ESL Welcome Center

Supporting Multilingual Families With Care and Connection
Welcome to the HMC-1 Welcome Center! HMC-1 is dedicated to ensuring our multilingual learner families have the supports they need within the classroom and the community. Our Welcome Center is designed to help provide enrollment support, interpreter services, community resources, and much more.
We serve all new and returning HMC-1 who students qualify for English Language Development Services. Including immigrants, refugees, and multilingual learnings from Pre-K through 12 grade. We are here to help and make your transition smooth and welcoming.
Multilingual Enrollment Services
Our multilingual enrollment services team is here to help new and returning families through every step of the enrollment process. We assist with completing enrollment applications, explaining which documents are required, and providing translation for birth certificates, school records, vaccine cards, and more. Our team can also help schedule vaccination appointments or request exemption forms. Throughout the year, we support families in keeping their information up to date with the Residency Department, including address or contact changes.
- Help new and returning families to fill in the Enrollment application
- Communicate with parents regarding the list of the documents required to enroll
- Translate Birth certificates, school records, vaccine cards, and all the other documents required
- Help to get an appointment for shots or for getting an exemption form
- Assist families to pass the updated info to Residency department throughout the year (i.e. change of address, updated info required)
Services we offer:
- Enrollment Support in:
- English
- Spanish
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Pashto
- Dari
- Portuguese
- Interpreter Services for school meetings & communication
- Meet & Greet new/returning families
- Assist students to assimilate the new environment.
- Help with transportation
- Explain/help students with School Drills.
- Facilitate teachers, administrators and parents to communicate regarding students’ academics, attendance and/ or disciplinary issues.
- Help with forms and documents
- Community resources & referrals
- Parent workshops & family engagement activities
- Community & fellowship events
Contact Us
Swapnam Kumar, ELD Specialist
(816) 316-7720
swapnam.kumar@hickmanmills.org
Silvia Jurado, Bilingual Support Enrollment
(816) 724-6814
silvia.jurado@hickmanmills.org
HOURS OF OPERATION:
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Walk-ins Welcome, Appointments Appreciated.
Interpreters

Elementary Interpreters (pictured above)
Farida Gonzales, Spanish (816) 945-1557
Schools: Warford, Ervin, Truman
Cecilia Rogers, Spanish (816) 768-4918
Schools: Compass, Dobbs, Millenium, Ingels
Katia Swaf, Arabic (913) 547-5955
Schools: All Schools
Salim Rahman Ahmadzai, Pashto, Dari, Persian (816) 937-4033
Schools: All schools

Middle School Interpreters
(pictured below)
Maritza Kartman, Spanish (816) 924 8312
Schools: Hickman Mills Middle School & Alvin Brooks Middle School
Salwa ElSharif, Arabic (816) 937-9562
Schools: Hickman Mills Middle School & Alvin Brooks Middle School
Salim Rahman Ahmadzai, Pashto, Dari, Persian (816) 937-4033
Schools: Hickman Mills Middle School & Alvin Brooks Middle School

High School Interpreters
(pictured to the left)
Isabel Mendez, Spanish (816) 284-8514
School: Ruskin High School
Salwa ElSharif, Arabic (816) 937-9562
School: Ruskin High School
Salim Rahman Ahmadzai, Pashto, Dari, Persian (816) 937-4033
School: Ruskin High School

