Bilingual Family Specialists - Arlington Public Schools

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Bilingual Family Specialists support families by explaining school practices, policies, and procedures.
As well as providing information about available resources, services, and programs within the school and the community.

Here are some of the ways the BFS supports student success:

Establish relationships and support cultural understanding.

Create a welcoming environment.

Facilitate and Support communication between school staff and families.

Advocate parent concerns

Empower families & support engagement.

Parent groups and workshops

Share school & community resources.

Referrals to non-profits & county programs

Contact your school’s BFS!

Elementary Schools

SCHOOL	NAME	SCHOOL PHONE (703) 228-	CELL PHONE	EMAIL
Abingdon	Caty Branco	6650/8453	703-969-0758	Caty.branco@apsva.us
Arl Science Focus	Danielle Anctil	NA	NA	Danielle.anctil@apsva.us
Ashlawn (.5)	Celia Arnade	8292	703-969-1331	Celia.arnade@apsva.us
Arlington Traditional (.49)	Victoria Metz	6290	703-969-4105	Victoria.metz@apsva.us
Arlington Traditional (.5)	Zaya Coughlin		703-969-3857	Mungunzaya.coughlin@apsva.us
Barcroft	Marcelo Ribera	8106	571-327-6875	Juan.riberamendoza@apsva.us
Barrett	Patrizia Gestro	8530		Patrizia.gestro@apsva.us
Campbell	Joyce Navia Penaloza	8442	571-970-7867	Joyce.naviapenaloza@apsva.us
Cardinal (.2)	Maria Montas	2293	703-969-3725	Maria.Montas@apsva.us
Carlin Springs (.3)	Beronica Salas	NA	703-969-0253	Beronica.salas@apsva.us
Carlin Springs	Sitlally Orozco	8407	571-545-3878	Sitlally.orozco@apsva.us
Carlin Springs (.5)	Lairet Rosario	NA	571-545-3596	Lairet.rosario@apsva.us
Claremont	Haydee Colon Jennings	2504	703-969-3101	Haydee.colon@apsva.us
Drew (.5)	Evin M. Rodríguez	8127	703-969-2633	Evin.rodriguez@apsva.us
Drew (.5)	Marlene Alvarez Zuniga	8137	571-289-6550	Marlene.alvarez@apsva.us
Fleet	Lidia Reyes	8203	703-969-3682	Lidia.reyes@apsva.us
Glebe (.2)	Ana Berónica Salas	2176	703-969-0253	Beronica.salas@apsva.us
Hoffman-Boston	Augusto Wayar	8607	703-969-0274	Augusto.wayar@apsva.us

Innovation	Yazmin Murray	2710	571-388-7065	Yazmin.murray@apsva.us
Escuela Key	Marta Gómez	8915	703-969-3778	Marta.gomez@apsva.us
Long Branch (.5)	Evin Rodriguez	4220	703-969-2633	Evin.rodriguez@apsva.us
Montessori (.5)	Henry Cardenas	8802	571-327-4593	Henry.cardenas@apsva.us
Oakridge	Hanim Magzoub	8826	703-969-2954	Hanim.magzoub@apsva.us
Randolph
Taylor (.2)	Celia Arnade	NA	703-969-1331	Celia.arnade@apsva.us

Middle Schools

SCHOOL	NAME	SCHOOL PHONE (703) 228-	CELL PHONE	EMAIL
Gunston	Maria Romero	6930	571-289-0065	Maria.romero2@apsva.us
Hamm (.5)	Henry Cardenas	2928	571-327-4593	Henry.cardenas@apsva.us
Jefferson	Irma DeLeon Veliz	5890	571-481-7222	Irma.deleonveliz@apsva.us
Kenmore	Noemi Yerovi	6788	703-969-3963	Noemi.yerovi@apsva.us
Kenmore (.5)	Kaytleth Farino		571-603-5947	Kaytleth.Farino@apsva.us
Swanson	Nohra Rodriguez	5507	571-249-0981	Nohra.rodriguez@apsva.us

High Schools/Programs

SCHOOL	NAME	SCHOOL PHONE (703) 228-	CELL PHONE	EMAIL
H.B. Woodlawn	Laura Martin Marzo	6366	571-603-5952	Laura.martinmarzo@apsva.us
Yorktown	Erika Ryan	5392	571-329-5042	Erika.ryan@apsva.us
Yorktown (.5)	Zaya Coughlin			Mungunzaya.coughlin@apsva.us
Wakefield	Eddy Guerrero	6729	703-969-2512	Eddy.guerrero@apsva.us
Wakefield	Carlos Murillo	6703	703-969-0367	Carlos.murillo@apsva.us
Wakefield	Martha Heredia	6748	703-969-3780	Martha.heredia@apsva.us
Wakefield	Denise Raxtun Vicente	6737	571-603-5951	Denise.raxtunvicente@apsva.us
Washington-Liberty	Jimmy Carrasquillo	6239	703-969-3329	Jimmy.carrasquillo@apsva.us
Washington-Liberty	David Hernández	6268	703-969-1791	David.hernandez@apsva.us
Washington-Liberty (.5)	Lairet Rosario	6266	571-545-3596	Lairet.rosarionunez@apsva.us
Arl. Career Center	Yesenia Martinez	5732	703-969-4203	Yesenia.martinez@apsva.us
ACHS – (Day)	Daniel Castillo	8227	703-969-1755	Daniel.castillo@apsva.us
ACHS – (Evening)	David Hernández	5350	703-969-1791	David.hernandez@apsva.us