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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1983)
Chemawa American Page 2 MAY 24, 1983 W H B BI Administration Summarizes Year of Change EDITORIAL Miguel fceyes, Residential Director TO CHEMAWA STUDENTS: Message from Ed John, Academic Vice Principal Being new to the staff this last quarter meant learn ing m any things very quickly. We have tried to cover the main school events for this year and have tried to report them as accurately and clearly as possible. We hope that you will let us know how you feel about this paper because it is your paper. We want to thank Ms. La Croix for all her help and all the reporters for their hard work. We are proud of this issue! That leads us into writing our first editorial. We tried and tried to think of some way to express our in terest in school spirit without sounding too pushy, but maybe that's where it is. Chemawa is a school filled with years of tradition and pride. We want to encourage a new beginning in that same pride and tradition of hard work. There is so much that this school offers through the teachers, activities, friends and basically all the people who care. It is not a party place, but a chance where we as young Indian people can come and prepare for the future. We are the future leaders — these are not empty words but reali ty. It is our children who we must build the next world for, it is our grandchildren who will lose if we sit around. We cannot afford to wait for someone else to do it — it is our challenge. M any students this year have accepted that challenge and we are very proud of them. When THEY, and when YOU, and when WE get involved we bring pride to our people, our school, our ancestors and our future. It is happening here at Chemawa, but sometimes people want to give up and quit. As editors and friends we w ant to encourage you to keep trying, to dare to dream, to dare to risk, to keep trying for the best even when it seems that it's no use or when people don't seem to care or listen. This is our job now: to be good students and be proud of ourselves. We think that is happening and we w ant to thank all of you this year, especially the seniors who have set a good example, for trying so hard. Those that laugh and think it's all a joke we challenge you to show pride in who you are as an In dian, pride inyourself as a young person, a n d p rid e in who you are becoming. If you look in the m irror and do not like who that person is becoming it's up to you to change. This is the place to do it because people care, if given the change. O ur dream for this quarter, our first time with the paper, was to learn to write better and present to you, our readers a paper that reflected the talents and creativity of so m any of the students here at Chemawa. If you read this you will see and celebrate with us all the exciting things that are happening at our school. People have made things work, made things happen that have been good this year. Keep up the good work, keep the dreams high this summer, and take back to your families and reserva tions the pride that was taught this yedr. We hope it is a good summer for each of you and that you will return safe and rested in the fall. ■-, To our graduating seniors we wish you a life filled with happiness and discovery of all your talents. We know that you will bring pride to our people and to our school each time you dare to dream, dare to risk, dare to try to do something that means a little risk. And each time that you try, you grow. That is what Chemawa is about: a chance to risk, a place to grow, a time "to soar like the eagle" as possibilities are pre sented. Next year we want to come out with a paper more frequently. Thsi was our first time trying this new size and our first time on the paper. We hope you will understand our mistakes, forgive the delay, but become involved to help make this the best school ever! It can happen if we all try. Let the school paper know what's happening in your classes. We w ant to report all the good things, so let us know. Take care this summer and stay safe. Rest up because next year we are going to make this the best school year ever! CONGRATULATIONS T O THE CLASS OF 1983 — we wish you the best in all you do! LAVELLE WALKER AND GIZELLE KELLUM, EDITORS It is exciting to see the general improvement on the part of all of you in regards to attendance and grades. Our attendance officers tell me that attendance has improved significantly since December and the second quarter report cards show fewer F's and a larger number o f students on the Honor Roll. I certainly appreciate the efforts of all o f you in these two areas. M any new projects have been started to recognize and honor the positive things that are go- appreciate your efforts in maKing cnem awa a o e n e r ing on. school. This academic school year has been one of change. There have been several pro- grant changes that w ill help us next year to be more effective in meeting the needs of our students. I have been excited about the number o f students that make the H O NOR ROLL each quarter—those w ith a 3.5 or better. A lso third quarter there were fifty-tw o students that were in the Honors Croup w ith less than ten demerits. Two new areas that seem to be creating a lot of interest are the SPIRITUAL LIFE group and the CULTURAL AWARENESS group. Plans for this summer include developing goals and programs that w ill be im plemented in the fall. Thanks again for helping make this a great year. ——Ed John Gray Shares Accomplishments and Dreams Note from the Principal As we draw to the conclu sion of the 1982-83 school year, we begin to: look back and reflect on the year's hap penings and on our own per sonal accomplishments. We also begin to look ahead and begin to think and plan for the future. We have worked very hard this past year and have imple mented many new changes and set many new goals for Chemawa. New changes and new goals which benefit all concerned—Indian parents, staff and especially thé students. These new changes and goals have been im plemented and established ift our effort to change the image of Chemawa to one of aca demic excellence. We are working toward establishing a model Bureau of Indian Af fairs Off-Reservation Boar ding School for Indian students. A boarding school, that everyone concerned for and connected with can be proud of. Our efforts have just begun and we have a long way to gol But with the full cooperation and positive efforts of staff students, parents and others we will achieve this long range goal. We all possess unlimited potential and are capable of attaining what we desire for Chemawa. Setting goals for Chemawa and for ourselves today is critically important. What we have attained today is what we planned and work ed for yesterday. What we will have tomorrow is what we plan and work for today'. 1 school with GREAT p< and GREAT student staff. With this fine co: tion, I am looking forv another school year everyone. T — i Progress established during the school year that benefited all staff and the school system include but are not limited to the following: Developed and established end-of- the-year check-out forms and systems developed for all departments. . Developed and established a law en forcement program and system. D eveloped hew student admissions policies. Developed new student transportat- tion policies. Completed an inventory on all Special Mental Health Outdoor pro ject supplies and equipment. Conducted a comprehensive student drug and alcohol use and abuse survey. Established an Employee and Stu dent of the Month Committee pro gram and system. Decreased coaching staff from 25 coaches to 14 and brought athletic budget into line with Other school departments' budgets. Established the following commit tees: Spiritual/Cultural - to insure students spiritual, and cultural and cultural want, desires and need are met. Student Activities/Recreation - to develop and implement a better in- depth recreation program for the pur pose of offering a wider variety of stu dent recreation activities. Museum and Alumni - to assist alumni in planning for alumni class reunions and to plan for the establish ment of a Chemawa Museum. Drug and Alcohol Prevention - study, analyze, implement programs to curb and stop student use of drugs and alcohol. Established cultural activity presen tations at hal-stime periods at football and basketball games. Developed a policy and procedures for providing student with less than 10 demerits per quarter with a special ac tivity. Developed a policy and procedures that required students to write home at least twice a month, Notified all Bureau and Tribal Schools for the purpose of exchanging : monthly news papers. Established a student resource and study in the dorm area. Obtained Food Service lunch and breakfast cash reimbursement for all student breakfasts and lunches served at Chemawa. Conducted Zero Based Inventory of all equipm ent and supplies at Chemawa. Updated all employees which had not been done for. two or three years. I n itia te d c o r r e sp o n d e n c e to develop a plan/system to stop the county from building a new 250 bed jail ph Federal land near Chemawa. Majority of all dorm staff obtained their chauffers' license which has enabled them to obtain their govern ment drivers license. All dorm staff will have both licenses by the start of the 1983-84 school term. E stab lish ed a F orestry P r o gram /Project that has begun to plant a large number of acres into Christmas trees. The first crop of trees should be ready for harvest in seven years and net approximately one million dollars. : Solicitors Office is reviewing our Students Rights and Responsibilities Handbook and will provide us with his written opinion on handling stu dent suspensions and expulsions. Established and eight (8) week cycle menu for the Food Service Depart ment. Held meetings to discuss, in vestigate, analyze, and work to stop the building of a garbage burning/pro- cessing plant to be built adjacent to Chemawa. Started process of issuing govern ment ID cards to all staff. Chemawa has been a very warm and touching growth ex perience for me. It is my feel ing that under our new admin istration,. Chemawa is well on the way to some very positive, productive changes. And I am excited about the 1983-84 school year. I am grateful for , the opportunity to share and witness Chèmawa's transfor mation process. --Miguel Reyes DIRECT STUDENT BENEFITS FOR '83-84 PROGRESS MADE DURING 82-83 Gerald Gray, Principal H H •Plans for next school year that will benefit students:. Students wanting to work will write a letter to their respective Tribal Councils requesting that their tribe ; donate funds to the Student Council so that the students can work here at the school in an effort to earn spen ding money for themselves. Developing policies for students to work off demerits. A snack program established for the purpose of providing students with an evening snack in their dorm units. Developing and establishing an in- d ep th c o m p r e h e n siv e gu id a n c e counseling program in which all* „ dorm, academic staff, counselors, social worker, CAEC staff, Special Project staff âhri School Psychologist will be responsi ble and involved in counseling students. Establish following positions in an effort to expand department programs and offer more quality services to s tu d e n ts : I n str u m e n ta l M u sic teacher. Science teacher, M ath teacher. Dramatic arts/Audio-Visual production instructor, food services department manager, recreation pro gram director, student enterprises supervisor, student activities/recrea- tion supervisor, recreation aides, per sonnel clerk. Organize Student Pep Clubs and Student Drill Teams. Set aside approximately $500 per dorm to purchase reference materials. Establish an evening library pro gram so students w ould have access to an additional place to study, do homework, leisure reading and to do > research. Establish a new Student Review Board and procedures. Establish a Law Enforcement Cadet Program for interested students. Recruit, select and employ athletic coaches that will implement and anti drug and alcohol education program, a quality training program and w ho will work toward developing a model sports program for Chemawa. Establish a curriculum committee that will be responsible for: —D evelop in g a curriculum for Chemawa which will meet the unique individual needs of our student boay. —Developing and implementing a plan to meet the basic criteria and standards established by the BIA and the State of Oregon. . —Developing a goal based curriculum for use in an individualized instruction program for all Chemawa students. —Developin g performance indicators (behavioral instructional objectives) for each educational skill and concept students are expected to master in each course. —Developing and implement Indian Cultural materials into each course of fered at Chemawa. —Develop a five (5) year curriculum textbook plan. —Developing and implement a m u lti-' media method of instructionfor each lesson in each-course. —Establish an Evening Chemawa Speaker series. — S tu d en t in v o lv e m e n t in the September 23-24,1983 Salem Celebra tion. —Establish an Honor Dorm for students. —Develop and establish a Merit* system for students. PLANS AND GOALS FOR '83-84: Plans/goals for the next school year that will benefit the entire school system: New set of signs placed at the en trance of the school notifying visitors of their legal status and providing sug gested guidelines for their conduct while on campus. Week long staff orientation pro gram. C om prehensive com m u nication system. Student Code of Conduct Hand book with student rules established for student conduct in all building and on all areas of the campus. Establish and put the following committees into operation: Vandalism Prevention and Control, Student Discipline and Control, Law E n fo r c e m e n t an d , S e c u r ity , A lcohol /D ru gs /T ob acco Products Preventipn ana Control, Shop Lifting services, rroperty ana Supply, dent Home Living Programs, Stu Motivation, Student Athletics Recreation Program, Student/: Health/Safety Program, Curricu Guidance, Student Testing, In Language and Culture, Title grams Library, Media and Prin Food Service, Needs Assessment, gram Evaluation, Chemawa < munication and Publications C m u n ity and P u b lic R elatii Chemawa Alumni and Museum Staff Social Activities. A dd o n e additional guid< counselor to the staff. System policies and procedures collecting, accounting for depositing m oney collected at Ath event gates. a s tu c Valdalism/Theft of Property R bureement Agreement program students and their parents/guardi, Chemawa American 2 X AM ™ CAN “ ■’“bUsh“ 1 by C h e m ,„ , High School's Jo J A D V IS O R /T E A C H E R ....... ' PHOTO ADVISOR ................................ * M s* Debbie LaCroix) | TYPESETTING .. ........... Mrs. Donna Napier| [ TECHNICAL A ID :..................................................' '2 * * *.................Mr. Ed Hanson) | EDITORS . . . ............................ / Hanson and Frank Lamb) i FEATURE EDITOR ............................ .... WaUcer and Gizelle Kelum , SPORTS EDITOR ......................................... ............... Tracy Sw im ptkin* NEWS EDITOR .. .................................................................Sheryl Pakootas LAYOUT/PASTEUP...... ...................................................................Brenda Doore REPORTERS:....................... ................................ * * *; * *....................... Ms. LaCroix Rose Tall Ri.li ' i j ®ird' Andres George, LaVelle Walker, and Gizelle Kellum ‘W hrtes aboui s u b s c r i p t .<503. 393-54H. U * „ ' ■ 'I
