Translations Service staff speak and write ten languages including Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Marshallese, Chuukese, Chinese, Somali, and Swahili.

We have translators/interpreters available throughout the District for special language requests. If no school/building translators/interpreters are available for the language requested, the requests should be submitted to K12 Education, Language Services via email: translations@salkeiz.k12.or.us.

Translators

• Julio De La Torre, Spanish
• Emma Duran, Spanish
• Alvaro Rovati, Spanish
• Maija Knechtel, Russian
• Sofina Kiteuo, Chuukese
• Ali Al Omrani, Arabic
• Ibrahim Ibrahim, Somali/Swahili

District staff can contact us for translation of documents or in-person interpretation at meetings or events.

Parents and Office Managers contact us for assistance in registering new, non-English speaking students in our schools. The Language Services team administers the Language Use Survey and the Woodcock- Muñoz tests, and the ELPA21 Screener (when available).

For Enrollment and English Proficiency Assessments Contact:

• Lilia Carrasco
• Araceli Figueroa
• Nancy Moreno
• Maria Preciado-Gonzalez
• David Stewart
• Cheryl Bennett
• Josefina Bula
• Sofia Muñoz-Ortiz