TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
SVS Student Awards
Siletz Valley School, a newly
formed charter school, has a student
body of 169 students.
On the first Monday of every month
at our morning assembly, we select
students in grades K-8 to receive awards
for attendance, academic achievements,
citizenship, and positive behavior. This
month we decided to do something a
little different.
For the month of April, teachers
selected students who were fluent readers
in their ability reading groups and also
maintained a B or better grade on their
progress card. The classroom teachers
nominated the following students:
Kindergarten: Clarinda Black, Kateri
Whitehead
1st Grade: Morgan Crawford, Sierra
Gerttula, Courtney Parsons, Nicole
Wilson, Jenelle Potter, Austin Doty,
Windy Hill, Daniel Regan, April
Sied, Devon Reed
2nd Grade: Josh Rilatos, San Poil
Whitehead
3rd Grade: Danielle Clark, Steven
Lindstrom, Philip Edwards, Payne
Phinney, Autum Roberts, Morgan
Woltring, Maranda Garrett
4,h Grade: Kassandra Rilatos, Kaylee
Claik, Jazmine Thein, Jordan Young,
Damion Williams, Ashliegh Ramirez,
Ashley Bisson, Darian Dorman,
Cody Blacketer, Kiesha Metcalf,
Angelia Priest Lamadrid
5th Grade: Chris Crawford, Rosie
Digeldein, Veronica Gerttula,
Kayla Stokes, Casee Case, Kristina
Smith, Andrew Coats
Middle School: Zak Bremner, Timothy
Lindstrom, Natalia Coats, Chris
Williams, Heather Luckini, Loy
Marthaller, Jennifer Easter, Jeff
Sweet, Raeloni Belgarde, Levi
Grove, Tiernan Pettit, Carson
Edwards, Haven Perkins, Dillon
Blacketer, Chris Schuler, Mathew
Ludwing, James McGaughey,
Chyann Payne, Mark Tom, Jamie
Uhrich, Shelby Wallace
Thirty Siletz Tribal Youth Attend
OI EA Conference
The annual Oregon Indian Educa
tion Association (OIEA) 2004 Youth
Conference was held in Lincoln City
this year and its success was due in large
part to the 218 registered youth and
adults from all over Oregon.
Thirty Siletz Tribal youth were
sponsored to attend this conference.
This year’s theme was “We are the
Future and the Future Begins With Us.”
Conference planners included
workshops on such things as college
selection; career overviews; health
issues; leadership; drug, alcohol and
tobacco prevention; media training; and
cultural preservation.
High school graduates, college
attendees, and recent college graduates
were invited to host two workshops
highlighting life after high school and
campus life as a Native American
student. College and university admis
sions and Native American Student
Union representatives where there to
talk about campus activities.
DeAnna Pearl and the STYLE
group help sponsor the media training
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SUeUNews
work-shop. It highlighted the “Smoking
is a Colorful Addiction” media project
while giving practical information
about starting prevention activities
in schools. Twenty kids participated
in the workshop.
Shane Brown, Apollonia Lane, and
Rhiannon Hamel encouraged the group
to be unafraid to speak out and get
involved. “You got to get 'em young,”
said Shane. “Who knows, you could
possibly change the rest of their lives
by what you say!”
But it the conference wasn’t all
serious issues. It included speech
contests, talent shows, beach walks, arts
and crafts, a basketball tournament, and
a hip hop dance. Apollonia presented
information on Miss Native American
Oregon. The top two speech finalists
were given all-expense-paid trips to the
National Indian Education Association
conference in September.
For more information, contact the
Title VII coordinator at your child’s
school.
□ June 2004
Back row: Greg Towner, James Cedarstrom, Nathan Fisher, and Joe McAlhany.
Front row: Amber Bostrum, Lisa Norton, Trinity Hall, Josh Yell, and Shannon Cook
Graduating Students Honored at
Annual Gathering
The Tribal Education Committee
and education specialists hosted a
potluck luncheon for the Annual
Student Gathering on April 24, 2004,
at the Siletz Tribal Community Center.
The yearly event honors graduating
students from Higher Education and
Adult Vocational Training programs as
well as other students.
Seven of the June 2004 graduates
attended: Elizabeth “Lisa” Norton,
Eastern Oregon University, sociology/
psychology; Amber Bostrum, Portland
Community College, dental hygiene;
Trinity Hall, Western Oregon Univer
sity, social science; Nathan Fisher, Lane
Community College, electronic
technology;
Sharmon
Cook,
Chemeketa Community College,
AAOT; James Cedarstrom, Oregon
State University, zoology; and Joe
McAlhany, OSU, business.
Other students attending included
Joseph Lane and Theresa Smith, Portland
State University; Josh Yell, Lane Com
munity College; and Greg Towner,
Chemeketa Community College.
Families joined the students,
committee members, and staff, as well
as Delores Pigsley, tribal chairman, and
council members Reggie and Lillie
Butler, David Hatch, and Rosemary
Landis, Tribal Council representative to
the Education Committee.
Apples Lane, Miss Native American Oregon, talks to other students at the
Oregon Indian Education Conference at the Shilo Inn Resort in Lincoln City, Ore.