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Second annual auction coming up Nov. 22 Page 5 OR.COLL. E 78 .06 S523 V. 31 no. 11 November 2803 Depoe drums again for Redbone; Staggs gets huge bull elk Pages 12 and 13 S iletz 0 0 Should you get a flu shot? Great American Smokeout Page 17 I I i Veterans Day show, women’s professional billiards players Page 20 N ews Siletz Valley School Moves Forward During the second week of October, Siletz Valley School enrollment was at 158 students in grades K-8, up from an opening day total of 103. “We have a very large kindergarten program, a full-time kindergarten program - a full day - which makes us different from many of the other schools. Most others only offer half day,” said Van Peters, administrator of Siletz Valley School. Van says the school has an open- door policy and invites people to come in and visit. He especially welcomes parents at any time to visit the classroom to see what’s going on. “We have all new teachers and they all meet the No Child Left Behind Act - that’s highly qualified. And all of the teaching assistants meet that same category. We have good staff. Good schools have good teachers and good teachers make good schools - and we have some good teachers,” he said. Dr. Ana Becerra, former Lincoln County School District curriculum specialist, joined the support staff in early October as a consultant to help develop the school’s curriculum and align it to the state standards. Almost all of the school’s programs are in place. One of the last missing pieces was a physical education teacher, but he’s now on board and all the schedules are getting finalized. Van said that at this point, the school is doing very well and has a lot of things going. The teachers have started to implement the Success For All literacy program, now entering its third year. The only challenge with SFA is that all of the teachers need training in it before it can be implemented. Woody Muschamp, John Roe Jr., Rosalie Bremner, Betty Whitehead, Stan Werth, and William Depoe Jr. walk with Eddie Collins as he carries the eagle staff during Run to the Rogue IX. See additional photos on pages 10 and 11. Laura Henderson, SFA coordinator, has been training the teachers so they can get the program started. Math is one area that didn’t initially contain a lot of curriculum. But that changed when the K-8 math book series arrived in early October. Teachers are now implementing this throughout the school, as well as the phonics and spelling curriculum for grades K-4. “The science curriculum was one that was here prior to us taking over school and has been implemented since school started. We still have some areas in there that need to be covered and we’re looking at various supplemental materials that we can get to bring in to See Siletz Valley on page 14. What’s Inside Letters to the Editor Chairman’s Report Tribal Program News Budgets Run to the Rogue____________ Siletz News Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380-0549 2 3 4 8 10 Tribal Member News Tribal Council Timesheets Siletz Clinic Chinook Winds Passages_____________________ Delores Pigsley, Tribal Chairman Brenda Bremner. General Manager and Editor-in-Chief ersity of Oregon Library ,'ived on: 11-04-03 .letz news 12 15 17 19 23 PRESORTED FIRST CLASS U.S. POSTAGE PAID SILETZ, OR PERMIT NO. 2
