Knox County Schools Student and Family Supports

  • Education

Our Mission

To direct newcomer enrollments, develop and maintain structures to provide effective, efficient, and responsive translation and interpretation to schools.

About Us

As a Family Resource Center, examples of the services provided at the Robert M. Thomas Welcome Center are:

  • Assist non/limited English-speaking families and families new to the area with the enrollment process into Knox County Schools Orientation to Knox County Schools for students and parents - district policies and procedures
  • Provide language support to bridge the communication gap between non/limited English-speaking families and schools/district
  • Referrals to support services include: Adult ESL, Citizenship Classes, Health Clinics and more 
  • The languages represented by our exceptional team of Family Community Liaisons are listed below.
    • Arabic
    • French
    • Kinyarwanda
    • Kirundi 
    • Mayan (Akateco and Q'anjob'al)
    • Persian (Dari/Farsi) 
    • Spanish 
    • Swahili