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injjr p pn mi p p up p pi p-jn-m gn m gpii 0ii km pn pa" pi fi nriTiri Simlvav't 'age 7 J YMOO WAHM SrillNKS, OKKUON 97761 June 5, 1987 I Recreation can cure summertime blues Are the kids already bored just thinking about summer? Well, the Warm Spring Recreation depart ment hat just the ticket to end the summertime blues! Swimming lessons will be taught Mondays through Thursdays at the Kah-Nee-Ta Village Pool. There is no charge for the lessons, how ever, all swimmers must supply their own suits and towels. All arti cles must be marked with the per son's name. Pre-school age children (two through five) must be accompan ied by an adult. Lessons for pre schoolers will begin June 18 and continue through July 9. The one hour lesson will begin at 9 a.m. The bus will leave Warm Springs at 8:30 a.m. from the Center and the campus basketball court. Beginning swimming is offered to those children aged six to eight and will also be offered from June 18 through July 9. Lessons will be taught from 10 to 1 1 a.m. The bus will leave Warm Springs at 9:30 a.m. Intermediate swimming lessons will be offered to children between nine and 13 years of age. The les sons will run from July 13 to 30 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The bus will leave Warm Springs at 8:30 a.m. Advanced beginning swimming lessons will be offered to those Warm Library opens for the summer TheJOM committee has awarded Warm Springs Elementary with funding for an open Library during the 1987 summer. This means that our library will be available to Warm Springs Elementary students to give students a better opportun ity to continue reading throughout the summer. Students will be able to visit the library between 9:00 and 2:00 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thurs days for a six week period (June 22-July30). .. .. The library will be staffed with two teachers and one instructional aide. This will mean it will be pos sible to provide students with small group and individual assistance in struction, as well as allowing them to check out books and use the equipment and materials in the library. Family members are encouraged to visit the library with their children. v Please watch the Spilyay and look for posters at Macy's and Tri bal Administration to learn more details about the program. May Outstanding Citizens Kindergarten Jesse Wewa, Maria Meanus, Lillian Heath. l Vx- " ' A ' I I , I , "' .. I 'I " - j i ' , JV ' 1 J t : j f i No, .. W I (A i " " I ill t Kid meets kids The tribal pre-school was host to variety of animals recently. Included in the entourage was a goat, chickens, birds, rabbits and guinea pigs. The kid enjoyed the kids' fingers. swimmers who have passed begin ner's swimming requirements. Les sons will be from 10 a.m. to 1 1 a.m. from July 13 to 30. Intermediate swimming is open to all ages who have met the begin ning swimming requirements. These lessons will be held August 3 through 6 beginning at 9 a.m. each day. Adult swimming lessons will be offered in the evening from June 23 through July 30 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Adult swimmers must provide their own transportation. Always a hit in the past are the Friday Field trips which will be offered again this year. Any child ren who wish to participate in any or all of the Friday Field Trips Recreation department field trips June 19 June 26 July 2 July 10 July 16 July 17 July 24 July 31 August 7 Cove State park, for children six and over Mary Hill and The Dalles Dam, for children six and over Surprise Enchanted Forest, for six and older. Admission fee to be announced Little League Rooter Bus, destination to be announced Troutlake. for those six and older Portland Zoo, for those six and older. Admission fee to be announced. Skateworld in Gresham, for those six and older. Admission fee to be announced. Cove State Park Springs Elem First Grade Kim Estimo, Car los Lopez, Edna Rose David. Second grade Jason Tohet, Effie Jim, Vera Thomas. Third grade Marlen Miller, Sha ron Katchia. Fourth grade Yvonne Earl, Gcral dine Switzler, Little Fawn Suppah. Fifth grade Jennifer Tufti, Jake Waheneka. May Outstanding class of the month Cheryl Kintner's second grade class was selected as the Outstand ing Class of the Month for May. This class has shown much growth this year in learning to work coop eratively and responsibly. At the beginning of the year, students in this class worked at individual desks and struggled to complete their assignments, with much help from the teacher. By the end of the year, this class divided themselves into several student team learning groups. Each student has made progress in learning how to manage hisher own behavior and in learning how to help each other with their stu dies. This has led to their making more productive use of their time. Ms. Kintner is proud of the pro gress her class has made. must have waiver signed by their parents or guardians. The fee schedule for the field trips is as follows. One-child S 10; two children S 1 5 and three or more children $20. The fee covers all of the field trips. The fee must be paid in advance before the children can attend. Waiver forms can be obtained at the Community Center. It is recommended that if you are interested in attending any of the leld trips to register as soon as , possible. Summer recreation program pac tets will be available at a later date. Tall Debbie at the Center at 553 1 6 1 , ext. 244. for more information. Warm Springs Elementary goals for 1986-87 progress report The staff and students are con tinuing to work towards achieving our goals. As I told you in a pre vious newsletter, the teachers and I continue to meet twice each month to discuss our progress and develop new strategies for meeting each goal. The following is a summary of our progress: 1.0 Increase family involvement in school activities - All classes have achieved their goal of having 100 percent of the families of the children in the class involved in at least one school activity. Throughout the year teac hers and students have invited fam ily members to participate in activ ities in their classroom and in special school-wide projects. We want to thank all of you for making an extra effort this year to share in your child's school program. 2.0 Improve student academic per formance in a targeted area Each grade level has chosen one area to emphasize this year. Below you will find a list of those areas that are getting extra attention at each grade level: First grade Voca bulary and speaking in complete sentences; Second grade Capitali zation and punctuation; third grade language; fourth grade vocabulary and punctuation; fifth grade voca bulary; Result of this year's achievement testing indicate that our students have made significant improvement in their learning. The following table will show you have each grade compared with last year's grades in their achievement on our yearly achievement test. This com parison does not take into account the differences in individual stu dent ability, but it does indicate whether or not this year's grade levels made progress over the group of children who went through the same grade the previous year: 3,0 Establish a Warm Springs Preven tion team which meets weekly to monitor student attendance and develop ways to solve attendance problems Throughout the year Ed Roley, Title I V-A counselor, teachers, Daisy Ike, and I have worked with stu dents and families to improve stu dent attendance. During the first through third quarter of school, we made steady progress towards achiev ing regular attendance of all stu dents. During this final quarter, our student attendance has decreased. We will continue to do all we can to encourage and assist students to attend school every day. We urge your continued support and assist ance in making sure your children get off to school every morning. 4.0 Develop programs for improv ing students' writing In all grades, students have spent additional time and effort improv ing their writing ability. As low as kindergarten, students are writing stories created through their own imaginations and ideas. At the kin dergarten level, we are not asking for accurate spelling and punctua tion, but are asking children to put their thoughts on paper by spelling words as they sound to them. In J Sl-V A - l IIIHIM IIIIIMV Warm Springs Elementary students in Denver Sensibaugh's class diligently study during math exercises. Principal invites comments Register new I have always appreciated the feedback we have received from the families of our students and other community members. If you have any comments or questions about our school program, please take a moment to write them below. Then just mail them to me or drop eotary first grade, students have had many opportunities to write about a var iety of topics. Several of these top ics deal with the field trips and spe cial experiences they have had with their penpals from other schools. For the first time this year, we have begun formally testing stu dents' writing ability. This test, given in the fourth grade, was deve loped through the Oregon State Department of Education. It is our intention to use the results of this test, to more effectively plan our writing instruction. Finally, at the fifth grade level, students continue to have a variety of writing expe riences, from continuing to write stories to learning several styles for writing poetry. All of the staff are well aware of the talent of our students in being able to creatively talk and draw about their ideas. Students are not as comfortable or skilled in being able to put these same ideas into writing. During the next school year, we will be continuing to research and develop strategies for assisting children to feel more com fortable with learning how to put their thoughts down on paper. 5.0 Increase supportive interactions among students May's activities centered around the theme, "Put Others First," received a positive and encourag ing response from students and staff. We have decided to use this theme throughout the next school year, as a student goal and a topic for classroom discussion and activi ties. , 6.0 Establish monthly communica tions between the school and the Warm Springs Senior Building The first and second grade classes have completed the "Elder's Pro ject." This project, coordinated by Caroline Cruz and funded through JOM, involved five elders from the community working with the first and second grade classes to help on the drug and alcohol education program, "Here's Looking at You." These folks each attended four ses sions with a classroom. While in the classroom, they assisted the teacher with the lesson and gave their thoughts, advice, and encou ragment to the children. It was a wonderful experience for the children. Again, many thanks goes to the following elders for their special contributions to our drug and alco hol education program: Lizzy Rhoan-Dawn Smith's first grade; Lillian and Alvin Smith-Donna Rodgers and Russel Kaiser's first grade; Mary Ann Meanus-David Wickham's second grade; Sylvia Wallulatum-Mary Soliz's second grade. 7.0 Develop classroom activities for teaching Indian culture through out the curriculum 'grades K-5 A mini powwow on June 5th from 1:15 to 3:20 will be our con cluding activity for the school year. This celebration is another exam ple of how Indian culture has been integrated into the regular school program, to enhance and enrich the student's program. Through their physical education program, students have the opportunity to practice Indian dance during the week before the powwow. Senior citizen's and family mem bers are invited to join the students during practices to give this activ ity increased meaning and impor tance. The end of the school year is Math UfhlvTAI them by the school oil ice. I will read each and every comment and do my best to respond to your sug gestions, concerns, questions, or compliments. Jane Westergaard-Nimocks Principal Mews a time to celebrate. The students have worked hard and accomp lished much this year. The pow wow is an appropriate and mean ingful way for the students and their families to affirm the talents and accomplishments of the child ren. The powwow gives us a great way to demonstrate the pride we feel for your children. Classroom Newsbits Mary Soliz's second grade class has begun their social studies unit on Warm Springs. They did do several activities during Indian Heri tage Week. They also had their penpals from Madras Elementary up for a visit in May. The students worked on a book about friends. Each student in both classes will receive a copy of the finished pro duct called, "friendship." The stu dents also traded home addresses so they could continue to write to each other over the summer. Fol lowing are some excerpts from the children's book: A friend is somebody you like. And somebody you play with. Some body you go with to special places. Tyrone Lewis. Friendship, caring, nice, loving, cheerful and fun. Friendship means when someone likes someone else. Effie H. Jim. I know what friendship means. It is like that if you are a new kid in the school. You might find a kid and you will talk with him or her. Adam Rubio. Jill Baisden's fourth grade class has started making paper mache pigs in art class. As a part of their May safety and science activities, they are making a poster illustrat ing ways to be safe in water. The second grade class made their teachers very proud of them as they joined other second grade classes on a field trip to Bear Springs. They had a chance to learn and explore the outdoors Warm Springs Elementary calendar June June June 23 September 9 V 'V, MJH students of the mo Madras Jr. High students Jarrod Sampson and Shah honored as students of the month for April rv '" h skrmnrk kindergarteners Parents may register next year's kindergarteners before June 16 at Warm Springs Elementary school. Children must be five years of age on or before September I. When registering proof of age and a record of immunization is necessary. through adventure hunts and attend ing learning stations about plants, wildlife, geology, and fire. The stu dents really enjoyed themselves and did an outstanding job of manag ing their behavior. The students of Dawn Smith's first grade room presented Lizzy Rhoan with a bouquet of flowers at our May awards assembly. Lizzy had spent four afternoons working with this class on their "Here's looking at you" lessons. Lizzy was one of the grandparents who was participating in our "Elders Pro ject." This project, developed and coordinated by CarolineCruzand funded by JOM, brought elders into the first and second grade classrooms to assist with drug and alcohol education. Along with the bouquet, one of Ms. Smith's students, Michael Speak thunder, read a statement of thanks to Mrs. Rhoan. Michael impressed us all with his ability to speak exceedingly well before the entire student body and to warmly tell Mrs. Rhoan that "she is a good teacher" in his Indian language. Two groups of Warm Springs Elementary Self-Managers traveled to Portland to visit the OMSI museum, courtesy of the JOM enrich ment program. Students who had kept their "self-manager's" badges since April 21st were eligi ble for this trip. At OMSI, they saw the special planterium show of "Mother Earth. Father Sky" and spent time viewing and participat ing in the many exhibits and learn ing centers at the museum. The teachers and parents that accom panied the students were very proud of their behavior. One parent reported that a group of high school students viewing the planetarium show with our child ren, needed to take a lesson on how to behave from our students. Awards Assembly 9:00 a.m. Mini Powwow-I:30 p.m. Grade 1-2 dismissed at 2:30 p.m. Grade 3-5. p.m. K dismissed at 3:20 p.m. Morning kindergarteners may attend with family WSE Library opens from 9:00-2:00 p.m.. Library will be open from 9-2, Tues. Wed., Thurs. June 22-July 30. 1987-88 School year begins 4 1 e v 1 S" T r Henrikson were