THIS IS THE WEBSITE FOR GREENE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS' ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER (ELL) DEPARTMENT.  IT CONTAINS DEPARTMENT INFORMATION, TRANSLATED DOCUMENTS, RESOURCES, AND LINKS FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS. 

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 145 ELLs IN OUR FIVE SCHOOLS. 

THE FOLLOWING 20 LANGUAGES ARE REPRESENTED IN OUR DISTRICT: ARABIC, CHINESE, GREEK, GUJARATI, HINDI, ITALIAN, LAO, KAREN, MALAYALAM, POLISH, SPANISH, SWAHILI, TAGALOG, TAMIL, TELUGU, THAI, TURKISH, UKRANIAN, URDU, AND VIETNAMESE.

THE ELL LEVELS ARE AS FOLLOWS: LEVEL 1 = ENTERING;  LEVEL 2 = BEGINNING; LEVEL 3 = DEVELOPING; LEVEL 4 = EXPANDING; LEVEL 5 = BRIDGING; LEVEL 6 = REACHING.  

ANDREA WHITMARSH IS THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AND IS LOCATED AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE BUILDING. SHE CAN BE REACHED AT 434-985-5254 and awhitmarsh@greenecountyschools.com.

EMILY ELLIOTT IS THE ELL COORDINATOR AND TEACHES K-5 ELLs. SHE IS AT GREENE COUNTY PRIMARY (434-985-5279) AND NATHANAEL GREENE ELEMENTARY (434-985-5275) MONDAYS-TUESDAYS. SHE IS AT RUCKERSVILLE ELEMENTARY (434-985-1472) WEDNESDAYS-FRIDAYS. SHE CAN ALSO BE REACHED AT eelliott@greenecountyschools.com.

KIM BREINING IS THE ELL TEACHER FOR WILLIAM MONROE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. SHE IS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ON MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS. SHE CAN BE REACHED AT 434-985-1311 AND kbreining@greenecountyschools.com.

THE GREENE COUNTY SPANISH-SPEAKERS' HOTLINE IS AT 434-985-1356. PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE AND EMILY ELLIOTT WILL RETURN YOUR CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.