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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.
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Letters to the Editor
Chairman’s Report
Tribal Program News
Budgets
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