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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Madras Jr. High students Jarrod Sampson and Shah
honored as students of the month for April
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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
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