Student SUCCESS Team

If you are experiencing a crisis or need additional urgent support, please call the 

BEST Team at  1-800-981-4357(HELP) or visit your local Emergency Room

services We ProviDE

Short Term Counseling * Academic Mentoring  * Referrals to Agencies

At The English High School we believe that for students to be successful we need to support the whole child, not only academically, but social-emotionally as well.  We have a dedicated team at English High School to provide your student and family with support and resources.  Together our team provides short term mental health support, referrals to outside agencies and support with your student's academic plan.  We have collaborations with various agencies that are both in school and out of school to help provide support for your students.

Sophia Viglas

Director of Counseling Services

Maria Gonzalez-Baugh 

ESL Support Services Coordinator



Ryan Conway

Dean of School Culture

Social Workers

Mark Sullivan, Social Worker 10th & 11th Grades

Rebecca Vallentine, Clinical Coordinator Middle School

Student Development counselors

STUDENT Deans of School culture 

Anthony Whitney

       awhitney@bostonpublicschools.org


Samantha DeFreese

sdefreese@bostonpublicschools.org



Maggie Prince

Family Liaison 

Deena Gilot

EI Strand Coordinator

Mike Sweeney

School Psychologist