{"id":230,"date":"2016-12-07T20:34:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T20:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/preschool\/?page_id=230"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:31:18","slug":"family-services-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/preschool\/school-info\/family-services-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Services Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Family and Community Engagement Manager:<\/h2>\n

Nancy Chrisman: 865-425-9106
\nEmail: ncchrisman@ortn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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ERSEA\/Compliance\/Facilities Manager:<\/h2>\n

Teresa Fisher: 865-425-9144
\nEmail: tvfisher@ortn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Family Services Staff:<\/h2>\n

Fabi Ayala-Macias: 865-425-9134
\nEmail: famacias@ortn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrea Ramalheira: 865-425-9122
\nEmail: aeramalheira@ortn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Sandra Vasquez: 865-425-9122
\nEmail: svasquez@ortn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

The Family Services staff is available to assist Preschool families in assuming an active role in their child’s education and meeting family goals that will provide a home environment that nurtures individual growth. They serve as a link between home, school and the resources of our community. Specific services include:<\/p>\n

Individualized Family Services:<\/div>\n
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  • Help families meet short-term and long-term needs<\/li>\n
  • Access community resources through information, referral, advocacy<\/li>\n
  • Coordinate emergency assistance as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Bilingual Services for Spanish-speaking Families<\/div>\n
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    • Help interpreting during meetings as needed<\/li>\n
    • Translation of documents related to school<\/li>\n
    • Help families meet short-term and long-term needs<\/li>\n
    • Access community resources through information, referral, advocacy<\/li>\n
    • Coordinate emergency assistance as needed<\/li>\n
    • Facilitate interaction among families to develop a community of mutual support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      Family Education and Training<\/div>\n
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      • Workshops on parenting skills and other topics of interest, presented by experts in child development, discipline, nutrition, child safety and other topics<\/li>\n
      • Parent Library of information on a wide range of topics and resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        Communication<\/div>\n
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        • Weekly Teacher Newsletter<\/li>\n
        • Informational packets and memos<\/li>\n
        • Parent Handbook<\/li>\n
        • Home visits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          Family Involvement Opportunities<\/div>\n
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          • Special events<\/li>\n
          • Parent Committees<\/li>\n
          • Volunteering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
            Child Health Services<\/div>\n
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            • Dental, vision, and hearing screenings<\/li>\n
            • Coordination of medical and dental services for students as needed<\/li>\n
            • Food for Kids-Packets of nutritious weekend snacks provided by 2nd<\/sup> Harvest Food Bank to families in need<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Legal Aid<\/h2>\n

              The Preschool has partnered with Legal Aid to help families with legal issues. For more information on these services, please contact Nancy Chrisman at 865-425-9106.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Family and Community Engagement Manager: Nancy Chrisman: 865-425-9106 Email: ncchrisman@ortn.edu ERSEA\/Compliance\/Facilities Manager: Teresa Fisher: 865-425-9144 Email: tvfisher@ortn.edu Family Services Staff: Fabi Ayala-Macias: 865-425-9134 Email: famacias@ortn.edu Andrea Ramalheira: 865-425-9122 Email: aeramalheira@ortn.edu Sandra Vasquez: 865-425-9122 Email: svasquez@ortn.edu The Family Services staff is available to assist Preschool families in assuming an active role in their child’s education and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":68,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-230","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/preschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}