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NOTICES SVS Honors Students of the Month Siletz Valley School has announced the Sudents of the Month for April 2005. On the first Monday of every month, students in grades K-8 are recognized for attendance, academic achievements, citi zenship, and positive behavior at our morning assembly. Based on perfor mance, teachers nominated the following: K 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Artist Michael Cole puts the finishing touches on a sea turtle mural in the Oregon Coast Aquarium’s new exhibit Turtle Trek: A Journey of Survival. Aquarium Opens Turtle Trek Exhibit NEWPORT. Ore. - There was excite ment in the air at the Oregon Coast Aquarium as opening day for its new ex hibit drew near. Turtle Trek: A Journey to Survival opened May 28 and will run a full year at the aquarium. The exhibit includes painted murals by artist Michael Cole and a crawl-through habitat viewer. Each display habitat is being custom built to provide optimum care for the turtles. Turtles and tortoises require dif ferent foods than the other animals at the aquarium, so all the foods and supple ments have been acquired to keep them healthy during their stay. Earthworms, mealworms, crickets, and a variety of fresh vegetables are not food that sharks and rockfish normally eat. In some cases, live food they will eat is being raised at the aquarium. The exhibit will explore the amazing world of turtles with 17 species of live turtles and a dazzling array of colorful hands-on learning activities for kids. As you enter the exhibit, the “Turtle Tales Room” will show how turtles have adapted over time as you study incred- ibly well-preserved fossils, look through the turtle library, and hear delightful turtle stories. You will journey through the under sea realm of the sea turtle and find out what they eat, what eats them, and the challenges they face for survival. You will see live tortoises and turtles, learn what makes them different, and find out how to identify them. Kids will enjoy the colorful displays and audio stations that light up as they inform. Among these is an interactive satellite tracking station where you can actually track a sea turtle. If you get hooked, you can adopt one of these mag nificent creatures. The Oregon Coast Aquarium is a pri vate, non-profit aquatic and marine sci ence educational facility offering a fun and interesting way to learn about Oregon’s unique coastal ecosystem. It’s dedicated to teaching marine wildlife and ocean conservation through responsible management and exhibition of marine life. For more information, visit www. aquarium.org or call 541-867-FISH. Learn About New Nursing Program at OCCC Oregon Coast Community College will hold information sessions for indi viduals interested in applying to the nurs ing program that is under development at the college. One session will be held June 6,2005, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in room 106 at the North County Center, 1206 SE 48th St. in Lincoln City. An other ses sion will be held July 11 from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Room 201 at the college’s Newport fa cility, 332 SW Coast Highway. The final session will be held Aug. 8 in the Lin coln City facility. The sessions will include information on financial aid, scholarships, and spe cific requirements for applying to the nursing program. OCCC received initial approval from the Oregon State Board of Nursing in April to develop a nursing education pro gram, which should open classes in the fall of 2006. The nursing program will be a limited entry program. Jostan Brown, Mason Forty, Kacie Gump, Tehya Woodruff Cecillie Butler, Donovan Carey. Joshua Leckie, Shaelynn Loving Sierra Gerttula, Devon Reed Jaycub Westbrook, San Poil Whitehead Devin Frame, Steven Lindstrom Sadie Reed, Jazmine Thein Chris Garza, Nichole Fisher PE K Is* 2nd 3rd 4,h 5th 6th 7th 8th Gaiten Haynes, Coral Donne Pearl Clarinda Black, Jordan Glickert Robert Bay ya, April Sied Logan Butler, David Paul Morgan Woltring-Merrett, Monica Wolf Kaylee Clark, Kendra MacDougall Nichole Fisher, Cory Schaffer Travis Simms Chelsey Stewart Siletz Valley School would like to thank Noel’s Market, Little Chief, Sweet River Corner Café, and Siletz Gas & Mini-Mart for their donations toward the monthly awards for our students. The staff and students appreciate your continued support. Thank you! Third Quarter Awards We would like to recognize our top academic students for the end of the third quarter. They are: Is' 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Daniel Lindstrom, Kateri Whitehead Sierra Gerttula, Makiah Woodruff Kai Skidmore, San Poil Whitehead Steven Lindstrom, Danielle Clark Angelia Priest-Lamadrid, Sophia Hendrix 6th GPA 3.00+: Kayla Stokes, 3.84; Christopher Crawford, 3.73; Nichole Fisher, 3.69; Casee Case, 3.27 7th GPA 3.00+: Tim Lindstrom, 3.59; Christopher Williams, 3.35; Chey enne Varner, 3.05; Loy Marthalier, 3.03; Josh Sutherland, 3.02 8th GPA 3.00+: Thomas Biggs-Potter, 3.17; Tabietha Little, 3.15 Third Quarter Attendance Perfect attendance for the third quarter (no absence or tardy) K Felisha Chavez 2nd Morgan Crawford 4th Jeffrey Paul 5th Amity Elliott 7th Joe Wilson Cook College Announces Partnership, New Degree Programs Cook College & Theological School (CCTS) recently announced its partner ship with the University of Dubuque (Iowa). The agreement between the two in stitutions, each well-known in the Ameri can Indian community, affords CCTS the ability to offer three new, accredited as sociate of arts degrees in Christian min istry, American Indian studies, and lib eral studies. The college will continue to offer its certificate program in lay leader ship as well. The new two-year degrees will be conferred by the University of Dubuque, although students will physically com plete their studies on the Cook College campus in Tempe, Ariz. The 17-acre cam pus will be know as the University of Dubuque, Cook College Programs. Just one mile west of Arizona State University, the Cook campus is a serene oasis for American Indian students who appreciate a culturally sensitive environ ment in which to adjust to the challenges of higher education. According to Dr. Larry Norris, vice president of Academic Affairs, “The part nership with the University of Dubuque represents a union of two schools with similar missions and student markets, but Cook College will retain its autonomy.” The school will align its course con tent with the criteria of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges, which ensures that students’ course cred its will be transferable to four-year col leges and universities. In addition, CCTS students will be eligible for federal tuition assistance, such as the Pell Grant. The new degree programs also will mean additional faculty hires, most of whom will be of American Indian heritage. “We will continue to offer holistic learning, a proven approach to education that encourages the spiritual and commu nal traditions of American Indians,” said Norris. The Rev. Dr. Howard L. Rice, interim college president, is pleased that the quality edu cation that Cook has offered for nearly 100 years to students from more than 90 North American tribes finally will be recog nized by the benchmark of accreditation. “Many of our students arrive here from impoverished and isolated reservations, yet they aspire to higher education and to the better lives that are promised in the American dream,” said Dr. Rice. “Our unique ability to help American Indians bridge the reservation culture and the main stream university is immeasurably en hanced by this partnership with Dubuque." For more information, contact Vivian Winter Chaser, 480-968-9354 or visit www.cookcollege.org. June 2005 • Siletz News • 17
