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NASEA seeks to strengthen math, science skills
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The Native Amcricun Science
Fducution Association, a non-profit
organization, was incorporated the
spring of I982 in Washington, D C.
to develop capabilities of Native
Americans in Science and mathe
matics based professions.
The organization has eight Board
' of Directors representing various
Indian tribes active in education in
local communities. The Hoard of
Directors and staff members are
professionals experienced in science
education, cultural resources, pro
gram administration staff develop
ment, curriculum planning, fund
raising, research and management.
The work of the organization has
been largely accomplished through
volunteer efforts of teachers, wri
ters, researchers and services of a
staff of two in Washington, D C.
The NASEA organization has
set it's priorities in strengthening
pic-college( K-I2) instruction. Some
of the activities local communities
need to upgrade instruction in science
and mathematics are to: share
resources, increase curriculum rele
vance sustain achievement in science
and mathematics courses.
A newsletter, Kui tatk. is dis
tributed by NASEA containing infor
mation on local programs, activi
ties by NASIIA and other informa
tion on science and mathematic
education.
Although American Indians are
among this nation's largest owners
of energy and natural resources,
they arc the the most under repres
ented minority in scientific and
technical professions. Therefore plan
ning and development of tribal
resources remain largely in the hands
of non-Indians.
To assume scientific and techni
cal positions within Native Ameri
can communities an overall increase
in the number of Indian students
seeking degrees in science and engi
neering is needed.
With direct local ties in various
Indian communities NASFA was
created to: Increase the quality of
education available to Native
American in science and mathe
matics; bring together and support
theexchangeof information between
local educators, tribal officials, col
leges and universities and others
concerned about science and mathe
matics in the sciences for Native
Americans; and develop and imple
ment education programs and mate
rials in science and mathematics
for Native Americans and profes
sionals who work with Native
Americans.
Three principal forms of assist-
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Madras Junior High News
Students to register for 1987
88 parents are invited to
attend
We will be registering our stu
dents for the 1987-88 school year
on April 14-15. On April 14, the
high school counselors will come
to our building to discuss the high
school curriculum with our eighth
graders, while our seventh graders
will learn about the eighth grade
curriculum in their guide rooms.
Also, on April 14, both the seventh
and eighth grade students will be
bringing home the materials needed
to register for courses next year. It
is our hope that you will be able to
to sit down with your student on
the evening of April 14 and help
him her make the appropriate selec
tions for next year. In fact, we
encourage any and all parents who
have questions about courses on
the selection process, to join lis at
school on either April 14 or 15. If
you can't make it to the junior high
either day, please feel free to call
either Karen Winkler or Steve Samm
ler anytime between 8:00 a.m. and
4:00 p.m. at 475-7253.
Upcoming athletics
Spring hasi,'spr,u,ng and brings
with it the beginning of boys and
girls track. April 7th practice for
track will start at MJHS and the
first meet is April 23rd. Coaching
track this year are Joe Morgan,
Gary Butler, Michelle Zistel and
Mary Flande. The schedule of our
meets will be sent home with the
athletes, but you can count on
every Thursday for a track meet.
Let's all cross our fingers and hope
for a sunny spring! See you on the
23rd.
Words from Wellness The
Smoker's Legacy
If a child could choose his par
ents, would he be better off picking
nonsmokers? The answer is yes.
Children are exposed to the same
irritants as other passive smokers.
Since children are generally more
susecptible to colds and other res
piratory ailments, researchers have
long suspected that passive smoking
that is, inhaling smoking from some
one else's cigarette may cause chro
nic problems in the very young.
According to Dr. Scott Weiss
and his associates at the Harvard
Medical School, cigarette smoke is
potentially harmful for babies. Seve
ral studies have shown that infants
under age one have a significantly
greater incidence ot bronchitis and
other lower respiratory disease when
one or both parents smoke. How
ever, the cause is not perfectly
clear: it has not been determined
whether the illness comes from
passive smoking or is the result of
maternal smokingdunng pregnancy.
As for older children, a body of
research has built up showing that
parental smoking (especially mat
ernal smoking) can reduce a child's
lung capacity and perhaps predis
pose a child to chronic lung disease
later in life. However, the study
that showed the greatest adverse
health effects dealt mostly with
teenagers, who may already have
become smokers themselves. Indeed
the worst result of parental smok
ing is probably not the smoke kids
inadvertently breathe, but the fact
that children of smokers are sigin
ficantly more likely to take up
smoking.
MJHS shine in Science Olym
pics The Central Oregon Science Olym
pics consists of individual and team
events that require varying degrees
of skill, knowledge, and ability in
several scientific areas. Schools com
pete in one of two levels depending
on the grade level (7-8-9 or 10-1 1
1 2) and 5 divisions (General Science,
Life Science, Biology, Chemistry,
physics). Trophies are awarded to
the schools that accumulate the
most points in each of these divisions.
As a junior high school, Madras
Junior High competes only in the
General Science and Life Sciences
areas; this year finishing first in
General Science and second in life
science.
Individual students from MJHS
finished in the top 3 places in 10 out
of 12 events in which they entered.
They accumulated 5 first places, 2
second places and 5 third places.
1 987 Science Olympics teams include:
Eldo Banten, Jennifer Dickman,
Margie Durette, Jeannie Ford, Ken
Hart, Shahin Henrikson, Jena Herz
berg, Scott Hurley, Melanie Orcutt,
Ron Palmer, Troy Phifer, Melanie
Ray, Jennifer Samscl, Cara Spears,
Cory Spofford, Craig Stevenson,
Danny Story, MistySummcrhalder,
Monica Tclfer, Christa Vibbert,
Allen Wickham.
Oatmeal boxes needed by
science department
Our 8th grade General Science
classes will be studying photography
during the month of May. Each
student will construct a pinhole
camera and some students have
difficulty in locating an empty oat
meal box to use for this purpose. If
you have a large (42 ounces) oat
meal box and finish using its con
tents, Mr. Jones or Ms. Rain would
appreciate it if you have it deli
vered to one of them at the school.
CAT to be given April 8 and 9
This year, we will be giving our
"CAT's" (California Achievement
Tests) to our students about 7-10
days earlier than we have in the
past. The reason for this is so that
we can get the results of the testing
back sooner and, hopefully, be
able to better place students in the
classes that they will need for next
, year. These tests will be given Wed
nesday, April 8 and Thursday April
9.
In addition, we will be testing
our students in the afternoon on
both of these days. (In previous
years we have done some of the
testing in the AM and some in the
PM). We have recently come across
some research that states that most
junior high aged kids are at their
peak performance levels in the afternoon
(our own experience agrees with
these findings). It is our hope that
this minor change may help some
students to perform better on the
tests.
As parents, you can help your
children to perform at their best on
these tests by: 1. encouraging them
to take the tests seriously; 2. mak
ing suring that they eat a good
breakfast on these days; 3. requr
ing that they get extra sleep at
night.
The annual science fair at Mad
ras Jr. High combines creativity
with the scientific process. Through
experimentation students arrive at
a conclusion to scientific questions
they, themselves, have formulated.
Results are not always as origi
nally expected but those discover
ies are made only after experimenta
tion. All seventh and eight grade stu- '
dents are required to run an exper
iment. They have the option of
entering the fair. One hundred and
seventy students did enter.
Certificates with gold, blue and
red seals were presented to a 1 1
registrants.
Gold medal recipients include:
Walter Madsen. Jeannie Ford, Greg
Williams. Brad Wright, Revekah
Dodson, Kim Buslach. Oliver Hyder,
Ryan Hyder, Ryan Grote, Travis
Tunison, Cara Spears. Justin Ches
ter, Joshua Currey, Alan Waldow,
Melanie Orcutt, Kevin Abendschcin,
Danielle Gabriel. Jennifer Samsel,
Nick Budge, Bryan Hopps, Kyan
Boyle, Monica Telfcr, Jena Herz
bcrg. Chad Schulz, Christa Vib
bert, Arlinda Duff, Ricky Weston,
Jason Ransom, Phillip Summers,
Erika Luce, Latina Black, Cole
Ratliff, Kenny Bicart, Juanita Wick
ham, Jennifer Warwick, Margie
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Warm Springs Elementary calendar
April 15 July Birthday Lunch
April 29 April Birthday Lunch
April 30 April Awards Assembly 9:00 a.m. "Everyone wel
come to attend!"
May 1 WSE Health and Science Fair
May 6 WSE Spring Music Program 1:15 p.m.
Spifyay Tymoo photo by Bthrmt
Gladys Squiemphen and son Vernon look at an exhibit at the annual
Science Fair at Madras Junior High School.
Durette. Jason Rabbie and Bryan
Harrison.
Students receiving blue medals
are: Tiffany Terrell, Ebb Huggins,
Essie Lawson. Joelden Surface. Chris
Mennealy, Deanna Lawson, Jeremy
Symons, Jose Calica. Brian Huff,
Jenny Dickman, Anthony Gonzales.
Kelly Glenn, Joanna Parsons, Karen
Stevenson, Anne Jasa, Leslie
Cochran, Maria Olvera, Craig Ste
venson, Eric Creclman. JuDcan
Lewis, Anthony Allen, Dawn Ben
rend. Nikki Werner, Angie Kee
ton, James Long. Melinda Casady,
Aaron Runge, Tara Tomlinson.
Jennifer Sinnaeve, Michele Hun
tington, Mandy Fine, Michelle Thomp
son, Mike Gandy, Jennifer Hack
man, Frances Jefferson, Shahin
Henderson, Dalene Lybbert, Kip
Gray, Loren Dunten. Shannon
Springer, Tina Garcia. Michele Sim
melink, Becky Soliz, Manuel Galan.
Scott Smith, Cory Hamilton. Robby
Mclnturff.
Honorable mention certificates
were awarded to: Dcshcelle Davis.
Kristi Miller, Leanna Seibold, Frank
Brunoe, April Mcintosh, Troy Phi
fer, Danny Story, Todd Mobley,
Todd Sullivan, Karla Jones, Ron
Nelson, Luis Sauceda, Cara Shad
ley, Jenny Reed, Eric Peterson.
Matt McDougall, Luane Foltz,
Melynda Mollett, Casey Jakobsen,
Tony Fuentes, Daphne Tingle, Kirk
Simmons, Louella Barnes, Krista
Hill, Mark Hook, J.R. Kelly, Car
rie Teal, Brad Posey, Ron Palmer,
Malanie Ray, Kristine Benson,
Casey Anderson, KenSmoldt, Miles
Burke, Tammy Wilson, Benny
Jakobsen, Matt Smith, Starla Green,
Jennifer Wollam, Marti Wells.
Vernon Squiemphen, Heather Mid
dleton Bethany Koshney.
Also receiving honorable men
tion awards are: Kris King, Marc
Chapman, Steve Lankford, Misty
Summerhalder, Chad Duff, Victor
Smith, April Wolfe, Angelica Lopez,
Scott Brown, Susie Marston, Ken
Hart, Lance Mitchell, Zee Smith,
Otis Johnson, Willy Aguilar, Angela
Glaspie, Karlo Munoz, Laura
Sahme, Marc Arthur, Hope Galan,
Connie Daniels, Morningstar
Johnson, Eric Craig, Cory Spof
ford, Ben Anderson, Merle Kirk.
Phyllis Crask, Marcie Ann Pinkal.
Preston Haskie, Allen Wickham.
Gerald Sampson, Jodie Jividen,
Christy Penning, Shilo Shaw,
Cynthia White, Sadie Kelly, Jona
than Smith, April Ellis, and Jesse
Madrid.
Warm Springs students submit writings
Mr. Phillips' 5th grade class is
learning about the Revolutionary
War in social studies.
Mr. Phillips has taught in Warm
Springs Elementary for 20 years.
He also taught at Simnasho school
for three years. He likes nice child
ren and the nice parents.
Written by Angie Wolfe, 5th grader
School Cooks
Warm Springs Elementary
School has three cooks and their
names are Donna Spencer (head
cook), Connie Bierman (assistant
cook) and Margie Topash (helper).
Donna Spencer has been working
here for six years, Connie Bierman
has been working here for two
years andd Margie Topash just
started working here this year. The
menu planner's name is Verna
Miller.
The favorite foods of the kids are
hamburgers, weiner wraps, and
chicken nuggets.
All the schools in Jefferson
County have the same foods except
on the cook's choice day. The foods
the cooks best like to prepare are
chicken nuggets, home made bread
and fried chicken.
Written by Rhea Pierre, 5th grade
Judy Keene is a school secretary
at Warm springs Elementary and
she works very hard. She types,
gives out lunch tickets and files
folders for the principal. One of the
most imprtant things she does is
locate students. The morning is the
busiest time of the day in her office.
When children need help they come
to Judy. Sometimes she makes
appointments with parents.
When Judy spots signs of bruise
marks she reports to the principal.
Judy is responsible for giving med
icine to students.
I think being a secretary is a lot
of work and responsibility.
Written by Heath Steel, 4th grade
Third grade teachers
Ms. Sensibaugh likes to eat pizza,
it's her favorite food. If she could
go any where she wanted to go she
would go some place hot and sunny.
The kind of car that she likes is the
Honda. Her favorite book is Pride
and Prejudice. Her favorite game is
bowling.
Mr. Henry's favorite thing to
teach is math and discussing short
stories. He has a total of nine self-
managers in his room. His favorite
food is T-bone steak and milk is his
favorite drink. In his free time he
likes to work on cars. This week in
his room they will be learning mul
tiplication facts by using funny
pictures.
Written by Cimmeron Tufti, 4th
grader
A short story
first hiccup
about the world's
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by Yvonne M. Earl
I think God was the first one to
hiccup. When it thunders, that is
God hiccupping. He thought it was
pretty neat. He gave Adam and
Eve the ability to hiccup, too. Soon
they had kids and they had kids
and so on. God wasn't right about
hiccups being neat. Everbody was
hiccupping and it started to rain.
He told Noah to build an ark and
to get two of every animal, a male
and female. Every body got into the
ark and sat for a few days. Then,
they moved. They stayed in the ark
for almost a year. Then, one day,
they stopped. Noah sent a dove to
see if it was all right to get on. It
was. so they all got out and lived
hapily ever after with no hiccups.
But one day a hiccup came from a Students participating in the Madras Jr. High School science fair combine creativity with the scientific process.
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