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SpilyayTymoo Warn! Springs, Oregon April 17, 1992 PAGE 3 Shanina wins tiny tot competition A 32 AJL. -k r, Shanina Mado Chemeketa powwow scheduled The Chemeketa Community Col lege Native American Club will sponsor "In honor of all", a powwow with drumming, singing and contest dancing, Saturday, May 9, 199Z at the Chemeketa Community College Reach for Success April 1 8 Nearly 300 people throughout Oregon are expected to participate in the sixth annual "Reach for Success" visitation day for 10- to 14-y car-old students of color and their parents, scheduled for Saturday, April 18, at the University of Oregon. The free program is designed to encourage Native American, African American, ChicanoLatino and AsianPacific American students from Oregon middle and junior high schools to consider higher education, according to Allison Davis-White Eyes, an academic advisor in the UO Office of Multicultural Affairs. "We are very excited about this year's visitation day," said Davis White Eyes, "because we think this is a stepping stone for stud6nts who might not otherwise explore the op portunities of college." This year's visitation day will provide sixth- through eighth-grade students of color with an opportunity to experience life on a university campus. As part of the hands-on in troduction to the variety of courses and other activities available at the university, the students will sample a college-level chemistry mini-class, visit an art studio, examine biologi cal science research and visit a resi dence hall where they will eat lunch. "Our program is particularly ex citing," said Davis-White Eyes, "because we also invite parents to participate in the day's events by offering them information and advice regarding preparation of their chil dren for college." Workshops for parents will ad dress topics pertinent to the '90s such as financial aid, motivation toward college, health, employment oppor tunities and up-to-date information on educational trends. Community members and UO faculty will guide the parent work Warm Springs APRIL EVENTS: 16 April birthday lunch 27-30-CAT Tests 30 April awards assembly -1 :45 p.m.-WSEGym APRIL LUNCH MENU 17 Chili burgers wcheese, car rot & celery sticks, peach slices, chocolate milk. 20 Pronto pups, french fries, com, fruit, milk. 21 Spaghetti wmeat sauce, garden salad, buttered french bread, peach slices, milk. 22 Pork burrito, herb rice, car rot sticks, mixed fruit, chocolate milk. 23 Oven fried chicken, potato salad, baked beans, wheat rolls, fruit & nut mix, milk. 24 Fish nuggets, hashbrowns, cornbread, coleslaw, jello wtopping, milk. 27 Weiner wraps, tater gems, green beans, peach slices, milk. 28 Beefcheese taco, herb rice, corn, strawberry ice cream, milk. 29 Chicken & noodles, popeye salad, cornbread, fruit salad, milk. 30 Cooks choice, chocolate milk. PARENT SURVEY The 21st Century Schools Coun cil would like to thank all parents who responded to our parent survey. An excellent return of 80 question naires representing 170 children was received. Here are some of the results: On class size, 75 of the parents felt class size did affect their children's education. On the vision for WSE: parent replies ranked: 1st self-esteem; 2nd graduate from high school; 3rd (tied) self -motivated & achieve academic success; 4th have high expectations about learning; and 5th have strong study skills. Congratulations! Competing from a Held of ten Imle girls, five years and younger, three-year old Shanina Mario Made, daughter of Esmade and Toni (Smith) Made of Warm Springs, recently won 1st Race in the "Tiny Tot All-Around Competi tion" at the Black Lodge Powwow at the White Swan Pavilion in Wash ington, April 3-5, 1992. The group was required to dance in full regalia for all three styles: traditional, fancy and jingle. For her efforts, Shanina received S 150 cash, a wing dress, an appliqucd top, and a special jacket. Shanina would like to give special thanks to her sisters, Estomina and Oric, for their guidance and patience, to Bridgcttc Scott, also of Warm Springs for her beautiful example of (lancing, and special words of en couragement, and to all her grandmas in Warm Springs for their hugs, kind words, teachings and guidance. There arc many people who had a hand in my gift of dancing. Thank you everyone for wishing me well." Gym (building 7), 4000 Lancaster Drive NE, Salem, Oregon. Sessions will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight and will include drumming, singing and contest dancing and a raffle. shops. At the same time, UO students and faculty will act as teachers, mentors, group leaders, and discus sion facilitators for the students. Check-in will start at 9 a.m. in the Ballroom of the Erb Memorial Union (EMU), 1 222 E. 13 th Ave. Activities will conclude at about 4 p.m. Bob Boldcn, principal of Jefferson Middle School in Eugene, will wel come participants and give the key note address at 9:43 a.m. in the EMU Ballroom. The event is sponsored by the UO Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Office of Admissions. Translators and limited child care for children ages 30 months to 7 years will be provided on a space available basis. Bus transportation will be provided from central points in Portland, Salem and Woodburn. For further information, contact Rebecca Pardo, Office of Multicultural Affairs, 314 Oregon Hall, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, or call 346-3479. Head Start Family Services bridges gaps between family, program, community Family Services is also known as Social Services, a Head Start compo nent This component represents a method of supporting families and individuals in using their own strengths to resolve whatever con flicts orproblems they are confronted with in their lives. The Head Start Performance stan dards states that the "process of get ting families to utilize their strengths to make max imum use of community resources is one of the primary aims of the Social Services component in Head Start." This can be interpreted many ways but in Head start this means that the social services com Elementary news Being involved in your child's education: 81 of parents said they helped with homework; 83 said they read to or listened to children read; 60 replied they attended con ferences, programs, and other school activities; and 39 said they would like to meet with school people to help plan the education of WSE students. If you checked this item, please call the school and leave your name with Judy Keane. We will be planning some joint community parentstaffstudent activities; potlucks, fun runs, academic fairs, cultural month, activities, make-it and take-it classes...and we would like to have you serve on committees. Even if the HB 2020 grant should not be funded by the state, we can do many of these activities. In the subject areas to be improved: 1st math; 2nd reading; 3rd spelling; 4th writing; 5th lan guage. Here are a smattering of com ments: Class Size ...."Smaller classes provide more individualized instruction." ...."We don't want a class size to be too small because it would elimi nate a competitive drive in each student or too large that it would cause the teacher confusion." Warm Springs is doing a fine job in the following areas: ..-"Giving awards for attendance, citizenship. Giving kids incentives." "Providing positive reinforce ment" "Provide quality teaching and provide extra help." If I could change one thing at WSE, it would be Teachers being more patient" Upgrade the school standards. Children need a challenge." Early Childhood program offers parenting advice PARENTS!!! You oro your child's first and bost teacher. Children learn In many places & many ways. Learning at home Is Impor tant to your child's develop' menu As a parentguardian, you have an opportunity to make an enormous differ ence In how much and how well your child learns. Reading to Your Child Show delight and enthusiasm as you read. Never turn reading into a chore. Try to read to your child each day. Find a time when you and the child are relaxed and interested in reading, such as at bedtime or after a nap. 0 Let your child choose the books and pages to read. Point to the pictures as you talk about them. Let the child help hold the book and turn the pages. Tell a familiar story, but leave out words or parts of sentences for your child to till in. Let your child describe the pic tures and tell the story to you. If your child periodically does not show an interest in reading, continue to read to the child as heshe plays quietly. Eventually the child ' will again be eager to participate in reading. For more information about read Easter Egg Decorating Workshop The Big Easter Egg Hunt Easter Sunday at 10:30 a.m., Community Center Fields Prizes, Eggs & Fun for Everyone!!! ponent is concerned with supporting families in their efforts to: -become more aware of their indi vidual strengths; -maintain a strong sense of family' pride and self-worth; improve their ability to identify and assess their needs; -remove obstacles preventing parents and family members from entering into meaningful activities with their children; and -increase their capacity to find and utilize community supports and resources to the family. The family Services component attempts to meet needs through the ...."Become more creative, by teaching subjects in a less structured environment" Additional comments ...."We feel our son is getting an excellent education and lots of spe cial attention to meet his needs." ...."Our community is still work ing on parent involvement other than parties." ...."Be objective when a student is trying to talk to you about their con cerns, problems, or instruction di rection." ...."Make meaningful change, and community participation will most likely increase. Take the long view." We only had room for a few of the many thought provoking comments. A full compilation of the parent surveys will be used by the 21st Century Schools Council to help us plan the HB 2020 grant application. Again, thank you for the frank, in formative answers. We can work together and make meaningful changes for the children's benefit A SPECIAL REMINDER There are times that parent(s) ask to make a special request for a spe cific teacher. Should you wish to do this, you are asked to make the re quest, in writing, prior to May 15. Staff members will try to honor all requests; however, if we are not able to do this, you will be notified and asked to a conference with us re garding the decision that is made. OUTSTANDING CITIZENS The following students were out standing citizens of the month for March: Kindergarten: Tashayla Martinez, Johanna James, John HoweAiyana Jackson, Pearl Jack. First Grade: Sonny Berry, Anto nio Becerra, Sam JacksonPamela Kalama, Felipe BritoKhenyen St ing to your child and a list of fiood books for preschool bkc children, stop by the 1 lead Start Office. New Early Childhood Center Up. date The latest tentative date for the Day Care and Head StartDay Care Programs to move into the new Early Childhood Education Center is the week of 51192. Notices will be posted as soon as the definite date for moving week is known. Parents Guardians with children in those programs will need to make alternate plans, for child care, during moving week. as the programs w ill shut down. The Head Start and Tribal Preschool Programs will move to the new center the week of 6B92. The Dedication Ceremony for the new facility will be June 24, 1992. Head Start Prere glstratlon Prcrceistration for Head Start to begin May 1. Registration packets for the 1992-1993 school year will be available by May 1, 1992. Please stop by the Head Start Office to pick one up. Children born between 92 87 and 9189 are eligible for en rollment in the 3- and 4-year-olds programs. Head Start's goal for 1992-1993 is to serve 100 of the 4 year olds in the Warm Springs Community; to provide them with a positive pre school experience for a successful transition into kindergarten and el ementary school. Physicals and updated Immuni zations are required for children en tering Head Start and Kindergarten. As a community service, Health Screenings will be provided by the IHS Clinic staff in the Community Center Social Hall on the following dates: Thursday, 416 at 6:30 p.m., in Geneva's room at the Community Center. Bring your own hard boiled eggs. following activities: community outreach recruitment and enrollment of children family needs assessment providing information about available community resources and how to obtain and use them referrals emergency assistance andor crisis intervention follow-up recordkeeping advocacy Services to the family can be both direct or indirect We assist in the outreach, rccruitmentand enrollment Gcrmaine. Second Grade: Felicia Bennett, Ellen Jackson, Eliza Kalama, Alysia Aguilar. Third Grade: Robert Allen, Jr., Chris Suppah, Eugene Greene, III. Fourth Grade: MiaSpino.Tashina Smith, Gary Katchia, Jamie Tohet. Fifth Grade: Nicole Charley, Lillian HeathJesse Wewa, Paulette Henry. CLEAN-UP WEEK Clean Up week for the Warm Spring Community is set for the week of April 27 through May 2. During this week, students at Warm Springs Elementary School will be helping to clean up the school campus areas. They will also help clean up sur rounding areas. We will all take pride in making our community a more beautiful place to live in harmony with nature. We urge you to take some time in helping to clean up our community. Get into the swing for a good spring!! Superintendent delivers annual budget message The following are major highlights of Superintendent Phil Riley's 1992 93 Budget Message delivered to the District s Budget Committee at its first meeting on Tuesday, March 10, 1992. Unless otherwise noted, the comments relate to the District's General Fund for operations. Expenditures 1.0 The District's 1992-93 spending plan of $14,284,721 is to maintain existing programs of the current school year. Three additional full-time equivalency teachers have been proposed to help reduce class room crowding created by continued growth in enrollment over the past year. In add ition, 1 .5 counselors have been added for the elementary levels. 2.0 The proposed budget also For PrcK'n May 7, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For Prc-3's June4, 8:30a.m. to 4 p.m. Please mark those dates on your calendar. If your child is not seen on the appropriate date above, vou will need to lake himher to the 11 IS Clinic and go through the procedures there. Children need updated physicals and immunizations before they can be enrolled for the fall school year. If you have any questions please con tact Linda Knight, IHS Public I Icalth Nurse or the Head Start Office. Working Parents and Skk Children When both parents or a single parent works, they often find it dif ficult to manage when their children become ill. Although there is a larger system of sick-child core in com munities than ever before, the num ber of places is still quite small. I Icre are the issues that arise: Finding a caregiver for children is difficult in many communities. Either the cost is high, the people unqualified or do not stay long. -Parents' choice of caregiver may differ from the children's. Do parents keep a caregiver they like in hopes the children will adjust or do they let the caregiver go? When there is a regular sitter or child care center, neither may want to care for children who arc sick, especially if the children have com municable diseases. Substitute care is sought for sick children at a time when they need the most stability and a familiar face caring for them. Children who arc frequently ill require one of the parents, usually the mother, to leave work pick up the child from school, sitter or day care center and stay home with the chil-, drcn. Some mothers leave their jobs because the employer is not sup portive of having to leave work for children. Some employers understand time off to fix a car or train in the Army Reserve much more than they understand the need to be with sick children. -Mothers whose children arc left with others while ill think of the child during the day, sometimes to the point of distraction, without get ting quality or quantity of work completed. -Some families invite a grand mother or aunt to live with them and care for their children. That creates a different family system to which everyone must adjust.. h m - . Children who are ill with flu or colds can easily infect others in the family, who also become ill. Or, they infect siblings with communicable activities in bringing families into the program. We make families aware of the community resources avail able. Examples: arranging for addi tional medical assistance for a child in Portland or Bend, conducting a clothing drive for a family who lost their personal belongings in a fire. Coordination of family services activities with other Head Start com ponent activities is important. Fam ily Services must be involved in the classroom, parent involvement, nu trition, and health component ac tivities in the center in order to have a complete picture of the child and U of O plans spring powwow The University of Oregon's, Na tive American Student Union spon sored, 24th Annual Spring Powwow is scheduled for May 16 & 17, 1992, at Mac Arthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene. The host drum will be Northern Winds, of Whitefish Bay, Ontario, Canada and Mockingbird, San Fran cisco Bay Area. Masterof ceremonies will be Allan C. Neskahi, Cortez, Colorado. And the arena director is Apprenticeship program completed A tribal member employee of Warm Springs Forest Product In dustries for seven years, Joseph (Joe) Winishut age twenty-seven, just Joe Winishut 1 ;f ) ( disease s. That creates a lonm period of lime in which caregivers are needed. When children are sick at home in the care of someone outside the family and then become so sick they have to be brought to emergency or to the hospital, parents may feci guilty they were not ihcrc for ihem. They may feel ihcy could have prevented the illness from getting worse if they had been there themselves and could give care thai "only parents" can give. Neighbors or relatives may not want the responsibility of caring for others' children. Mothers who do not go out to work may not want to be called upon as though (hey had lime. As one mother said, "First it was 'Could you accept my packages?' then 'Could you open my house for the repairman?' and then 'Could you care for my sick child? "This mother continued, "I am staying home to give time to my own children and home, not the neighbors children and home." Forty-two percent of all Ameri can households now consist of a two paycheck couple with children. More than half of all mothers with infants under one year of age are currently employed, and research suggests that by 199S. 14.6 million preschool children will have moth ers in the out-of-homc workforce." (Ziglcr, E. What is the case for a national infant care leave policy . Zero to Three, 1991 (Jun), 11,24.) Al though congress passed a Family and Medical Leave Act in 1990, it was vetoed by the president Now a new bill is actively under discussion. The United States is "the only industrialized nation in the world without a national infant care policy. Seventy-five other nations offer an average of 4-5 months leave, and benefits averaging between 60 and 90 of the woman's wages," says Dr. Zciglcr. The passage and fulfillment of such a bill would enable families to offer their children more consistent, reliable carcgiving, especially at times of stress such as illness. (Pediatric Mental Health, MarApr 1992) Buy your raffle tickets Raffle tickets are now available for the Warm Springs Early Child hood Education Parent Club "Made in Warm Springs" raffle. The drawing will be Friday May 1, 1992, All proceeds will go to the new Early Childhood Center play ground and riding toys fund. Tickets are available in the Head Start office and from some program parents. family. It is the role of family services in Head Start to promote community commitment to the goals of Head Start by serving as a bridge between the center, the family and community resources so that the needs of the Head S tart children and families will be met Designs available Jim Scott has over 100 beadwork design patterns for sale. The largest he has is 18x24 and has various smaller sizes. You can view his artwork at 4452 Upper Dry Creek Rd. Or call Jim at 553-1847. Vaughn Baker of Poplar, Montana. All drums are welcome. For further information call or write: NASU, Rm 15-A.EMU, Uni versity of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, (503) 346-3723. NASU is not responsible for theft, accidents, divorces andor stranded guests. Alcoholic beverages and illegal drugs are prohibited. completed a four year apprentiship program, where he has received on-the-job training hours and attended classes two nights a week, each ses sion lasting three hours, for six months out of the past four years at Central Oregon Community College in Bend. He studied welding, basic math, took machine shop, electrical hydraulic pneumatics classes. Winishut is now a journeyman millwright as of mid-March on dayshift at the planer department of WSFPI. He has gone about achieving this position on his own, got himself signed up for classes and also, being accepted by the Bureau of Industry and Labor to begin his four year apprentiship. During which lime he has purchased his own tools that are needed to do repairs. His title as journeyman millwright is to oversee and troubleshoot any mechanicalelectrical problems that arise with the machinery. He does welding pre fab to build or repair machinery. Winishut enjoys his job because it is a learning experience for him and he likes working on a different task all the time. And it keeps him cautious. 1