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May 1,1992 PAGE'S'-
Early Childhood Education Center news
You are your child's First and Best Teacher
What you do as a parentguardian helps your child:
Learn Better Know More
Do Better In School Function Better In School
Develop A Positive Attitude About Learning
Your Child Is never too young to learn. The early years of a
child's life provide the foundation for later learning, and they
can be some of the most fruitful years of all I
mcnts arc Jane Kirkpatrick, Nan
Chambers and Dorothy Robinson
Foldcs. These professionals are
looking at children's skills in com
munication, (what they say and what
they understand); their independence
or self-help skills such as potty
training or dressing skills; how the y
interact with others and their self
esteem (social skills); and how they
solve problems or think about what
is happening around them (adaptive
and cognitive skills). The results of
the assessments and recommenda
tions arc shared only with the parents,
when they enter Head Start if they
continue to indicate a need for sup
port. The goal of the disabilities com
ponent of I lead Stan is to respectfully
provide whatever help is needed to
ensure that each child has the best
preschool experience. Children arc
notsinglcdoutas"diffcrcnt."Instcad,
the services they receive through their
classroom teachers and special ser
vices classroom staff such as Becky
Brunoc and Nancy Yubcta helps
children prepare for kindergarten
and supports parents in their role as
teachers and with a professional as- their child's first and most important
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sessmeni team consisting 01 an ino icacner,
All children are special at
Head Stan
All Head Start children arc spe
cial. At least ten percent of Head
Start children across the country
and here at Warm Springs arc
considered "extra" special. These
children, with their parents' permis
sion, receive additional help in their
classrooms that allow them to take
full advantage of preschool. They
arc assisted by the Disabilities
Component of Head Start
Special needs children come to
the attention of Head Start most of
ten through their parents who notice
their child may not be talking or
walking like other children their age.
Sometimes parents notice they
haven't been able to teach their child
a skill that older brothers and sisters
learned easily. Sometimes parents
arc encouraged by IHS staff or
Children's Protective Services or a
friend to contact the special service
staff. Parents often ask for help for
their child at the time of registration
or even before.
After children start Mead Start,
their teachers may notice that a child
is having difficulty in following
classroom routines or struggling with
some skill. Teachers are trained to be
good observers and to know when to
ask specialists for help. After
speaking with parents, teachers will
talk with their supervisors about re
ferring children to special services
programs.
Regardless of how children are
noticed, parents are asked for their
permission to allow specialists to
observe and assess their child's
abilities. Specialists in speech and
language, physical therapy, and de
velopmental disabilities (such as
seizure disorders, autism, cerebral
palsy, vision and hearing impaired
and other health impairments such as
fetal alcohol syndrome) spend time
in the classroom, talk with teachers
and parents, IHS staff and the chil
dren. At Warm Springs, the special
ists most often involved in asscss-
Support Group Meetings - Warm Springs
Monday
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Youth Aftercare, Community Counseling
Center
Wednesday
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Youth AA, Community Counseling Center
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Women's Support Group, Community Coun
seling Center (babysitting provided)
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Candlelight AA meeting,
Community Counseling Center
Thursday
10:30 a.m. Women's Support Group, Community Counsel
ing Center (babysitting provided)
4:15 - 5:30 p.m. Adolescent Girls Group (13 yrs old and up),
Community Counseling Center (3-5 p.m. during summer)
7:00 - 8:00 p.m, AA Meeting, Community Counseling Center
Friday
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. AA Meeting, Simnasho Longhouse
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Youth AA, Community Counseling Center
Saturday
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. AA Meeting, Community Counseling Center
Support Group Meetings - Madras
Sunday
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. AA Group, Jefferson County Recovery
Center, 639 D Street
Tuesday
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Tuesday Night AA GroupAlanon, St. Mark's
Episcopal Church, 5th & F Street
Martes
8:00 - 9:30p.m. AA Meetings in Spanish Juntas de Alcoholicos
Anonimos en Espanol. Jefferson Country Recovery Center, 639
D Street.
Thursday
8:00 p.m. Thursday Night AA Group (non-smoking), Lutheran
Church, 1225 C Street
physician, a community counseling
psychologist, the special services
director at Jefferson County 509-J
and the Director of Early Childhood
Education.
If the assessments show that a
child is having some difficulty in
learning one or more of the skill
areas, parents can enroll their children
in the Early Intervention program.
This program is sponsored by the
Oregon Department of Education,
Jefferson County Schools and the
Confederated Tribes. The National
Head Start review held recently
praised the positive way children at
Warm Springs are involved in the
Head Start Early Intervention ser
vices. Through Early Intervention,
families identify specific skills they
hope their child will learn in the next
year and the specialists talk about
what additional support a child may
need in the classroom or at home in
order to attain those goals.
Some parents have enrolled their
children in Early Intervention when
they were as young as newborns be
cause they were concerned about their
child's unique medical problems. In
fants and toddlers receive home
based services through the Parcnt-As-Teachcr
program (PAT). Parents
are given assistance in providing for
their special child including help in
connecting with important medical
services. These children are auto
matically involved in special services
If you're wondering if your child
might be "extra" special and could
benefit from special services, you
can call the Head Start office 553
324 1 and ask for Jane to talk about it
further.
Programs to move Into new
ECt Center
The Day Care. Head StartDay
Care (trailers) and Latch Key Pro
grams will be closed on the follow
ing dates to facilitate their move into
the new Early Childhood Education
Center; Thursday, May 7; Friday,
May 8; Monday, May I I; Tuesday,
May 12; Wednesday, May 13;
Thursday, May 14; Friday, May 15.
ParentsGuardians with children in
these programs will need to make
alternate plans forchild care on those
days. Credit will be given for the
days that child care is not provided.
The programs will begin operation in
the new facility on Monday, May 1 8.
This is the first phase of moving
into the new center for the Early
Childhood Programs. In addition to
Day Care, Head StartDay Care and
Latch Key, the Early Childhood
Administrative offices will also move
in May 7th through the 15th. That
includes the Head Start Offices, Child
Development Center Offices and
Early Intervention.
Phase 2 of moving into the new
center will occur after school is
out June 8 through June 19. At that
time the Head StartPart Day and
Tribal Preschool Programs will move
to the new facility.
Dedication ceremonies for the new
Early Childhood Education Center
will be held on Wednesday, June 24.
Health Screenings set
Physicals and updated Immuni
zations arc 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: for Prc-K's May 7th, 8:30
a.m. to4 p.m.; for Pre 3's June 4th,
8:30 a.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 take himhcrio the IHS Clinic
and go through the procedures there.
Children need updated physicals and
immunizations before they can be
enrolled for the fall school year.
It is the hope of the IHS and Early
Childhood Education Staffs that this
"physicals & immunizations" process
can be presented as a "Health Fair."
Parents Guardians of children, who
will be taking advantage of the
screenings being offered, need to take
time to explain, to their child, what
the screenings arc for and what the
experience will be like. Providing
this sort of orientation will help as
sure a positive experience for the
youngsters.
The various stations at the Health
Fair will include: registration, vitals
- height, weight, blood pressure &
temperature, urine analysis and
hemocrits, denial, physical exam &
immunizations.
This year immunizations will be
offered as an option. Parents
Guardians may wish to take their
child in for updated immunizations
at the Clinic during the summer
months.
If you have any questions, about
the upcoming Health Fair, please
contact Linda Knight. IHS Public
Health Nurse or the Head Start Of
fice. Head Start Pre-reglstratlon
begins
Head S tart registration packets for
the 1992-1993 school year, to begin
in September, arc now available in
the Head Start Office. Children born
between 9287 and 9189 arc eli
gible for enrollment in the 3- and 4-year-olds
programs. Head Start's goul
for 1992-1993 is to serve 100 of
the 4-year-olds in the Warm Springs
Community; to provide them with a
positive preschool experience for a
successful transition into Kinder-,
gartcn at Warm Springs Elementary
School.
Registration packets arc available
in the Head Start Office, located In "
the Community Center, until May 8
and in the New Early Childhood
Education Center, beginning May 1 8.
Here is what you will need to bring,
for your child's Head Start registra
tion lobcproccsscd: Proof of Income,
Child's Social Security , Child's
Enrollment , and emergency con
tacts (names and phone numbers).
You will also need your child's up
dated Immunization Record and
Physical Exam form completed.
Children will be assigned to spe
cific classrooms in August, 1992.
There will be a orientation, the week
before school starts in September,
that parentsguardians will need to
attend to find out whose class their
child is in.
If you have any questions or
concerns regarding Head Start rcg- ,
istration, stop by the Head Start Of
fice or call 553-3241.
Day Care Seeking Families
Beginning in September, 1992,
the new Early Childhood Education
Center's Infant and Latchkey Pro
grams will be expanding their en
rollment. If you have a child that will
be between 6 weeks old and 36
months, they can be served in the
Infant Center. Children 5 through 12
years can be served in the Latchkey
Center. Costs for care will be deter
mined by a sliding fee scale based on
family size and income.
If you are interested in day care
for your infant or school age child,
beginning in the fall, contact Charlcne
Stacona White at 553-3240.
Students who receive poor grades lose much
Once a bad report card meant a
scolding at home, may be a classroom
lecture. Today bad grades could cost
students anything from a drivers li
cense to a job permit, depending on
where they live.
Many students complain the
crackdown on poor school perfor
mance is often counterproductive.
Peter, a 1 6-year-old Daly City high
school student, always wanted to do
something better than his sister. He
couldn't top her grades, so he joined
the track team. But he was kicked off
when his grades fell short of the GPA
requirement
Then he applied for a job as a
cashier, but was rejected when the
store manager found out that his math
grades were poor. Even driving the
family car was out because his par
ents couldn't afford the high insur
ance rates companieschargeforteens
with bad grades.
Once, the greatest indignity Peter
would have suffered for a lousy re
port card was a scolding. Today,
students like Peter with UKAs ot "U"
and "F" face an array of penalties
that affect every aspect of their life
whether it's applying for an after
school job, attending the prom or
getting that most cherished piece of
let a teen drive or not.
Students who want an after-school
job can pay a stiff price for low
grades too. Under federal labor laws
job applicants under 18 must give
employers work, permits signed by
plastic, their drivers license. ..-.the school. Man V school districts
Drop-outs face even graver pen- makC'lhcsc conditional on good
Ethnic, racial issues to be studied
The Oregon Supreme Court re
cently announced the creation of a
task force to study racial and ethnic
issues in Oregon courts.
Chief Justice Wallace P. Carson,
Jr., stated that studies in other states
had shown that racial and ethnic
minorities perceive discrimination
and insensitivity in the courts. The
task force came about at the sugges
tion of both the Oregon Judicial
Conference (which includes all cir
cuit, district, and appellate judges)
and the Supreme Court.
Justice Edwin J. Peterson has been
appointed chair of the task force.
Chief Justice Carson will appoint 15
other persons to serve on the task
force, according to Chief Justice
Carson, members of the task force
will include representatives of African-Americans,
Native-Americans,
Asian-Americans, and persons of
Middle East extraction. In addition,
the plan is to include persons from
district attorneys offices, a circuit
judge, a district judge, lawyers and
not less than three members of the
general public.
The charge of the task force is:
"A. To identify problems faced
by racial and ethnic minorities who
participate in the judicial system.
"B. To undertake a critical exami
nation of the concerns of racial and
ethnic minorities in their treatment
in and by the courts.
"C. To propose solutions to the
identified problems of racial and
ethnic minorities, solutions that the
judicial department can implement."
Persons interested in serving on
the task force should write to Justice
Edwin J. Peterson, Oregon Supreme
Court, 1163 State Street, Salem,
Oregon 973 1 0, attention: Task Force,
before May 1, 1992.
A copy of the order creating the
Juik force is appended to this announcement
Questions: call Justice Edwin J.
Peterson, telephone 378-6026.
In the Matter of the Appoint
ment of a Racial Bias Task Force
Chief Justice Order No. 92-022
Order Concerning Creation of
Racial Bias Task Force
The Supreme Court and the Or
egon Judicial Conference have rec
ommended the creation of a Judicial
Department Task Force on Racial
Ethnic Issues in the Court. Accord
ingly, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1 . An Oregon S upreme Court Task
Force on RacialEthnic Issues in the
Courts shall be created. The chair of
the task force shall be Justice Edwin
J. Peterson.
2. The task force shall consist of
sixteen persons to be appointed by
the Chief Justice, including one Af
rican American; one Latino; one
Asian-American; one American In
dian; one person of Middle East ex
traction; one district attorney or
deputy district attorney; one public
defender; one circuit judge; one dis
tinct judge; two lawyers; one person
recommended by the Oregon State
Bar; three public members; and the
chair.
3. The charge of the task force is
as follows: A) To identify problems
faced by racial and ethnic minorities
who participate in the judicial system.
B) To undertake a critical exami
nation of the concerns of racial and
ethnic minorities in their treatment
in and by the courts.
C) To propose solutions to the
identified problems of racial and eth
nic minorities, solutions that the ju
dicial department can implement.
4. In the course of its work, the
task force should consider the fol
lowing areas, among others:
A) Are racial and ethnic minori
ties fairly treated in the Oregon Ju
dicial System (1) as defendants in
criminal proceedings; (2) as parties
in civil proceedings; (3) as non par
tics (such as witnesses, victims or
jurors); (4) as lawyers.
B) are racial and ethnic minorities
who appear in Oregon courts ad
equately represented by counsel.
5. The task force is instructed to
hold public hearings; solicit materi
als; survey attorneys, judges, liti
gants, members of the public, and
persons who use the court system;
allies. If you live in Texas, West
Virginia, Florida, South Carolina or
eight other states around the country
and drop out of school before you're
18, your driver's license is auto
matically revoked.
Proponents of such measures ar
gue that cracking down on poor
grades is the only way to force kids to
hit the books. But teens interviewed
in a number of California high schools
express resentmentand despairrathcr
than a determination to do better.
The get-tough policy, they argue,
amounts to double jeopardy for
struggling students and discourages
ambitious kids from taking chal
lenging course loads. Meanwhile the
penalties grow.
In 1988 California's legislature
passed a bill requiring students not
only to stay in school but to get
satisfactory grades in order to keep a
license. The measure was vetoed by
the governor but will probably be
reintroduced. Kentucky already has
such a law and other states are con
sidering similar legislation. Even
teens with passing grades are finding
that access to the family car is no
longer just a matter of wrestling the
keys from their parents. Most insur
ance companies charge teens with
below "B" average 10 percent more
than those with "B" s or above
sometimes the crucial difference bc-
review standards and guidelines used tween whether a family can afford to
by prosecuting attorneys and officials
who make charging decisions, pre
pare presentence reports and pretrial
detention recommendations; collect
demographic information on attor
neys, judges, court officials, other , rr
court personnel and persons in em- IjQfllQfQnCQ SGI
ployments and professions ancillary
academic performance.
Then there are the penalties stu
dents pay for bad grades in school
itself. Texas was the first state to
enact a no passno play law in re
sponse to concerns thatstudents were
ignoring studies in favor of sports.
Today 14 other states, including
California, have enacted no passno
play laws, with each school setting
its owr GPA standard for extra
curricular involvement In Florida,
students must not only get good
grades but must also pass a special
"competency" test.
Many teens themselves say once
they've hit ihe downward slope, get
ting punished only speeds up the fall.
Already, they point out, kids who
have poor grades have less access to
teachers and counselors who write
them off as doomed.
Some remedial tutoring programs
even require a 2.0 GPA for admission
to keep out what they call "non
motivated" kids. Daniel Gonzalez,
16, a student body vice president at
Los Angeles City High School, be
lieves temporarily sacrificing grades
forextracurricularinvolvemcntscan
sometimes be worth it. When he
produced his school's first pageant,
his GPA plummeted, but "crowds at
activities sponsored by the student
government tripled." Isadora
?ho!aas, 17, on the other hand, a
student at James Logan High School .'
in northern Californias Union City, .
says that being on cross-country,
gymnastics and swimming teamSjc,
gave hcran incentive to try to improve
ncr grades. When it wasn't enough
she was banned from sports, so sttCrr
dropped out and plans to get a GED
(general equivalency diploma) on her
own. Other students say no passr6;'j:i
play policies have prompted them 16
avoid more difficult courses for fear
of being barred from extracurricular
activities.
In Los Angeles, the argument hit
home and the district recently elimi
nated the requirement that students
pass every class to participate. But :
teens who feel that punitive "incen
tive" systems work against them
rarely find sympathetic ears. Michael
Means, a former high school student
in Charleston, West Virginia,
dropped out of school at 17 to take a
job because his wife was expecting a
child. When the DMV revoked his
driver's license, he had to quit the
job. He challenged the policy in the
courts, but lost his appeal in the state
supreme court.
As for Peter, he says he's gotten
himself back on track despite, not
because of the punitive measure. He's
chosen to pursue his passion for cars
by enrolling in a vocational program
for mechanical engineering and is
studying nights for his GED. His
parents are happier now too, he says.
Before he'd whilcd away the hours
sleeping all day.
This article was reprinted from
The Navajo Nation Today, January ,
2-7, 1992 issue.
Biodiversity
to the court system; and make rec
ommendations concerning: a. Action
that should be taken by the Judicial
Department; and b. Action that should
be taken by others.
Dated this 21st day of February,
1992.
Wallace P. Carson, Jr.
Chief Justice
EDS
The Blue Mountains Biodiversity
Conferencs will be held May 26-29,
1992, at Whitman College, Walla
Walla, Washington. The conference
is designed for land managers, land
owners, scientists, and othcrresource
professionals, and will cover a wide
range of biodiversity-related topics
as they apply specifically to the Blue
Mountains. Topics will include what
is known about biodiversity in the
areas of science, observation, man
agement, and the law. Management
tools, including a role of fire, will be
discussed as they apply to establish
ing and maintaining landscape-level
biodiversity.
Knowledge of biological diversity
is becoming increasingly important
as we seek to understand forested
ecosystems and processes.
For further information, contact
the biodiversity conference coordi
nators at (503) 963-7122 extension
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