English Language Development Program

The Phoenixville Area School District is committed to ensuring that English language learners have equal access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential. If you have questions about the program or specific services please contact Jessica Kilmetz or 484-927-5071

Language Instruction Educational Program (LIEP) Handbook

Notice of Language Assistance

Translation and interpretation services are available at any time to any family! Please call the helplines below or call your child’s ELD teacher to request these services, if they have not already been provided to you.

Spanish Helpline (484-927-5006)
Portuguese Helpline (484-927-5009)

Phoenixville Area School District's ELD Teachers

Phoenixville Area Early Learning Center Kris Evan Sandra Makos Eileen Stevenson	Phoenixville Area Middle School Ana Bogota Elizabeth Sokol Eva Werley

Barkley Elementary Ruth Dougherty Sarissa Florida MaryPat McLaughlin Julie Miller Manavon Elementary Molly Beyer Schuylkill Elementary Sarissa Florida Theresa Morasco	Phoenixville Area High School Ana Bogota Kate Camarda Qi Chen Tso Allison Curley Julie Rouse Beth Ulcay

The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released resources to help schools in serving English learner students and parents with limited English proficiency:

A fact sheet in English and in other languages (see below) about schools’ obligations under federal law to ensure that English learner students can participate meaningfully and equally in school (Jan. 2015).

English PDF Spanish PDF Chinese - Mandarin Traditional PDF Chinese - Mandarin Simplified PDF Cambodian PDF
Hmong PDF Korean PDF Laotian PDF Russian PDF Tagalog PDF Vietnamese PDF

A fact sheet in English and in other languages (see below) about schools’ obligations under federal law to communicate information to limited English proficient parents in a language they can understand (Jan. 2015).

English PDF Spanish PDF Chinese - Mandarin Traditional PDF Chinese - Mandarin Simplified PDF Cambodian PDF
Hmong PDF Korean PDF Laotian PDF Russian PDF Tagalog PDF Vietnamese PDF

WIDA ACCESS 2.0

English Language Proficiency Assessment

The current federal education legislation requires an annual English language proficiency assessment of English Learners. To meet this federal requirement, the WIDA ACCESS 2.0 for ELLs test will be given to English learners in our schools from January 6 to February 21. Eligible students will be administered the WIDA ACCESS 2.0 to assess English proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. If your child will be taking this assessment, you’ll receive a letter in the mail. If you have any comments or questions, please contact your child’s ELD teacher or Dr. Jessica Kilmetz at 484-927-5071.

ACCESS testing notifications in multiple languages can be found to the right.

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