K-12 English Language Development (ELD) Program

"One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way."  -Frank Smith

The Walled Lake Schools English Language Development (ELD) program serves over 1100 students that are learning English or come from homes in which a language other than English is spoken. Services are provided to meet the individual needs of the students and may include ELD classes or support from our ELD teacher and/or paraeducators in or out of the classroom.  

Our ELD staff includes 1 program coordinator, 1 program assistant, 9 ELD Teachers, and 30 highly-trained ELD Pareducators, many of whom are bilingual.

There are more than 80 languages represented in the Walled Lake District. Our three major languages other than English are Arabic, Japanese, and Spanish. We value our cultural and linguistic diversity!

WLCSD ELD Program Handbook 

For more information please contact:

Kallee Iverson, ELD Program Coordinator, at (248) 956-2093 or kalleeiverson@wlcsd.org

Dawn Trescone-Forgacs, ELD Program Assistant, at (248) 956-2091 or dawntrescone-forgacs@wlcsd.org 

For information about our Adult ELD Program please call (248) 956-5020.

Please find a complete list of bilingual Walled Lake Schools ELD staff below:


Wafa Dickow  - Walnut Creek Middle     (248) 956-2428

Zahraa Ezat - Walled Lake Central High     (248) 956-4739

Nahrain Hamama - Pleasant Lake Elementary     (248) 956-2803

Amanda Yono - Pleasant Lake Elementary     (248) 956-2803

 

 

Wafa Dickow - Walnut Creek Middle     (248) 956-2428

Nahrain Hamama - Pleasant Lake Elementary     (248) 956-2803

Van Yacoub - Hickory Woods Elementary     (248) 956-2864

Amanda Yono - Pleasant Lake Elementary     (248) 956-2803

 

Simone Hock - Oakley Park Elementary     (248) 956-2784

Lily Basu - Banks Middle     (248) 956-2268

Mary Locke - Walled Lake Elementary     (248) 956-4325

Hiromi Fulton - Walled Lake Central High     (248) 956-4739

Tomoko Hirakawa - Twin Sun Early Childhood Center and Wixom Elementary

Emi Nakanishi - Meadowbrook Elementary     (248) 956-2711

Nahoko Ohta - Hickory Woods Elementary     

Toshiko Terakado - Guest Elementary     (248) 956- 3321

Naho Tsuchiya - Geisler Middle     (248) 956-5290
 

 

Maria Hodorogea - Walled Lake Central High School     (248) 956-4774

Maria Aljaksina - Loon Lake Elementary     (248) 956-4007

Anna Berkovich - Walnut Creek Middle     (248) 956-2491

Raisa Kumming - Wixom Elementary     (248) 956-3449

 

 


 


Alma Aguirre - Walled Lake Elementary     (248) 956-4325

Ana Campos de Robles - Guest Elementary     (248) 956-3321

Diana Cantalamisa - Wixom Elementary     (248) 956-3437

Sandra Coronoado Orozco - Hickory Woods Elementary (248) 956-2624

Michelle Fishback - Commerce Elementary, Keith Elementary, Smart Middle School

Rosy Garza - Sarah Banks Middle     (248) 956-2238

Mary Montemayor - Geisler Middle School      (248) 956-2914

Iraida Molina-Riva - Walled Lake Western High School     (248) 956-4471

Stephanie Ramirez - Geisler Middle School     (248) 956-2971

Marlene Ramos-Flores - Hickory Woods Elementary

Rafael Servin - Hickory Woods Elementary     (248) 956-2624

Jeri Snyder - Meadowbrook Elementary     (248) 956-2711

Maria Torres-Aguilar - Twin Sun Early Childhood Center

 

Lily Basu - Sarah Banks Middle     (248) 956-2268