Meet the Team
“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.”
- Winston Churchill
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
Social Workers
School Social Workers aim to help students progress socially, emotionally, and academically. Services may include crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, consulting with parents, teachers, and administrators to develop intervention strategies to enhance student success, collaborating with community agencies and other mental health professionals to coordinate services and participating in multi-disciplinary teams.
Diamond Gomez, MSW
Behavior Intervention Specialist
602.764.8567
Behavior Intervention Specialist
The Behavioral Interventionist works with students and teachers to address classroom behaviors to help support student success in the classroom.
Kristi Garrison, LCSW
Student Prevention/ Intervention Specialist
602.764.8556
Student Prevention/Intervention Specialist
The Student Prevention Intervention Specialist serves as the Restorative Justice Coordinator for the campus by assisting to resolve conflicts and provide supports to students, staff and families through the use of restorative practices. They also coordinate campus skills-based groups, professional development for teachers, and student prevention/intervention programs.
Community liaisons
The community liaisons coordinate campus volunteers and mandated support groups. Provides community resources and referrals, emergency food boxes, and oversees the campus clothing closet. Connects with the community to bring resources on campus to enhance the students’ academic, personal/social development in school.
Ana Pina
Student Liaison
12th grade & 9th
602.764-8608
Jennifer Espinoza
Student Liaison
602.764.8572
Student Liaisons
Student Liaisons track Trevor Browne's attendance data, trends and dropouts. They connect students who need attendance support to support services or district alternative programs. They work with students’ and their families to improve daily attendance.
Attendance TIPS
6 Tips for Parents
¨ Take an active interest in your student’s schoolwork. Know the peers your student associates with. Encourage them to get involved in school by participating in sports and clubs.
¨ Monitor changes and difficulties with family, friendships, teachers, or classrooms. All of these can contribute to reasons why kids start to miss school.
¨ Ask the school office to get you connected to ParentVue to monitor your student’s academic progress, attendance, and discipline.
¨ Make sure your number and address are updated on your student’s profile so the school can keep close communication with you in case of emergencies, academic concerns, absences, and disciplinary issues.
¨ Place your student on an attendance contract if you are concerned about tardies or absences with student liaison.
¨ If you are concerned about your child, request to have parent meetings with your student’s counselor, teachers, administrator, support services, or the student liaison to discuss options.
Nurse
The school nurse records medical history and symptoms, collaborate with team to plan for student care, advocates for health and well-being of students, monitors student health, administers medications and treatments, operates medical equipment, and educates students about management of illnesses.
How do I make a referral?
Fill out an online referral form that will be sent directly to Student Support Services. Referral Form
Referral forms are also available in the Student Support Center, room 2012. Students can also self-refer using Referral Form or in person in the Student Support Center Room 2012.