SpelyayTymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
March 17, 1995 5
News from Warm Springs Elementary-
Calendar Updates
March 20-24 No schoolSpring
Break
March 31 -Awards assemblyK-2
1:50, Gr. 3-5 2:30 pm
April 7-Earlv dismissalNo
Kindergarten. End of 3rd qtr.
April 27-A wards assemblyK-2
1:50, Gr. 3-5 2:30 pm
May 24-EarIy DismissalNo
Kindergarten. Bldg Inservice
May 29-No school Memorial Day
May 3 1 -Awards AssemblyK-2
8:50, Gr. 3-5 9:30 am
OMSI "Creature Feature"
Exhibit to visit WSE
On March 7th, two assemblies
. will be held; one from 9:30-11 am for
grades K-2 and one from 1:10-2:40
pm for grades K, 3-5. During these
assemblies students will see and
handle a large variety of animals
under the supervision of OMSI staff,
and discover their fascinating
features. What's the difference
between an alligator and a monitor?
A land turtle and a water turtle? A
snake and a lizard? A rattlesnake and
a tarantula? This program takes a
close look at many unique adaptations
animals have developed to enable
them to survive in widely different
environments.
Simnasho School News
Elizabeth Simtustus was recently
added as an All-Star and Melody
Berry, Jaylyn Suppah and Sara Vaeth
were chosen as Student of the Month.
Stephen Vaeth was the T-shirt
winner from the Firebusters contest.
WSE All-Stars added in
February
Shayla Frank, Danni Lawrence,
Dora Payne, Jayleen Main, Jeremy
Badoni, Celestine Charley, Ida
Tewee, Susee Davis, Charles Stwyer,
Wynter Sky Smith, Kaylyn Wolfe,
Shelly Greene-Boise, Sonny Yahtin,
April Scott, Joshua Sohappy and Julia
Stwyer.
WSE Students of the Month for
February
Wesley Teeman, Vern Heath,
Keith Jackson, Juan LameBear,
Curtis Stacona, Justin Greene, Dustin
Seyler, Arthur Mitchell, Suzette
Boise, Latasha Boise, Velma
Graybael, Justin Gilbert, Tony
VanPelt, Alaina Johnson, Georgianna
Aguilar, Antonio Becerra, Louisa
Fuentes, Pasha Smith, Shayla Frank,
Larisa Wallulatum, Scott Kalama,
Cori Yahtin, Dennis Doney, Justine
Wallulatum, Otis Johnson, Alexis
Smith, Brent Graybael, Joanna Arce,
Ulysses Jefferson, Tommy Napyer,
Owen Danzuka, Daleena Frank,
Cynthia Isadore, Bridgette Parra,
April Scott, Candice Miller, Theo
Arcej Ashley Aguilar,- Francis
Program to
begin April 4
Kentura, Cyrille Mitchell, Pearl
Stwyer, Leanne Johnson, Sam
Danzuka, Jennifer Clements, Aaron
Main, Jasper Switzlcr, Alysia
Aguilar, Charles Stwyer, Naomi
Brisbois, Delilah 1 Ieath, Susee Davis,
Lutah Wallulatum, Troy Kalama,
Julia Heath, Azeul Charley, Armina
Moody, Toni Boise, Cody Johnson,
Marta Cuevas, Joanna Williams,
Lindsay McCovcy, Gerald Cardenas,
Dclson Suppah, Jr., Eilene McGill,
Lavonne Boise, Amanda Sanchez,
Edward Lucei, Clifford Arthur,
Monique Johnson and Matthew
Craig.
Chapter I Parent Advisory
Committee Meeting Minutes
Meeting date: January 19, 1995
Present: Staff, Stan Pine, Ms.
Loomis & Ms. Dougherty. Parents,
Ms Miller, Mr. & Mrs. Clements,
Ms. Monroe and Ms. Roberts.
1. Parents were asked, "How the
Chapter program could be
improved?" After discussion, parents
recommended that the Chapter staff
assist parents by providing primary
grade Chapter I parents with an
understanding of: a) The reading
approaches used at the primary grade
levels, b) How to help their children
with reading at home in a positive
way. Are there programs, books,
games parents can use to make
learning fun? What if a student hates
reading? c) What to expect as to
student progress. How hard does a
parent push a child who is frustrated
or has a short attention span? What
skills are taught at each grade level?
d) How does the Chapter program fit
in with the regular reading program?
e) Explain what a child misses by
coming to the Chapter I class.
2. It was suggested that there be a
more personal touch when notifying
a parent that their child qualifies for
Chapter I. Possibly, the classroom
teacher could call the parent,
explaining hisher concerns and the
purpose of the Chapter I program.
Many parents feel their child is
"dumb" or not trying if heshe is in
Chapter I.
3. All present felt it was important
to involve more parents in the Chapter
I program. It was felt that an evening
program should be offered parents
that would address the issues of 1
above. This program should be an
hour and a half long.
Watch for the Chapter I newsletter
for information as to the next parent
meeting and the date of the evening
program described above. If you have
questions or would like more
information about the Parent
Advisory committee, contact Carol
BaileyDonna Rodgers at 553-1 128
or Stan Pine Chapter I Coordinator,
at 475-6192.
Independent Reading
Children improve their reading
ability by reading a lot. Reading
achievement is directly related to the
amount of reading children do in
school and outside.
Independent reading increases
both vocabulary and reading fluency.
Unlike using workbooks and
performing computer drills, reading
books gives children practice in the
"whole act" of reading, that is, both
in discovering the meanings of
individual words and in grasping the
meaning of an entire story. But
American children do not spend much
time reading independently at school
oral home. In the average elementary
school, for example, children spend
just 7 to 8 minutes a day reading
silently. At home, half of al fifth
graders spend only 4 minutes a day
reading. These same children spend
an average 130 minutes a day
watching television.
Research shows that the amount
of leisure time spent leading is
directly related to children's reading
comprehension, the size of their
vocabularies and the gains in their
reading ability. Clearly, reading at
home can be a powerful supplement
to class work. Parents can encourage
leisure reading by making books an
important part of the home, by giving
books or magazines as presents and
by encouraging visits to the local
library.
1. Keep showing your children
how important reading is in everyday
life. Let them see you use written
directions for cooking, using and
fixing appliances or reading maps.
2. Get children interested in
newspapers and magazines early.
Help them find different sections that
might interest them: comics, sports,
movie ads. Don't overlook the
classified ads for sales on items that
interest them (cars, bikes, musical
instruments) and for funny messages
in the "Personals" column. When
you look at the newspaper, sometimes
let small children sit on your lap and
point out letters and words.
3. Remember that there are lots of
ways to acquire books and magazines
inexpensively. Libraries are best, but
don't forget garage sales, free
pamphlets in the stores. Watch for
sales at used book stores and buy
books and magazines for special
treats.
4. Once in a while let reading and
then telling you about what was read,
be a way of earning a privilege: a
small treat, an excuse from doing a
disliked chore, a way of. avoiding
punishment for doing something
wrong.
5. Put older children in charge of
getting needed information for the
family. They could read about movies
to help select one for a family outing,
could read about locations for a
family vacation, could read a
magazine like Consumer Reports to
find out about a radio (or sonic other
product) the family is thinking about
purchasing. They could read ads for
garage sales to look for a special
family need.
Attendance letters sent home
We really miss kids when they're
gone from school whether it's from
illness or other family emergencies.
Letters are sent out periodically from
school to help parents be aware of
the amount of unexcuscd absences
and tardies their child has. If your
child is going to be gone from school,
please contact the office by phone or
send a note with another student to
let us know.
Firebusters Life Safety Program
Once again, students from Warm
Springs Elementary and Simnasho
Elementary participated in the
Firebusters safety training. Students
who completed the Firebusters
worksheet and turned it back into the
school had their name entered for a
drawing for T-shirts and bicycles
donated by the Kah-Nce-Ta Resort.;
Bicycle Winners: Vernon Tias
Tatum Kalama
T-shirt Winners: Kindergarten-;
Rodney Kenyon & Liane Wabaunsee,
First Grade-Vern Heath & Mandy
Suppah; Second Grade-Donald
Brisbois & Shanda Culps; Third
Grade-Talon Stornibringer & Sara
Winsor; Fourth Grade- Scott Kalama
& Charisse Haskins; Fifth Grade:!
Tamcra Bryant & James Wolfe III.
Teachers who turned in the most
sheets by grade level: Fuentes,
Graham, Miller, Henslcy, Moore, &
Phillips.
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March 7.
Spllyay Tymoo photo by Saphronia Katchia
shows WSE students an alligator during an assembly Tuesday,
Education urges attendance of
Student Success Strategies
Student Success Strategies is a
requirement for any enrolled tribal
member who wishes to be eligible
for the tribal Education GrantLoan
Program. It is designed for
individuals who are making the
"transition" to furthering their
education beyond high school in
either college or vocational training
institutions. Registration is underway
now for the up-coming Spring term
with the firstclass to be held Tuesday,
April 4. There will be eight classes
with sessions taking place once a
week from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
The instructional team will feature
Tedi Tanewasha, Warm Springs
Higher Education Director; Lilly Ann
Walker, Higher Education College
Counselor; John V. Hicks, Warm
Springs COCC Director and Julie
Quaid, Warm Springs ECE director
as lead instructor.
Those intending to take the class
are asked to sign up IN PERSON at
the Tribal Education Center. The
number of registrations will be
limited, so students are urged not to
delay.
The Tribal Education Branch,
Higher Education Department,
sponsors this class. There is no cost
to participants.
To the Editor,
This is an open letter to parents
and students interested in Higher
Education programs.
Is your son or daughter thinking
of going to college or technical school
sometime in the near future? If they
are, then you should know that
something exciting has started. It's a
series of workshops called Student
Success Strategies that makes the
transition from reservation life to
Lincoln's
powwow
special
$ Si,
To the Editor,
This is a letter of thanks to the
community and the Lincoln's
Birthday powwow committee for a
nice powwow. I thank you for
greeting with handshakes and hugs,
nice words, hellos and nice words of
welcome. Thanks also to the Hartman
Queahpama family, for the Round
Bustle contest in honor of their father
and all great Warm Springs leaders
who are gone today.
As I was sitting there
remembering, it brought tears to my
eyes because I saw these leaders greet
my father, Watson Totus, in his time.
All of a sudden, it brought great joy
to me to hear that my youngest son,
Jay Hunt Walsey, had won third
place. That, in itself, is an honor.
Second went to a young man who is
close to us, Terry Hemmsah. First
place went to my oldest son, Ronny
Lee Walsey. Congratulations!
Anita Totus Wabey
Happy Birthday
Lana
Mom and Dad
college life a little easier. Attendance
is required for every tribal member
who wants to be funded to go to
school.
Moving away form home is hard
sometimes and we want to help our
young people to get prepared for the
challenges. We want to teach them
how to manage their money so they
won ' t run out. We want them to learn
good habits for managing their time,
well and making the right kinds of
decisions about their education.
In the last six years, we have
helped many students to get off on
the right foot at college. If you would
like the same kind of help for your
kids, then you should encourage them
to enroll in the Student Success
Strategies class starting April 4 at 6
p.m.. in the Education Center. The
class will be held for eight weeks,
one night a week. We welcome the
attendance of parents to at any and
all classes.
Tuition scholarships are being
provided by the Tribal Education
Department with a limited
enrollment. To sign up all students
need to do is stop by the Education
Office. Or, call 553-1428 if there are
any questions.
Your child's future success is
important to you and to us and the
Warm Springs community. Please
come by and see us soon if we can be
of help to you concerning your child ' s
educational goals.
The next scheduled class for Fall
term will be around the week of
October 3 if it's inconvenient to
attend this Spring class.
Tedi Tanewasha, Director
LilyAnn Walker, Counselor
John Hicks and Marilyn Hart,
COCC
j. J"wo Live-Animal Assemblies were held at Warm
Springs Elementary Tuesday, March 7 for all grade
levels of WSE and Simnasho School students.
The presentation was by the Oregon Museum of
Science & Industry (OMSI) of Portland, Oregon.
Herpetologist, Brad Tylman demonstrated a variety
of reptiles including; an alligator, an iguana, a yellow
headed amazon parrot, a rattle snake, a gopher
snake, a king snake, a green tree python snake, a
ball python, a Taiwanese beauty python, a
Madagascar hissing cockroach, an African bull frog,
and a soft shell turtle.
Johnson O'Malley funded the assembly for WSE.
Tylman owns his own business, Brad's World of
Corvallis, which is the largest reptile breeding facility
in Oregon.
Students were able to view and handle a large
variety of animals, under supervision. Tylman
discussed the features of the reptiles and unique
adaptations that animals develop which enable them
to survive in different environments.
Thanks for support of tournament-
To the Editor,
We, the Warm Springs Columbia
River Iron Bears and the Columbia
River Bears would like to thank all
our sponsors and helpers in our 15
and under girl's basketball
tournament held March 3, 4 and 5 at
the Warm Springs Community
Center.
Searching for
Neva Henshaw
To the editor,
To whom it may concern. I'm
trying to locate a man by the name of
Neva Henshaw. My mom and I knew
him 17 years ago when my father
was killed. Mom lost track of Neva
about 1 0 years ago and we have been
wondering if it was at all possible to
find him. He helped my mom through
some very soul wrenching times with
his kindness and wisdom. She would
dearly love to get in contact with
him. If anyone knows Neva andor
his whereabouts, I would appreciate
it if they would send me an address or
give Neva mine so my mom and I
could renew our "friendship" with
him.
Thank you so much.
Ami G. Mclclland
10830 8th Ave. SW
Seattle, WA 98146-2224
(206) 244-8210
Companies sponsoring the
tournament include: BrightWood,
Inc. The Golden Pawn, In., DMJ
Automotive, Inc., Madras Printing
and Office Supplies, Allen 's Electric,
Erickson's Sentry, Sportsworld,
Permanent Solutions, Ahern's
Market and Deli, Madras Marine,
Glenn, Sites and Reeder, Hatfields
Department Store, Coast to Coast,
Martina's Market, The Flower
Station, Good Golly Miss Molly's,
Cliff s Auto Repair and Juniper Auto.
Individuals sponsoring the
tournament include: Woody and Iris
Smith and family, Sarah Thompson,
Sharon Miller, Melvin and Vanessa,
Roland and Verleen Kalama, Jackie
Kalama, Edith Kalama, Flora Frank,
Norman and Janice Lucei, Marcia
Minthorn, Toni Made, Mary Culps,
Trudi Spino and Dalton and Mariliee
Davis.
Thank you for helping making
our tournament a success. Thank you
helpers for all you hard work during
the tournament: Roland and Verleen
Kalama, Curtis and Sarah Thompson,
Janice Gunshows, Illon Kalama,
Flora Frank, Shirley Smith, Emily
Lucei, Floyd Frank, Sr., Tina Aguilar,
Sam Kentura, Ronnie Holliquilla, Jr.,
Jerrod Kalama, Jose Morales, Joe
Wahsise, Janell Tailfeathers,
Stephanie Bclgard, Edith Wyena,
Susie Briseno, Melanie Red Dog,
Sarah Belgard, and any persons who
we may have forgotten to mention.
Your help was greatly appreciated!
The results of the tournament were
as follows:
Yakama, Washington .
Champions, Coach Dennis Wallahee
Goldendale, Washington
Runners-up, Coach Nellie
McConville
Simnasho Lady Vols 3rd, Coach
Ronnie and Lillie Suppah
WSCR Iron Bears 4th, Coach
Foster Kalama
Becky Hamilton, Yakama was
MVP; Ms Hustle went to Myna
McConville, Goldendale; Most 3.
points went to Carrie Laurvrick,,
Yakama, Ms Rebound went to Ericka
Dimmer, Yakama
All Stars were Maggie Washines,.
Wapato; Roberta Thomas, CR Bears;:
Donza, Scow-ma; Kim Ball, WS
Daredevils; Farrell Lucei, Iron Bears;:
Shasta Smith, Iron Bears, Deece
Suppah, Simnasho; Ambrosia
Suppah, Simnasho; Myrna
McConville, Goldendale; Devon
Amidon, Goldendale; Carrie
Laurvrick, Yakama, Ericka Dimmer,
Yakama.
Thank you once again who made
this tournament possible and may
God bless you.
We also invite everyone to our 1 7
and under girl's basketball
tournament on April 28, 29 and 30.
WSCR Iron Bears and CR Bears
and
Coach Foster Kalama
Suicide documentary video available
Attendance appreciated
"Denial, Healing and Hope: The
Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Youth
Forum on Suicide" is a one-hour
documentary on how First Nation
communities in northwestern
Ontario, Canada are seeking healing
solutions to the suicide epidemic
among young people. It is now
available on video cassette.
The video was produced, edited
and written by Larry Sanders of
Northern Insights in cooperation w ith
the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation and
Maclean Hunter Cable TV. The
documentary is based on over 50
hours of video tapes from the first
hearings of the Nishnawbe-Aski
Nation Youth Forum in Constance
Lake, Attawapiskat, Wapekeka and
Webequie First Nations. It also
contains archival news footage form
the Innu Nation in Labrador and from
Big Cove New Brunswick, toexplain
the historical context of the Forum
process in northwestern Ontario.
The documentary presents sad
talcs of child abuse, alcoholism and
suicide attempts along with pleas
from those left behind for relief to
begin the process of healing by
bringing hurts out into the open. It
also challenges all communities to
reach out and seek better forms of
communication and dialogue across
generations. Leaders of the
Nishnaw be-Aski Nation also present
what they have learned about the
process of healing not just at a
personal level, but spiritually, as
communities.
Over 200 VHS copies of this
documentary have been purchased
by First Nation organizations, public
libraries, social service agencies,
educators, health care workers,
counselors, universities, colleges and
high schools. The video meets a need
for relevant material produces from
a First Nation perspective.
To order a copy, contact Northern
Lights at 72 Jean Place, Thunder
Bay, Ontario Canada P7A 5E9. Cost
of the video is $39.95 (US funds)
without invoice and $42.95 with
invoice.
To the Editor,
Hello, my relatives and friends in
Warm Springs.
Your attendance at the February
Memorial and stone setting for my
mother, Jeanie Danzuka, is
appreciated.
With memories going in and out
of my mind, I may not have
acknowledged you. But, I know that
your goodwill shall be returned and I
pray that it multiplies many times
over upon its return.
To my family from Lapwai,
Pendleton and Washington, thank
you for attending, you have
strengthened my heart and soul to
continue my journey. Thank you also
to my Warm Springs relatives who
experienced the loss with us and the
renewal and healing.
The brother and sisters (12, step
and blood), you have strength and;
courage which helped, because you;
being there to hold and kid with again,;
made it a promise that life is",
wonderful and worthwhile.
My step-father, Sam Danzuka,:
thank you for your time and patience:,
in dealing with us for so long. You're
the provider and character any:
woman would appreciate. O-Haa.
With love,:
Margie Kalama-Gahriet
Canada.