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" SlMLYAY TVMOO WAHM SI'HINCS, OlUXON 97761 February 13, 1987 Pae 7 1 Self-satisfaction keeps Julie exercising "Satisfaction with myself is my primary motivator and keeps me exercising," says Julie Mitchell, January Exerciser of the Month, who was recently selected for that honor by the Wellness Office. Julie, a mother of one, has very little free time. As Early Childhood director, Julie's schedule requires that she be healthy and mentally and physically fit for whatever the job demands. On Mondays, Wed nesdays and Fridays, Julie partici pates in the noontime aerobics class and spends time on the rowing machine. On Tuesdays and Thurs days, she plays volleyball or runs and on the weekends, she cross country skis or rides a stationary bike. She averages eight hours a week participating in various athle tic activities. Julie began regularly exercising when she became pregnant. "1 wanted to have a healthy child and an easy, enjoyable pregnancy. I didn't want to carry or gain excess weight." The benefits of exercise include "reduced stress levels and a healthy attitude toward myself and oth ers." She is also able "to enjoy physical activity at most levels" and can serve as a positive role model for her daughter. Julie says she exercises day by day, then "reviews the week to make sure I have had one day off and six days of exercise." Her primary goal is to "continue exer cising on the same schedule and not set unreachable goals." As for stumbling blocks, Julie finds that keeping her lunch hour unscheduled is a challenge because that's her only free time. "An invi tation to eat lunch is difficult to refuse, but I would rather exercise than eat." Injuries are also stum bling blocks for her. "They make exercise painful and days have to be missed." To get around those stumbling blocks, Julie refuses lunch meet ings and to eat out. She also tries not to push herself beyond her physical limits "I dont like being injured or ill." Julie says that her husband Isaac and her daughter Natalie dont routinely exercise, but that she would like to interest them in nor dic skiing and walking. "But they need to be self-motivated." They do swim together at Kah-Nce-Ta, but it's more "therapeutic than exercise." If there were no limitations, Julie would devote more time to run ning. "I would like to run in the morning, but my schedule limits workouts to lunch hours only. My limits are time." Running has its drawbacks getting chased by dogs. "There are too many mean dogs in the good running neighborhoods. Julie stresses that "exercise is something you do for yourself. No one can make you do it and no one can claim its benefits but you." And Julie's positive mental health is a result of her physical health. "Exercise has a different meaning for every individual." Journalism club submits work The following stories were writ ten by Warm Springs Elementary fourth and fifth grade students who have started a journalism club. Each student signed up for a story, interviewed their chosen teacher and wrote the story. i ' . J t V . . ! -I V " X x , i - 1 ; ; , : - JtT. -.... , W. V ... ' " ' " " " n 1 '"" - -ii i if " . . . .r.; .. ,.h ;y; . . a Spllyty Tymoo photo by Behrmt Julie Mitchell spends an average of eight hours a week in exercise of one form or another. Wants Families, Tribe, and school work to improve attendance Students know well how attend ing school regularly helps them to keep up with their studies. Absen ces cause students to fall behind in their studies and become discour aged. For this reason families of Warm Springs Elementary students have put forth much effort to see that their children arrive at school as regularly as possible. Due to their efforts, our students have an attendance rate of 93 percent. A special thanks from us to all of the families who have been so diligent in waking up their children and getting off to catch the bus, walk, or ride to school. At school we have a program designed to further encourage stu dents to attend regularly. At the end of each quarter students who have had regular attendance receive the "Feather Award"for good atten dance. Students who have been absent three or less days receive this award. (A tardy counts as a half day's absence). During the first quarter of this school year we presented 215 students with these awards. The second auarter which ended January 23rd, had 164 stu dents who received the "Feather Award"for regular attendance. Our "Feather Award" was designed by Carol Wewa, a parent of one of our students. Even with all the efforts of most Mrs. Cottel is the ERC teacher. She works with 35 students in small groups. Her helpers are Lor raine Lavenik, Nola Huff, and Janice Good. They work with kindergarten through 5th grade students. They help the students who need help with spelling, language, reading, math, and physical and occupa tional therapy. Written by Harry Histake and Trish Tanewasha. erade 4 Mr. Bclveal is our new librarian. He taught in Lincoln County High School in Eureka, Montana before coming to Warm Springs. He has a young reviewer's club made up of students. They are reading books and writing book reviews. They had a Christmas party. Now they are planning a field trip to visit the library at Buff Elementary School in Madras. The students in the club will also be going to Madras Senior High School to look at the computers. Written by Angle Wolfe, grade 5 Mr. Spencer is our school custo dian. He has to order all the supp lies for Warm Springs School. He is suing io paini me aoors ana put them in. He makes sure the build ing is warm and clean. He makes sure everything works. He works for the whole school service at Warm Springs School. He has two people working for him: Kay West and Keith Urback. They are responsible for the class rooms and the bathrooms. Mr. Spencer has been our custodian for seven years. Written by Adrian Kennedy and William Suppah, grade 5 The students in Miss Baisdcn's fourth grade room are going to watch a video tane called I and- marks of Oregon. It is about the Indians of Oregon. The students arc practicing writ ing paragraphs. They are going to make penguns from paper plates. Written by Adrian Kennedy and William Suppah, grade 5 Mrs. Graham's kindergarten class is going to start number stations. They have been learning colors and shapes. They have been counting from I to 50. The students have been saying their ABC's. They have made bears and are going to make mobiles out of them. Mrs. Henry's kindergarteners are working on the letter p and are making penguins. They learned about pets and are going to make pop corn in their study of P. They made up poems. They are reading Pecos Bill and Peter Rabbit in reading. Written by Adrian Kennedy and William suppah, grade 5. The students in Mrs. Davidson's tings in science. They are going to plant nowcrs. i irst they are going to put them in water lor several days. I n reading they are doing poems. They have groups with one person in charge of the group. When their poem is ready, the students will present it to the other fourth grad ers in the class. Written by Adrian Kennedy and William Suppah, grade 5 Miss Moore's fourth grade the students have been doing math facts. The students have been stud ying Chief Joseph. They have been making sail boats in the middle of winter for art. Written by William Suppah, grade Miss Earlene Anderson has enjoyed working at Warm Springs Elementary for 26 years. In Miss Anderson's class of 26 they are doing special things like Secrets of Success Health Education program and Haiku. Miss Anderson enjoys working with the kids, enjoys being part of the community, and enjoys living in Warm Springs. Written by Rhea Pierre, grade 5 room are learning about plant cut- Meeting skills topic of class Sprinqs E Learn the secret to better nnte taking along with improving skills in listening, summarizing, agenda planning, group problem solving and decision-making. The office of training services and Central Oregon Community College will present a three hour workshop focused on improving these skills. The training session will be taught by Adeline Rosomer on four dif ferent days: Friday February 20. 9 a.m.-12 noon; Friday February 27, 9 a.m.-I2 noon; Friday March 6, 9 a.m. to 12 noon; Friday March 13 13, 9 a.m. 12 noon. Class will be held at the Office of Training Services in the old boys's dorm. Register by calling Geoff Buryat 553-1428. Lone winner in boxing tourney Sonny Jackson representing the Warm Springs Boxing Club won the 13-14 year old, 130 pound class at the Inland Empire Boxing tour nament held in Spokane, Washing ton, February 7-8, according to coach Gerald Smith, Boxing coach. Complete details were unavailable at press time. families, we have some children who continue to have problems attending school regularly. To assist these children and their families to solve this problem, our counselor, Ed Roley, the classroom teachers, and I review attendance records each week. Students who have unex plained or excessive absences become a focus of our attention. The class room teacher contacts the family by phone or letter to alert the fam ily of the concern. In most cases, the parent or guardian is able to work with the teacher and Ed to find a way to improve their child's attendance. When a solution to the problems does not develop, we pass on our concern to Daisy Ike, Juvenile Coordinator for the Warm Springs Confederated Tribes. Through the cooperative efforts of the Juvenile Coordinator's office and the school it is hoped we can find the means to assist the family to better meet the childs need to attend school regularly. January Outstanding Citizens of the Month Kindergarten Josephine James, Violet Heath, Jody Miller, Sidney Minnick; First grade Kim Estimo, Brook Schmidt, John Kalama; Second grade Aaron James, Dabid Rodriquez, Jolene Simtustus; Third grade Trish Stradley, Michelle Charley; Fourth grade Helen Clements, Rusty Calica, Daniel lementary Mews Chavez; Fifth grade JoDe Goudy, Freddy Colazo; Reading Yvette Brunoe, Roxanne Johnson; Math Angie Wolfe. December Class of the Month The Outstanding Class of the Month for December was awarded to Ms. Rodgers' first grade class. Ms. Rodgers'class has really shown a great deal of improvement since the beginning of school. They have shown this in many different areas. One area in which they have shown such an improvement is in the way they have begun to work together as a class. The children have learned that when they work well together they can help each other to learn more and to learn faster. Their cooperation means the class has better discussions and creates even more interesting projects. Anyone who visits their class room can see how they work dili gently and quietly on what they are doing. For example, when they have finished their individual seat work they were able to move to free time activities, without any disrup tions. They could choose any activ ity they wished as long as they could do it quietly by themselves or with a friend. Congratulations to Ms. Rodgers' class for the great job they have been doing in their classrooms. Keep up the good work. standings so that all members of each team can be successful with each lesson. Marv reports that the students are patient and willing to take the time to help each other to learn. Math class is another place you will see these students working together as teams to learn their les sons. Congratulations second graders. We are proud of the way you are learning to work together as a team. Students impress their fami lies and teachers at the Math Fair ity. One of the activities they do regularly is to keep a log of the events that occur during their school day. legend told to the entire scnoo! by Aaron Grey Horse of KWSIKWSO at a recent school assembly. The week of February 9th has oeen designated as Legend Week. The week of legend study will be Dawn Smith's first grade class culminated by an assembly on Fri- has been listening to legends over day, February 13 at 9:00 a.m. At KWSO on two days each week, this assembly, the staff will be The students really enjoy the sto dramatizing a legend for the stu- ries. They are doing a good job at HontC Ac n IllJOtC fimi'li an n -a . 1 nnfrn! : L , . BBbmBmmmmmmmmmmmem Jmmry c,ass of tne Month ! IS I a l KflfflEETfl o 1 RESORT TRAINING GET TRAINING THAT COULD HELP YOU TO GET A JOB IN THE RESORT INDUSTRY. ATTEND FREE TRAINING AT KAHNEETA TAUGHT BY PROFESSIONAL STAFF FROM COCC, INN OF THE 7TH MOUNTAIN, AND KAHNEETA RESORT. GET YOUR STATE ALCOHOL SERVERS LICENSE. LEARN HOW TO BE A WAITER OR WAITRESS. IMPROVE YOUR PROFESSIONAL IMAGE. TRAINING SCHEDULE I Tm gf Tinina . Ptt iim Uai trWai trttaing Uai trUai trting Your Provisional & Pronal Image Moukp i ng Training Front DK Training Guttt Rtlationt Hou Kp i ng Training Alcohol Srvr Lictnaing Fri Sat Fb 20 Fb 21 o 0 0 O O 0 II f 1 Mon Fb 23 Tu Fb 24 Tu Fb 24 Wd Ftb 23 Thur Fb 26 Fri Sat F.b 27 Feb 28 REGISTER ME 553-W i lawurr imi tbi mttuiBT Tt tm rva wea eDBTkrt mti i mc tarwTtvn ooooooooooooooooooo o Location . 8-5pm Lode 8-5pm Lodg 0 o 8-12 Lodg l-Spm Lodgt T 8-5pm Lodg jjT 8-12 Lodg I -3pm Lodg 8-12 Lodg J) BY fl One of our school goals this year has been to work to heb the child ren learn to be more supportive of each other. Mary Soliz's second grade class has been selected as Outstanding Class for the month of January because of their pro gress in this area. Miss Soliz reports that her students have always been polite to the many family members that visit her classroom. Through the school year they have been learning to extend this same polite ness to each other. They are giving each other more compliments, at the same time they are trying to be less critical of their classmates. Beginning last year, Mary Soliz began grouping students together into teams of four students. These teams work together during certain instructional activities to help each other to master the lessons. During social studies lessons, the students listen to a presentation from their teacher or read a selection together from the textbook. After this pres entation, they then work together in their teams to complete an assign ment on the material they have been studying. The students have learned to ask each other for assistance, before they ask Miss Soliz for help. When the assign ment has been discussed and cor rected, each student takes a quiz over the material. It is hoped that as the students learn to help each other, they will be able to effec tively pool their skills and under- Denyer Sensibaugh, WSE Math Specialist, held our second annual Math Fair on February 3rd and 4th. During these two days, each student had a chance to visit the fair with hisher classroom. While at the fair, each student went through a series of math activities. At each math station, students were chal lenged to use their critical thinking ability to solve math problems. For example, students estimated the distance they could throw a cotton ball, the number of marbles they could pick up in one hand, the number of scoops of popcorn it would take to fill a jar, and other estimating activities. In some other activities, students had to recon struct patterns of colored shapes, puzzles, construct graphs, and deter mine how patterns were alike and different. Students in the third through fifth grades asssited Mr. Sensibaugh with the Math Fair. These students worked at each station demonstrat ing for the participants what was to be done. All who attended were impressed with the skill these stu dents had at smoothly and effec tively carrying out their duties. Both teachers and students appre ciated the large number of family members who visitd the Math Fair during the time their children were participating in the activities. School activities take on additional impor tance to the children when their families show interest in what they are doing. Thank you for your support. January and February are Legend Months at Warm Springs Elementary During these two months, stu dents are reading and listening to a variety of legends. The major source of the legends is through "The Indian Reading Series" which was written and developed through the Northwest Regional Labratory in Portland. Several Warm Springs residents were involved in this pro ject as writers and illustrators. Other means for studying legends has been to listen to the legends that are broadcast daily on KWSO, reading legends from our collec tions of books in our school library , listening to legends told by parents of our students, and listening to a come to attend our assemblies Classroom Newsbits Laurie Sensibaugh's third grade classroom has been working all year to improve their writing abil- lesends. Thev draw oictures show ing what happened in the legend. They have listened to legends about a hare and an otter, a sea witch, a women that turned into a bear, and more. tjn ,u... ...aui fu,, jl" Hi"..!"' IJimUMj,!... . ,.nIHg U ..... u,, , L in m , ' ' .... r ..... - T-' - , . I I "a 1 , ' f 1 - t . , - Mill 'Jh ' r I t I - x i i I : . .-- - ? " " ". : j i - Spih ty Tymoo photo br Skewciyk Godzilla welcomed children back to school from Christmas vucation in Russell Kaiser's first grade classroom at Warm Springs elementary. The students wrote about the impending figure. "Godzilla has sharp teeth. He has a long tail. He has green arms and skin. He has sharp spikes on his back. Godzilla is big. He is mean. He has two big feet. He eats meat and plants. S ometimes he is funny. He is cute. He is dangerous. He could step on people and crush them. He is fun to play with. Our Godzilla b not real he is fake. He can eat dragons if they are mean to him. He can squish buildings. Our Godzilla is just a balloon to took at and he is funny when he sits on a chair. 1 ou are welcome to come and see our Godzilla"