English Learners
Medford Public Schools
English Learners (EL) Department
Paul Teixeira, EL District Director
pteixeira@medford.k12.ma.us
489 Winthrop Street
Medford, MA 02155
Phone: 781-393-2130
EL Staff
EL/Title III District Director
Paul Teixeira
pteixeira@medford.k12.ma.us
781-393-2130
Assessment Specialist/Lead Teacher
Jessie Reinold
jreinold@medford.k12.ma.us
781-393-2306
EL Administrative Assistant
Ghislaine Pinto
781-393-2130
District Translators
Raoul BonBon – Haitian Creole
781-987-2296
Genevieve Yung – Portuguese
781-987-2297
Brooks Elementary School
Adelaine Oliveira Cahill – Newcomers Grade 1
Allison Kennedy – Newcomers Grade 2
Lisa White – Pull-Out
Columbus Elementary School
Jason Drinkwater – Pull-Out
Victoria Melo – Pull-Out
Kathrine Rockwell – Pull-Out
McGlynn Elementary School
Theresa Castagnetti – EL Lead Teacher/Pull-Out
Sara Dion – Pull-Out
Kettj Fiorentino – Pull-Out
Roberts Elementary School
Melissa Kalenderian – Newcomers Grade 3
Florence Hamilton – Newcomers Grade 4
Christine Hingston – Newcomers Grade 5
Amanda Davis – Pull-Out
Amy Relihan – Pull-out
Adriana Colbert – EL Classroom Aide
Gabby DeCosta – EL Classroom Aide
McGlynn Middle School
Emma Rengal – 6A
Peter Sipe – 6B
May Abuhasan – 7A
Ameerah Saker – 7B
Anne McDonough – 8A
Sabrina Jaeger – 8B
Medford High School
Lisa Beaulieu – SEI Bio and Co-taught Geometry
Melissa McIntyre – EL Social Studies
Matthew McKenna – EL Life Science and EL Language Arts
Gia Nguyen – EL Algebra
Emily Pellini – EL Language Arts
Amie Saulnier – EL Language Arts
Catherine Vigue – EL Language Arts and EL CTE Program Support
We are proud to host the ELL Give Back Program that is designed to help new students successfully transition to Medford High School. Please go to this website for videos that give valuable information on how to be successful at Medford High School. Our videos, all made by current Medford students, are translated into Arabic, Haitian Creole, Mandarin , Vietnamese, Portuguese and Spanish.
Go to the following link and choose your own language under “Videos” in the top menu: https://elgiveback.weebly.com/
Translator/Interpreter Services
All parents are entitled to translator services if necessary. We have Haitian-Creole, and Portuguese interpreters in house. Other languages are available upon request, but may have to wait until the district can contact outside services.
Spanish
Si usted necesita un documento escolar traducido a su propio idioma, llame el Departamento EL, 781-393-2348.
Portuguese
Se precisar de um documeto escolar traduzido ou mais informações sobre o nosso programa, ligue para Genevieve Yung, tradutora Portuguesa, 781-987-2297.
Haitian Creole
Si w bezwen yon entpret pou tradui enformas yon sa a pou wou, souple rele nan nimewo telefon a Raoul Bobon tradiktè kreyòl ayisyen, 781-987-2296.
Medford Coordinated Program Review Report
