Meet the Counseling Team

counselors

Debra Gaeta

Ms. Gaeta is Jamestown’s full-time school counselor. She has been at Jamestown full-time since 2019 and worked here as Jamestown’s part-time counselor from 2012-2016. She will teach lessons in our 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-grade classrooms this year. Ms. Bisbee, our part-time counselor, will teach lessons in our kindergarten and 5th-grade classrooms. Ms. Gaeta studied psychology at the University of Virginia (Go Hoos!) and earned her Master’s in Education from the University of Maryland at College Park. She has been a school counselor in Virginia for 24 years. For the past 10 years, she has worked in Arlington Public Schools as a counselor at several schools, including Oakridge, Claremont, Taylor, Discovery, and Glebe Elementary. When she is not at school, Ms. Gaeta stays busy cooking, gardening, reading, and spending time with her son, a 4th grader, and daughter, a preschooler. You can contact Ms. Gaeta at Debra.gaeta@apsva.us or 703-228-8361.

Kelynne Bisbee, M.Ed., C.A.G.S.

Kelynne Bisbee, M.Ed., C.A.G.S. Ms. Bisbee is our part-time school counselor at Jamestown, working mainly with kindergarten and 5th grade. She earned her M.Ed. and C.A.G.S. (masters plus 30) in School Counseling from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Starting in 2000, Ms. Bisbee was the full-time counselor at Barcroft for 5 years and Glebe for 3 years. Since becoming a mom, she has been a part-time counselor at Nottingham, Carlin Springs, Barrett, and Jamestown schools. Ms. Bisbee has presented at national and state school counseling conferences and is a published author. She lives in Arlington with her husband, son, mother-in-law, and a small zoo of pets. Ms. Bisbee works at Jamestown on Wednesdays and Thursdays. This year we share her with Nottingham Elementary, where she works on Tuesdays, and Discovery Elementary, where she works on Mondays and Fridays. Due to her itinerant schedule, she prefers to be contacted initially by email at kelynne.bisbee@apsva.us and she will respond in a timely manner.