Parents of ELL Students Attend a Bilingual 'Getting to Know Your School' at Framingham High

Framingham High School’s English as a Second Language (ESL)/Bilingual Department welcomed more than 30 parents and family members and a few of their children to Framingham High School on March 2, to learn about the school, the staff, the ESL/Bilingual program, the services and opportunities available for students.

With interpreting services provided by Framingham High colleagues Catilsa Indresano and Violeta Zamora and the assistance of ESL/Bilingual teacher Eli Driscoll, ESL/Bilingual teacher Mark Spillane presented an overview of Framingham High to Spanish and Portuguese speaking parents of recently arrived English Language Learners.

This outreach effort was in response to the extraordinarily large number of students who have enrolled in Framingham High since the start of the school year last August.

Mark Spillane organized the evening to welcome the families to the Framingham High community

“We feel it is important to give these newly arrived parents an opportunity to participate in the school’s mission and continue to strengthen the lines of communication and the connections between the school and the bilingual community," said District Bilingual Director Genoveffa Grieci.

The Framingham High ESL/Bilingual staff participating in the event, as well as Department Chair Rosemary Jebari, welcomed this opportunity to communicate how appreciative we all are to be associated with such a diverse, collaborative community, said Grieci.