Social-Emotional Supports and Trauma Informed Practices





This website was created to offer our community opportunities to access information and support when experiencing trauma, difficult situations or interested in obtaining more knowledge in a specific area. We offer our students and their families support through our schools. We also partner with Ellington Youth Services to increase services within our school and larger community.

If you need help immediately, call 211 for support

School Counseling Staff

School Psychologists School Phone Email
Olivia Patoka Ellington High School 860-896-2352 opatoka@ellingtonschools.net
Valerie Watt Ellington High School 860-896-2352 vwatt@ellingtonschools.net
Elizabeth Ryan Ellington Middle School 860-896-2339 eryan@ellingtonschools.net
Diana Richards Center School 860-896-2315 drichards@ellingtonschools.net
Carin Faraci Crystal Lake School 860-896-2322 cfaraci@ellingtonschools.net
Megan Glunt Windermere School 860-896-2339 mglunt@ellingtonschools.net
Kate Preuss Windermere School 860-896-2339 kpreuss@ellingtonschools.net
Christina Marcotte S-BASES 860-896-2365 cmarcotte@ellingtonschools.net
       
School Counselors School Phone Email
Andrea Howarth Ellington High School 860-896-2352 ahowarth@ellingtonschools.net
Jessica Marshall Ellington High School 860-896-2352 jmarshall@ellingtonschools.net
Ryan Anderson Ellington High School 860-896-2352 randerson@ellingtonschools.net
Courtney Heuitson Ellington High School 860-896-2352 cheuitson@ellingtonschools.net
Beth Shaw Ellington Middle School 860-896-2339 bshaw@ellingtonschools.net
Scott Raiola Ellington Middle School 860-896-2339 sraiola@ellingtonschools.net
       
Social Workers School Phone Email
Lorinda Spivey S-BASES 860-896-2365 lspivey@ellingtonschools.net
Heidi Macchi E-BASES 860-870-0250 hmacchi@ellingtonschools.net
       
SEL Speciality School Phone Email
Solomon Leonard Districtwide Elementary 860-896-2315 sleonard@ellingtonschools.net