Connections to school & home
Students often enter the EL program with little ability to express themselves or sometimes to comprehend essential information that we need to go home. We have a team of professionals whose job it is to help us express necessary information and who can help us negotiate cultural issues that crop up.
If you have a bsd account, you can request help from the Liaison Help Desk Form.
If you have a bsd account, you can request help from the Liaison Help Desk Form.
Meet the Multilingual Liaison staff
Nijaza SemicCoordinator,
Bosnian 
Zaharo AdenIAA, SA & HMS
Maay Maay & Somali |
Hawa AbdiEES, EMS, Smith & Flynn
Somali 
Krishna BhandariEES, EMS, Flynn, HMS, Smith,
Nepali |
Noor BulleChamplain & BHS
Maay Maay & Somali 
Alicia Araja-Van DykSmith, Flynn, HMS, BHS
Kirundi, Swahili & French |
Son DoDistrictwide,
Vietnamese 
ChaCha NgungaEES/EMS, IAA & BHS
Kirundi, Swahili, Kinyarwanda & French |
Poe PohDistrictwide
Burmese & Karen 
Ganga SharmaIAA, SA & Champlain
Nepali |
Lal PradhanBHS,
Nepali
In addition, there are several liaisons employed by the district on an on-call basis, to deliver services to students whose language subgroups have not reached a critical mass. These people also help deliver services during such school functions as parent-teacher conferences.
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