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Warm springs, orison 9776 i
November 21, 1986
Refusal skills good tools to learn
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by Ed (Duso) Roley
Recently I had the good fortune
of attending a conference which
focused on the problem of Alcohol
and Drug Abuse.
I'm writing to share how the
information covered is being used
in the Warm Springs and Buff
Elementary Schools.
Of the various workshops offered,
titled "Refusal Skills" seemed like
it would be the most interesting to
me. As this workshop developed, I
began to realize how valuable these
refusal skills could be as a means of
keeping kids out of trouble.
Kids agree that it's easy to say
"no" to strangers, but are faced
with a real dilemma when their
friends are the ones who are asking.
Do they violate their principles
and say "yes," there by keeping
their Inends, or say "no," and risk
rejection.?
When people have learned ref
usal skills they are able to say "no
and keep friends at the same time.
Here's how it works! A friend
approaches you with something to
do such as go to a party. You then
ask questions like, "What are we
going to do at the party?" You
decide if it's acceptable. If it isnt,
you say, "That's trouble for me."
Explaining the consequences of such
action. "When my parents hear
about it III be grounded for the
next month and besides they prob-.
ably wouldn't want me to hang
around with you anymore and you're
one of my best friends."
Following an explanation of the
consequences, you offer an alter
native plan. "Instead of that, why
don't you come over to my house?
Some of my friends will be there.
"We've got a great video. It'll be a
good time."
Next you begin moving away,
encouraging your friend to join
you. If your friend is determined to
go to the trouble party, you remind
him of the group getting together
at your house later, and let him
know that he's welcome if he should
change his mind. Then you leave.
You have avoided doing some
thing which may be a violation of
your principles, as well as surely
lead to trouble, and also are still
friends with the trouble maker.
The use of refusal skills has the
potential to be just what parents
and kids have been looking for
quite some time. If you're inter
ested in seeing how it's working in
our schools, please come in and see
for yourself.
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A proportion is an equation that
says that two seats of related
numbers are equal. Proportions
are helpful when we know one set
of numbers and want to find an
unknown number in another set.
For example: If it takes 1 6 yards of
material to make three pair of cur
tains, how many yards are needed
to make seven pairs?
The problem can be solved by
setting up a proportion 1 6 3X 7
and solving for the X. Solve the
problem by multiplying opposite
numbers (3 times X and 16 times 7)
and solving for X (3XI 12, X 37
13).
This same procedure can be used
to figure the height of a tree if you
know your height and the length of
shadows that both you and the tree
cast. If your 6 ft. tall and you cast a
shadow of 5 ft. and the tree casts a
shadow of 1 5 ft., then the tree must
be 18 feet tall 65X 15, 5X90,
X.
Sometimes proportions are writ
ten like this 6:5 X: 15.
If you would like to know more
about using proportions in every
day life, stop by at the Adult Learn
ing Center. The Center is here to
help you with your educational
needs; it can help you brush up
math skills, complete your high
school diploma, prepare for the
G.E.D. exams or improve other
skills. The Center is located in the
Training Services Building,
553-1428.
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Madras High Electronic Office student Phoebe Suppah earned the highest number oj points in class during the
first nine weeks of class.
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An Electronic Typewriter Fair
was held by Madras High School
business department Tuesday, Novem
ber 18. Students in all business
classes were invited to see electro
nics typewriters demonstrated.
Brands of machines demonstrated
were Smith-Corona, Brothers,
Xerox, IBM and Cannon. The latest
models ranging in capabilities and
features were presented including
equipment with electronic memory,
microcomputers with word proces
sing and data base software, transcri
bing machines, electronic office and
dedicated word processors.
Businesses participating in this
fair included Madras Printing, Auto-,
mated Ottice Systems and Cascade
Office Equipment.
Through this display, the busi
ness teachers wished students to
see the need to know what is avail
able in our new tech world.
Headstart maintains busy schedule
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Madras Jr. High students were honored for participation in fall sports. Pictured are (left to right) Chad S chuh,
J 'agues Martinez and Tony Valde receiving certificates for eighth grade football. Students in cross-country,
volleyball and seventh grade football were also recognized.
On Thursday, November 20, from
7 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Parent Club
will have a guest speaker, Dr. Dean
Nyquist, an infants childrens dent
ist from Bend. Nyquist specializes
in children's dentistry. The Warm
Springs community is invited to
attend the session at the Commun
ity Center, in the Head Start Room,
S.E. to ask any question they may
have regarding their children's den
tal care.
The Head Start Program wel
comes two new secretaries to our
big family: Versa Smith, Head Start
secretary and Wilma Picard, tribal
preschool secretary.
These past few months have been
very busy for our classrooms, with .
a lot of children attending all pre
school programs. The enrollment
in each class is at capacity, with a
waiting list in our Head Start and
Head Start Day Care rooms. It
has been a very successful year and
we are very happy with with all our
"little friends" who come to school
each day.
Some of the activities that our
children have been involved in are:
The annual Bingo fund raiser
was held October 1 1 at the Com
munity Center. The fund raiser was
successful, with proceeds going to
the purchase of Christmas items
for the children, playground im
provements and to increase our
funds in the Learning Center. We
would like to especially thank Julie
Mitchell, Shirley and Jeff Sanders,
Nancy Richardson, Charlene White,
Oliver Kirk, Leslie Cochran and
those parents, grandparents, guard
ians and friends who donated their
time and effort to this event.
Wednesday. November 26 will
be Head Start's Thanksgiving Cele
bration Mini-Powwow, from 11
a.m. to 1 2 p.m. at the Warm Springs
Community Center. Everyone is
welcome to join their son or daugh
ters, neices or nephews or grand
children in dancing.
There are still many Christmas
stockings to be sewn for our pre
school children. Parents are wel
come to come to the Head Start
office and get stockings from Nancy
Seyler to be sewn for our children.
We hope everyone has a very
happy Thanksgiving!
Students produce books
Raising student's GPA stressed at meeting
At the October 27 509-J school
board meeting, several items were
discussed including Impact Aid
funds for the district. On behalf of
the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs, Education, Training and
Employment Manager Jody Cal
ica presented testimony to the
board.
Calica stressed the desire of the
Warm Springs Education Depart
ment to encourage students to raise
their grade point averages from the
current 1.6 and 1.8 level to 2.5.
Board chairman Guff Thorpe felt
this could become part of action
steps for board goals with the Tribe
and district working together.
Calica 's statement to the board
follows.
"Members of the Board of Direc
tors, administrators, faculty, and
patrons of Jefferson County School
District 509-J. Thank you for
allowing this opportunity to com
ment on the school programs
assisted by Impact Aid (P.L. 81
874) funds. Within our relation
ship it should be noted that this
past year has been inspiring in
terms of accomplishments and in
identifying both needs and preli
minary strategies to accomplish
mutual goals, much work still needs
to be done.
"In looking back to this past
year, since the last public hearing,
we can be proud of the intergo
vernmental agreement, the facilties
planning activities, numerous goals
within the District's long-range
management plan, and other ac
complishments as a positive tes
timony of our relationship. The
new 25-year agreement sets a major
milestone in intent, form and sub
stance. It sets a guide for the politi
cal and service relationships as well
as relieving much ambiguity
regarding roles and responsibilities.
The long-range management goals
adopted by the administration and
the Board of Directors contain
many statements that will enable
actions that will advance the edu
cational interests of all our stu
dents. The architectural design and
capital research for newjteserva
tion education facilities represents
an exciting challenge for innova
tive planning of education pro
grams, facilities and financing
through a cooperative venture. Ad
ditionally, there have been in
numerable individual, school and
smaller group activities and initia
tives that are worthy of commen
dation, for those individuals we
extend our gratitude and encour
age their efforts, they know they
are deserving.
"In looking to the future, we
must become more relentless in
pursuing strategies, courses of ac
tion, making decisions to advance
the physical, intellectual, emo
tional and social well-being ot ail
our schools. They must be intellec
tually equipped to accept the re
sponsibility to protect and advance
the legacy that was entrusted to our
generation, they must need the best
tools and support to succeed. To
this end, we must begin to set
expectations and standards for their
achievement. As well, we must begin
to model the values, attitudes and
performance that we want them to
emulate. We can identify the mod
est gains we have made in forging a
sense of pride, purpose, and team
work to see our students succeed in
athletic programs, we need to extend
that progress in our academic pro
grams. "Inasmuch as we are concerned
about the development of all stu
dents, the topic of this hearing
focuses on the efficient and effec
tive use of Impact Aid funds. The
United States Congress enacted
legislation, P.L. 95-561, to guide
this process which are to be evalu
ated in terms of:
1. The existence of policies and
procedures to ensure tribal consul
tation; 2. The adherence of those locally
adopted policies and procedures,
and;
3. The effectiveness of that con
sultation to produce progress ac
cording to locally adopted stand
ards, evaluated annually.
"Within the tribal organization,
we have been working diligently to
establish missions, key result areas,
and standards of performance to
guide our directions and opera
tions. To guide our expectations
and relations with the District, we
have identified the need for stand
ards in the following areas:
1. Average tribal student grade
point;
2. Tribal student high school
graduation rate;
3. Average tribal educational
level;
, 4. Graduates able to meet post
secondary requirements;
5. Tribal students graduating with
their class; and,
6. Tribal student achievement
within (plus or minus) five percent
of District average for each grade.
"Although there are other stand
ards with the Education, Training,
and Employment Charter that relate
to the District, these are the most
specific. The accomplishment of
the standards will require the unre
lenting commitment of the govern
ing bodies, administration, staff,
parents and students. We all must
be dedicated to translating these
standards into strategies, manage
ment plans and activities that will
produce meaningful success with
our students and for our com
munity. "In closing, we have much that
we can be proud of and for which
we can be thankful. We have been
able to establish a working rela
tionship which many communities
aspire to create; however, we have
not achieved that which we are
fully capable. Motivational psy-
Students in all grades at Warm
Springs Elementary are celebrat
ing National Book Week November
17-23 by making their own books.
Under the direction of Warm
Springs Elementary reading spe
cialist Carol Bailey, teachers and
students in the school stated their
book project by reading one of the
ABC books in the library.
Each class then decided what
type of ABC book to make. Using
the letters of the alphabet students
selected topics in keeping with their
current studies. The fifth grade
class used social studies to define
each letter of the alphabet while the
third grade class made monster
ABC books.
In the third grade class the letter
C is further explained with "The
coat is cozy and cuddly and cool.
choloeists normally point out that The letter C in the fifth grade read-
our attitudes are a principal regula- ing class is elaborated in this way:
tor of our effectiveness and poten-
"C, the third letter in the English
alphabet, was also Greek, Hebrew
and Phoenician third letter of the
alphabet. Some scholars say that
the gimel represented the head and
neck of a camel. Others called it a
corner or throwing a stick. The
Romans adapted the Greek alphabet
during a time when they were very
much influenced by the Etruscans. "
Each student took a letter to
explain and illustrate. When the
page was complete, teachers or
students copied the page on a dupli
cating master making enough copies
for the entire class.
Classes had publishing parties to
assemble the book, color it and
autograph pages.
The ABC book project was chosen
by Bailey to emphasize writing
skills in the curriculum as well as
bring attention to National Book
Week. Books are on display in the
Warm Springs school library.
tial. We must begin to focus our
attention on the results we desire
and on a vision of a community as
we would want it to exist. Our
communities are inextricably linked
economically, socially, politically
and geographically. The major
separation is our attitudes. As
adults, we have the challenge to
instill positive thoughts and values
into the cognitive and intellectual
development of our youth, as ve
plan and allocate resources for our
children's education. Our effective
ness will be measured by the per
formance standards and manage
ment plan objectives that we mu
tually adopt."
Marsh receives "Billy Award"
William W. "Bill" Marsh, Senior
counselor for the Rockey Marsh
Public Relations division of the
Rockey Co. Inc., received the new
"Billy A ward" for outstanding leader
ship in his field. The award was
given during the 1986 Spotlight
Awards dinner October 29 spon
sored by the Columbia River Chap
ter of the Public Relations Society
of America at the Portland Hilton.
Marsh was hired by Pan Ameri
can airlines in 1955 to do public
relations with Jay Rockey. Marsh
still works three days a week at the
Rockey Marsh Public Relations
Agency, after Jay Rockey bought
out Marsh's shares.
Over the years Marsh has handled
accounts for the Confederated Tribes
of the Warm Springs Reservation.
The Oregon centennial commission,
ESCO corp. and Western Alumi
num Producers.
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Marsh's toughest assignment was
to manage the campaign for pas
sage of a ballot measure in 1958 to
create the Portland Development
Commission.
He then became public relations
counselor for the commission's con
troversial South Auditorium Rene
wal Project.
Marsh was a president of the
Columbia River Chapter of the
Public Relations Society of Amer
ica and first Northwest District
chairman of the association.
He was also a national director
and a past president of the board of
trustees of the national Founda
tion for Public Relations Research
and Education.
In 1983 Marsh was awarded the students in Harry Phillips' fifth grade class use copy machine to print
society's Paul M. Lund Public Ser- j trir aBq i celebration of Sational Book Week
vice Award. Sovember 1 7-23.
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