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Community Liaison Job requires lots of energy
The jo b of community
liaison at Madras Junior High
School is not a simple one. It
requires a lot of energy, most of
which must be given to the
students. Parents and other
school personnel require some
of the it also. Fortunately, Pat
Darcy has enough energy to go
around.
The community liaison in a
school basically attempts to
bring the community and the
s c h o o l t o g e t h e r in a
cooperative effort to educate
the children. The community
liaison tries to reinforce
positive attitu d es tow ards
sc h o o l a n d to in c re a se
understanding of any problems
or cultural differences that may
exist on the part of teachers,
co u n se lo rs, stu d e n ts and
parents.
Pat is one-half degree Indian
being Northern Cheyenne and
Chippewa. Her uncle, she says,
is tribal chairman of .the
Northern Cheyenne in Lame
Deer, Montana. Even though
not full-blooded Indian, she
feels completely so when she
tells a student, “I know you can
do better, I really care about
you. You’re doing it for all of
us.”
W o rk in g w ith In d ia n
s tu d e n ts is n o t a new
experience for Pat. She has
been recognized many times in
the past for her efforts and
achievem ents. F o r several
years Pat worked in the David
Douglas School district in
Portland as student counselor
and Indian resource counselor
for the 362 Indian students in
the district. She was instru­
m e n ta l in s ta r tin g th e
lirst Indian program there and
was involved in the Indian club*
as their advisor. During this«
time she began an Indian1
cooking club and became-
secretary of the Title IV
committee.
Pat was elected secretary of
the Oregon Indian Education
Association and held that
position for three years. In 1977
she was elected Outstanding
Young Woman of America for
her work with Indian children.
She was awarded in 1978 an
Outstanding Oregon Indian
Educator by OEIA.
After her work in education
Pat joined the Indian Health
Board in Portland for-one year.
She married Mike Darcy, now
Warm Springs elementary
school principal and moved
with him to Warm Springs. She
has remained active in cultural
activities and has often acted as
substitute teacher and aide at
both Warm Springs elementary
and Sim nasho elem entary
schools.
Having come in contact with
parents and students while
residing and working in Warm
Springs, P a t’s position as
community liaison is a little
easier. She feelscomfortable in
contacting parents of students
who might be having problems
at school. She says, as part of
her job, “I am trying to get out
in the community and visit the
homes of students.” She says
the parents of students are very
cooperative and genuinely
Learn math, law—
COCO Spring credit classes
There will be plenty of
opportunities to earn college
credits this spring through
Central Oregon Community
College—right here in Warm
Springs.
New this, term will be
American Indians and the Law,
a two-credit course to be taught
by Doug Hutchinson, legal
adviser to the Tribal Court.
Hutchinson will cover such
topics as the treaties, the trust
relationship, land, and tribal
vs. individual rights in this
comprehensive look at the legal
history of Indians.
The individualized Math
Lab will be offered again spring
term by Jack G allagher,
Madras High School math
teacher. Gallagher will help
students through their chosen
level of math—from Basic
Math to Intermediate Algebra.
B oth M ary D o n a h o e ’s
English Composition and
D arla G ru b m an ’s General
Psychology will continue
spring term for those students
who have been enrolled in
earlier classes or who have
fulfilled the prerequisites.
Following is a schedule of
spring term credit classes to be
principal who backs her
and understands the needs of
the school in regards to Indian
students.
S in c e she sta rte d ., as
community liaison, Pat says
that she feels parents are
becoming more and more
Parent committee elects new members
The P a rt A P a re n t
h eld in W arm S p rin g s
Reservation will start March 28 Committee met on March 3,
from noon to 4:00 at the Adult 1981, and nominations for new
com m ittee members were
Learning Center.
conducted. The follow ing
American Indians and the Law people were nominated to serve
on th e P a rt A P a re n t
Douglas Hutchinson
Committee:
Tuesday 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Marcia Soliz
Tribal Court Room
Jerald Smith
Starts 3/31
Liz Rhoan
2 credits —- $30.00
Bernice Mitchell
M ath L ab (B asic m ath , Arlita Rhoan
Algebra I and II, Inter, Harry Phillips
Delson Suppah
Algebra)
Linda Henry
Jack Gallagher
Monday, Thursday 7:00-9:00
p.m.
Adult Learning Center
Starts 4/2
3 credits — $45.00
Mike Darcy
Geneva Smith
Alley Smith
George Clements
Dan Moore
Rob Hastings
Benson Heath
Kathy Alexander
Mary Histake
Jerry Sampson
Orthelia Miller
Fabian Sutterlee
Rich Little
Pat Crocker
Jeff Henry
Pat Darcy
Jamie Smith
Janice Clements
Larena Tunis on
Steve Rankin
Larry Larson
T h e e le c tio n o f new
committee members will take
place at the next committee
meeting on Tuesday, March 31,
1981
Anyone interested in serving
on th e P a rt A P a re n t
Committee can contact Fabian
Sutterlee for information.
COCC Spring term community classes
English Composition (WR
122)
Mary Donahoe
Monday 5:00-7:00 p.m.
W.S. Elementary Rm. 18
Starts 4/6
3 credits — $45.00
General Psychology (PSY 203)
Darla Grubman
Thursday 3:30-6:30 p.m.
W.S. Elem. Rm. 15
3 credits—$45.00
COCC Community classes
Branch out this spring with a
community education class.
Central Oregon Community
College can help you grow with
its schedule of ten classes
r a n g in g fro m v e g e ta b le
gardening to pilots ground
school.
Browse through the schedule
printed here and if you have
Pat Darcy
concerned in seeing that their
children graduate from high
school.
Other school personnel are
also concerned about the
counseling needs of Indian
students. Pat claims to be
especially lucky in having a
concerned about their child’s
school life as contact with them
increases. “I invite them to
come in and they do,” she says.
Cooperation between parents
and the school has increased,
she feels, because people know
there is someone here who.
cares about the students.
Evidence of this could be
indicated by the 61 parents
from Warm Springs who were
in attendence at the last parent-
teacher meeting at the Junior
High.
As community liaison there
is a lot of hard work involved.
Pat says,” there is no idle time
to be fooling around.” On her
desk are books she must read to
better prepared to deal with
any student problems that
might arise. She finds that the
jo b re q u ir e s c o n tin u in g
education within herself.
Pat will remain community
liaison until spring vacation
when Marie Calica returns
from an education leave. Pat
says, “I want to do as much as I
can before spring vacation.”
She says she wants to make
special things happen for the
Indian students.
She has them involved in
m aking c u ltu ra l-o rie n te d
p o ste rs fo r the visitin g
Lamanite Generation, paying
visits to the tribal council office
and meeting with her just to let
them know she is there. She
says, “The kids are using their
own brains to develop their
ideas. I’m only here to give
ideas. I’m only here to give
them a little direction.”
any question, call Cynthia
Stowell at 553-1428 or 553-
1402. Preregistration begins
Saturday March 28, 12:00 to
4:00 p.m. at the Adult Learning
Center and continues the
following week, 10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m. daily. Classes begin
the week of April 6.
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