietnamese
Little Bennett ES Cynthia Tuscano, Maria Smith, Arronza LaBatt Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean
A Mario Loiederman MSBarbara McGolrick, María Olego, Elena Ripkin, Ingrid Vargas, Alison SerinoSpanish, Tagalog
Longview School Spanish
Luxmanor ESBarbara McGorlik, Louise RosenSpanish, Korean, Japanese
Maryvale ESSusan NolteSpanish, French
Col Zadok Magruder HS Donte Gassaway-Fields, Damara Dockery Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Tagalog, Portuguese, Urdu, Hindi
Thurgood Marshall ESDara Franklin, Jessica Stephens, Pamela Nazzaro, Lakasha ThompsonSpanish
Spark M Matsunaga ESDonna Clark Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Hindi
S Christa McAuliffe ESMichele McGuire, Karen DiPeppeSpanish, French
Ronald McNair ESSherrin Sharpe Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Russian
Meadow Hall ESPaula McCord, Rita Peskowitz, Julie Tanen Spanish
Mill Creek Towne ESCory Herzog, Maria Young Spanish
Monocacy ESShari MotenSpanish
Richard Montgomery HSGloria Bustamanate Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Tagalog, Russian, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Thai, Burmese
Montgomery Knolls ESJohn Alcoba, Lillian Gascón Spanish, Vietnamese, Amharic
Montgomery Village MSKaren Kafka Spanish, French
Neelsville MS Spanish, French, Vietnamese
New Hampshire Estates ESAna Marroquín, Juana OrmenoSpanish, Amharic
Newport Mill MS Spanish, Amharic, Tagalog
Roscoe R Nix ESJulie Martínez, Linda TaylorSpanish, French, Vietnamese, Amharic
North Bethesda MSJacquie Davis, Milena Molina de ParraSpanish, French
North Chevy Chase ES Spanish
Northwest HSSandra Karis Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Urdu, Hindi, Farsi
Northwood HSAracelly González, Edward VelásquezSpanish, French, Vietnamese, Amharic
Oak View ESJames BrunoSpanish
Oakland Terrace ESJonathan Praff Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Amharic
Olney ES Spanish
William Tyler Page ES Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Amharic
Paint Branch HSDenise Brennen Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Amharic, Urdu, Hindi, Akan (Twi), Gujarati, Punjabi
Parkland MSLindsey Hill, Bonnie Metee Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Amharic, Tagalog
Rosa M Parks MSCatherine Fordham, Helen KreisSpanish
Pine Crest ES Kelly Chase, Jason Levine, Meredith CasperSpanish, Vietnamese
Piney Branch ESVictoria WelchSpanish, Amharic
John Poole MSCharlote Boucher Spanish
Poolesville ES Christina HarneySpanish
Poolesville HS Mary Hoponick Spanish, Chinese, Korean
Potomac ES Spanish
Thomas W Pyle MS Spanish, Chinese, Japanese
Quince Orchard HS Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Russian, Farsi
Redland MSCara Witmer, Susan Aubertin, Robert Sinclair, JrSpanish
Regional Institute for Children and AdolescentsNelcys MenocalSpanish
Judith A Resnik ES Kirsten Sage Spanish, Vietnamese
Dr Sally K Ride ES Barbara Walker, Beth Lauriat Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese
Ridgeview MSAlicia Newlands, Janet ParrishSpanish, Chinese
Ritchie Park ESBarbara BergerSpanish, Chinese
Rock Creek Forest ES Leta Willet Spanish
Rock Creek Valley ES Rebecca Barnard, Kathleen Carter, Michelle Cullather, Karen Halverstadt, Catherine JasperseSpanish
Rock Terrace School Shelley Malusky Spanish
Rock View ES Donna Gorjon, Nancy PetersonSpanish, Tagalog
Rockville HS Spanish, Chinese, French, Tagalog
Lois P Rockwell ESLaura Perrone, Cynthia Naugle Spanish, Chinese
Rocky Hill MSGeanine Saullo Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Urdu, Hindi
Rolling Terrace ES Spanish, Amharic
Rosemary Hills ESLinda Valenca, Angelin DonohueSpanish
Rosemont ESMayte Nusbaum Spanish, French, Portuguese
Carl Sandburg Learning CenterSusan Dowling, Penelope BustinSpanish
Seneca Valley HSJo Tyson, Leila Fahrner, María Faustino Pena Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Tagalog
Sequoyah ESRegina Quinn, Margaret VeithSpanish
Seven Locks ESCarol MeyerSpanish
Shady Grove MS Christina Cedeno, Charlease Hyman Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, Hindi
Sherwood ES Kimberly Soles Spanish
Sherwood HS Barbara Mills Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Amharic, Portuguese
R Sargent Shriver ESJanet Dunn, Elba LópezSpanish, Amharic, Tagalog, Portuguese
Silver Spring International MSLisa McGarrie Spanish, French, Amharic
Sligo Creek ES Spanish
Sligo MSKrystal Greenwood, Mary Atkinson, Dorothy JacksonSpanish
Somerset ESSusan StringhamSpanish, Chinese
South Lake ESMaggie Bass Spanish, French
Springbrook HS Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Amharic, Bengali, Haitian Creole
Stedwick ESDiane Adams Spanish, French, Tagalog
Stephen Knolls School Roseanne Robb, Vera MeySpanish
Stone Mill ESDebra Kunzle Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian
Stonegate ESMary TegethoffSpanish
Strathmore ES Spanish
Strawberry Knoll ES

Rosemary Ford, Frank Kaplan

Spanish, Vietnamese
Summit Hall ES Carmen Berríos, Christine Woodcock, Delma Pace, Idalia Palomo, Keith JonesSpanish
Takoma Park ESSandra Egan Spanish, French, Amharic
Takoma Park MS M. Carmen Martínez, Susan Levine, Maude Windsor, Marci Ponton Spanish, Chinese, Amharic
Tilden MSKathleen Terlep Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Japanese, Hebrew
Travilah ES Cynthia Dicey, Elizabeth ChungSpanish, Chinese, Russian
Twinbrook ES Mary Kapp, María Pilar AbarcaSpanish, Chinese, Tagalog
Viers Mill ESAna Nava, Laurie MoranSpanish, Tagalog
Washington Grove ESBetty Williams, Karen Nejati, Maria McClure, Natalie Reineke, Susan Barranger Spanish, French
Waters Landing ESHeather Jafari Spanish, French, Korean, Urdu
Watkins Mill ES   Spanish, French, Bengali
Watkins Mill HS Ann Moldenhauer, Linda Hogentogler, Ruthella Vangilder Spanish, French, Tagalog, Urdu, Nepali
Wayside ES Chinese
Weller Road ESAnna Saladino, Constance Leider, Griselda Corvoisier Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog
Julius West MS Sandra Beabout, Peggy ThompsonSpanish, Chinese, French, Russian
Westbrook ESJoan BlackSpanish
Westland MS Sara Berlott, Nancy ZegersSpanish
Westover ESAnita StopakSpanish
Wheaton HSNikki Bucci Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Amharic, Tagalog, Portuguese
Wheaton Woods ESSophia Anderson Spanish, Amharic, Tigrinya
Whetstone ESJennifer Popek, Nina KlauderSpanish
White Oak MS Margaret Geiser Kline, Rosa Ponce, Francisca LivingstonSpanish, French, Vietnamese
Walt Whitman HSSusan KatzSpanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Japanese
Earle B Wood MS Debra Hirrlinger, Cheryl Holdefer, Traci Townsend Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese
Wood Acres ES Julia Robertson Spanish
Woodfield ESRuth de la Viez, Gayle Starr Spanish
Woodlin ESMarjorie Bacon, Terri Hale Spanish, Amharic
Thomas S Wootton HS Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Farsi
Wyngate ES Karen Johnston Spanish, French

Office Worksites

Instructional Technology and Partnerships
OfficeCoordinatorLanguages
Accelerated and Enriched Instruction Elise Antoine, Joy LineberrySpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Applied ResearchCynthia LoebSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Board of Education Rebecca GibsonSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Chief Opperating Officer Sally Naas, Gabriele Von Nordheim (Athletics) Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Communications and Family OutreachMolly Hong, Juan CárdenasSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Consortia, Choice, and Application ProgramsMelanie Bachrach Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
ConstructionJoyce Jessell Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Curriculum and Instruction Mary Collins, Lizzett Contreras, Rosie Rámirez Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Deputy Superintendent of SchoolsLinda Lapkoff Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Early Childhood Disabilities/Child Find Debbie Downs, Bernadine Green, Lillian Ho, Margaret Hunter, Sara OvallesSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Early Childhood Programs and Services Joanna Miller, Lori Tecler, Elda Molina Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Enriched and Innovative ProgramsSandra WilsonSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Equity AssuranceMaria Bloom, Alison SteinfelsSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
ESOL/Bilingual Programs Rosa Santos, Ingrid Cangas, Dusia Ekzarkhov, Joycelyn Nelson, Beatrice Weiss, Diana Sayago Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Facilities Management Barbara Ruppel Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Family and Community PartnershipsGina Anazco, Lynn DeGroffe, Benjamin Lesnick, Trevor Liburd, Denise Stultz Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Food and Nutrition ServicesEllen GottSpanish, French, Amharic, Vietnamese, Chinese, Urdu, Tagalog, Portuguese, Bengali, Korean, Haitian Creole, Arabic, Tigrinya, Twi, Farsi
FoundationsJudyn RengersSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Help DeskLynnet AndersonSpanish, Chinese, Vietnamese
Infants and Toddlers Program Kathy Ray, Lourdes Garcia Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Instructional Programs Deborah Stott, Karen CaroscioSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Instructional Technology and Partnerships Genevieve FloydSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Instructional TelevisionDavid Frey, Eric Van RyzinSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Long-Range Planning Deborah Szyfer, Lynda Tanner Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Outdoor and Environmental Education ProgramsVicki Frank, Laurie BrickerSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Physical DisabilitiesKathryn DavisSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Placement and Assessment Services Suzanne DeCicco, Donna Hardy, Priscilla Miller, Marie Moise, Audrey Rothman, Cynthia Sadur Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Prekindergarten/Head Start Programs Christine RogewitzSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Amharic
Public Information Eleni Kretikos, Gladis Martínez, Vickie Walter, Bonnie Supinski, Lesli Maxwell, Christopher Cram Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Reporting and Regulatory AccountabilityHarriet PotoskySpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Residency and International AdmissionsBeatriz Arce, Patricia TorresSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean, Amharic
Safe and Drug Free SchoolsYin MeiSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
School Energy and Recycling TeamBarbara RuppelSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
School PerformanceConsuelo TippinsSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
School Plant Operations June Acha Morfaw, John Colmes, Angel García-AblanqueSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
School-Based Instruction and AchievementPatricia EastSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
School-Based Special Education ServicesKathy KolanSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Special Education OperationsBarbara HasteSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Staff Development InitiativesSandra Duval, Andrew GoldbergerSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Student Services Genie Harman, Becky Holland, Sandy Marmol KreisbergSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Support Services TrainingLinda SeeleySpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Testing Unit María DíazSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Title I Ana GudielSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Transition Services Ann Lindsey, Kathy KolanSpanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
TransportationRosa Lieberman Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Transportation Support Services Patricia Johnson, Jorge Trejo Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean
Transportation–Shady Grove South DepotKomlanvi Agopome Spanish, Chinese, French, Vietnamese, Korean