Wednesday, October 21, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon SPTC to host ‘Family Math Night’ Scholar explores Curtis photographs By Erin Borla Central Oregon Community College Foundation and the Nancy R . C h a n d l e r Vi s i t i n g Scholar Program are pre- senting “Then and Now: Edward Curtis, Early 20th Century Photography and Contemporary Native American Photographers’ Responses” by Julia Dolan at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28, at the High Desert Museum. Dolan, the Minor White Curator of Photography at the Portland Art Museum, will discuss Curtis’ photographs for “The North American Indian” within the larger context of early 20th-century photography. In addition, Dolan will discuss current works by con- temporary Native American photographers Zig Jackson (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara, b. 1957), Wendy Red Star (Apsa’alooke, b. 1981), and Will Wilson (Diné, b. 1969) that directly respond to Curtis and his photographic legacy. Dolan earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in pho- tography from the Maryland The Sisters Elementary School Parent Teacher Community invites Sisters families to the first-ever Family Math Night Thursday, October 22, at 5:30 p.m. Family Math Night is free for all to attend and is sched- uled from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Sisters Elementary School commons. Pizza will be avail- able at no charge. The first 20 minutes of the program SPTC will provide supervised gym time for students, allow- ing parents and caregivers a chance to learn about math curriculum and instruction at Sisters Elementary School. During the remaining time, parents and children will work together on a grade- appropriate make-and-take math game to take home. “This is a fun way to bring families into the school and help build a sense of com- munity at SES,” says Haley Ellis, president of the SPTC. “We’ve planned family nights throughout the year surround- ing each of the common core areas – hoping to give parents and caregivers a chance to get informed and spend time with administration and staff, as Institute College of Art, a master’s degree in art his- tory from the Pennsylvania State University and a doc- torate degree in art history from Boston University. She has worked with photography collections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Addison Gallery of American Art and the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University. As the Minor White Curator of Photography at the Portland Art Museum, she is respon- sible for researching and growing the museum’s per- manent collection and pre- senting exhibitions based on the museum’s collection and important works from public and private collections from around the world. Tickets are $5 for the public, $3 for High Desert Museum members, and students are free with ID card. Please RSVP at www. highdesertmuseum.org/rsvp and pay at the door. This program is presented by The Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program of the COCC Foundation, the High Desert Museum, ASCOCC and OSU-Cascades. 15 Correspondent photo by Erin Borla Stephanie Jensen, Title 1 reading specialist at Sisters Elementary goes through math games for a planned make-and-take activity. well as spend some time with their students doing some- thing meaningful together.” The elementary school Parent Teacher Community is the result of a group of parents in 2014 looking to participate and support the elementary school on a broader level. The SPTC is an all-volunteer group that meets monthly in The Loft, above the gymnasium at SES. Programs supported by the SPTC include the Scholastic Book Fair, Sisters Elementary School Spirit Sale, Holiday Book Exchange and more. All funds raised by the SPTC go to support semi-annual teacher grants and offset stu- dent fees. For more information on Family Math Night or to get involved with the Sisters Elementary SPTC, contact Haley Ellis at ellis.haley@ gmail.com.