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
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