Social Workers
- Social work services are provided at all schools in Elkhart Community Schools, with full-time social workers assigned in the PACE Preschool, and at Beardsley, Beck, Cleveland, Hawthorne, Roosevelt, Woodland Elementary schools, as well as at all secondary schools including Tipton Street Center. Part-time services are provided at Bristol, Daly, Eastwood, Feeser, Monger, Osolo, Pinewood, and Riverview. Additionally, full-time social work is provided for special education transition.
- Social workers provide a number of services including individual and group counseling, attendance monitoring, helping families connect with needed community services, helping parents complete social-developmental histories required when psychological testing is warranted, assisting when families are in need of food, shelter, clothing, and a variety of other activities intended to help assure that students are in school under the best circumstances for them to be successful.
Parent Resource Coordinators
- Elkhart Community Schools’ ten Title 1 schools, those with a large number of low income families in their attendance areas, are making a real effort to serve not only the children in their districts, but also the students’ parents and guardians.
- Each of the Title I schools employs a Parent Support Coordinator to help parents find the community resources they need to better the lives of their families.
- Parent Support Coordinators provide information on everything from how to obtain tutoring services for children to job guidance and finding resources for paying bills.
Social Workers Contact Information
- Elementary Schools
- Beardsley: Jan Beutter (262-5575)
- Beck: Carolyn Peters (295-4830)
- Bristol: TBD (848-7421)
- Cleveland: Susan Clifton (262-5580)
- Daly: Erin Rapp (295-4870)
- Eastwood: Natalie Murphey (262-5583)
- Feeser: Leslie Gilpin (262-5586)
- Hawthorne: Jamie Bontrager (295-4820)
- Monger: Leslie Gilpin (295-4860)
- Osolo: Natalie Murphey (262-5590)
- Pinewood: Lindsay Evans (262-5595)
- Riverview: Heather Shelley (295-4850)
- Roosevelt: Jacques Neal (295-4840)
- Woodland: Gayla Konanz (262-5578)
- Middle Schools
- North Side: Tracey Miller (262-5570)
- Pierre Moran: Eulah Mitchell (295-4805)
- West Side: Jami Presswood (295-4815)
- Elkhart academy at Tipton Street Center: Donna Gildea (295-4903)
- High Schools
- Central: Sherwin Simon (295-4722)
- Memorial: Tara Butler (262-5607)
- Elkhart academy at Tipton Street Center: Donna Gildea (295-4903)
- Special Programs
- PACE Preschool: Jamie Burks (262-5833)
- Special Education Transitions: Deb Pinnyei (295-4903)
Parent Resource Coordinators Contact Information
- Beardsley: Dorrene Johnson (262-5575)
- Beck: Michelle Atayde (295-4830)
- Bristol: Kevin Brandy (848-7421)
- Daly: Diana Liptak (295-4877)
- Hawthorne: Carina Losa (295-4820)
- Monger: Camelia Corona (295-4860)
- Osolo: DeShawn Barnes (262-5590)
- Riverview: Cindy Gilbert (295-4850)
- Roosevelt: Tonda Hines (295-4840)
- Woodland: Theresa Maier (262-5578)