Moving Up Ceremony
For Native Seniors in Lincoln County
Courtesy photo by Cohen and Park Studio
Front row: Kaetlin Bayya, Marita Nash, Angel DeAnda, Dion Napoleon, Lexi
Metcalf, Brandon Roper and Hannah Garcia.
Courtesy photos by Andrea Suitter
Back row: Skyler Larson, Nicholas Nelson, Daniel Lindstrom, Tyee Rilatos, Tyler
Sjostrom and Josh Leckie.
Left: Crystal McGuire and Paige Lane
Above: Crystal McGuire and Skyler
Larson
Angel
DeAnda
Kaetlin
Bayya
SVECA
We would like to
congratulate Angel
John-Paul DeAnda
and Kaetlin Keely
Bayya, who gradu-
ated June 4 from
Siletz Valley Early
College Academy.
We’re all so proud
of the dedication,
heart and passion
they put into all that
they do.
Angel has
played baseball for
10 years, and bas-
ketball and football for seven. He also wrestled for two years. He was invited to play in
Cooperstown, N.Y., when he was 10.
He was MVP for two years in a row, first-team and second-team all-state in bas-
ketball, as well as multiple other awards. He maintained a 3.0 GPA, graduating third
in his class. He always works hard, not only in sports but in school as well. He gives
100 percent, always strives to be the best in everything he does.
This summer, Angel tried out for an American Legion baseball team. Twenty-eight
players were invited and he was one of 18 who made the team.
Kaetlin also has been involved in sports and maintained a high GPA. She’s played
basketball and softball for 10 years, and volleyball for five. She’s received first-team
all-league for volleyball and basketball, as well as multiple other awards.
Angel and Kaetlin were picked to play for the 1A West Coast team for the Senior All-
Stars Series. They played against the 1A team from the East Coast in Sisters, Ore., in June.
Angel and Kaetlin are such great role models for our Native community by being
drug-, alcohol- and tobacco-free.
This fall, they will attend Linn-Benton Community College. Angel wants to be
an X-ray technician and Kaetlin wants to be a marine biologist. We cannot wait to see
what the future holds for you! We love you and are so proud of the two of you.
Siletz
Valley Early
College
Academy
Courtesy photos by
Andrea Suitter
Above: Tyee Rilatos
UO offers in-state tuition to Siletz Tribal
students regardless of state of residency
The University of Oregon contin-
ues to offer in-state tuition benefits to
enrolled Siletz Tribal members regard-
less of their current state of residency.
The Residency by Aboriginal Right
Program was first offered in 2001 to 44
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Siletz News
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Tribes that have aboriginal territories
within the state of Oregon that pre-date
1850. Out-of-state students will pay
in-state tuition, a $20,000 savings each
academic year.
For more information about UO,
visit uoregon.edu.
July 2016
Above right: Josh
Leckie
Right: Maddy
Metcalf and Lexi
Metcalf
