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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1969)
O OREGON CHEM AW A VOLUME 6 5 CHEMAWA, OREGON, FEBRUARY 1 9 6 9 STATI LIBRARY CJ 1 6 J 9 6 9 NUMBER 4 8 9 YEARS OLD THIS MONTH Through eighty-nine years o f continuous operation, Che- mawa has fa ith fu lly continued i t s purpose o f providing edu cational opportunity for Indian Students, catering mainly to students who do not have another school readily available or an~educational program that does not readily f i l l th eir individual needs. I t has undergone'many changes and innova tion s to f u l f i l l i t s purpose. Started in 1880 with a mea ger 23 students and a lim ited To celebrate the birthday program i t has g r a d u a lly th is year, the Music Depart ment and the Indian Club* have grown u n til today~fhere are 850 students enrolled and a jo in ed together to present program that i s broad enough an anniversary program o f t o meet th e n eed s o f a l l music and trad ition al Indian serious students. Dances. This Spring, Chemawa has a The f ir s t performance w ill graduating c la ss o f 262 stu take place on the afternoon o f February 26, 2:00 P.M. in dents. This w ill be the larg the school auditorium . A n -( e s t graduating c la s s in the oth er performance w i l l be school* s h isto r y . While in given that evening and again years past, the school had a terminal educational program on the evening o f the 27th. -John Brower where the student was pre pared for a special vocation, i t now concentrates on pre paring students for further training. A large number o f the students graduating th is year w i l l e n r o ll in voca tion al, technical, community colleges, or four year regu la r c o ll e g e s . I t i s very probable that a record number o f th is year* s Seniors w ill en roll in and attend commu n it y or r eg u la r four year c o lle g e s . A ll stu d en ts must q u a lify for graduation from the four year academic high sch ool program. However, some who have already made a selection o f a vocational choice, have an opportunity to get extra training in th e ir f ie ld , by enrolling in a h a lf day voca tio n a l tra in in g program. In t h i s program th ey a tte n d academic c la sse s for a h a lf day and spend the other h alf at their vocational training. Half-day c la sse s are offered in the areas o f auto shop, cooking, d ental a s s is t a n t, o f f ic e p r a c tic es, p ra ctica l nursing, and welding. NO SCHOOL FRIDAY Living on a limit As a part o f Chemawa* s total educational program, Senior students liv e o f f campus in apartments for two weeks. An important aspect o f apart ment liv in g i s the budgeting Of money. C harlotte Skin, Norma Mae Smith and Rena B allot weigh produce before buying i t to determ ine i f the p r ic e i s w ith in t h e ir budget. Most o f Chemawa* s students come from sparsely populated a rea s o f th e cou n try and b en efit from the experience of liv in g in a populous area The Seniors who p a rticip ate in th is program share th e ir experiences with the student body.
