2 December 7, 1995
Warm Springs, Oregon
SpilyayTymoo
Early Childhood Education
Child and Family Development
Most parents come to Head Start
because they want to do something
good for their children. Head Start
needs to support each parent in the
roles of primary educator, caregiver
and nurturcr. This motivation to im
prove the lives of their children is a
critical strength that can be built upon
to provide meaningful experiences
for each family.
Relevant Performance Standards:
Provide opportunities for par
ents to participate in the classroom
and other program activities as paid
employees, volunteers and observ
ers. Provide opportunities for par
ents to work with their children in
cooperation with Head Start staff.
Involve parents in educational
activities of the program to enhance
their role as the primary influence in
their child's education and develop
ment. Identify and reinforce experi
ences which occur in the home that
parents can utilize as educational
activities for their children.
Assist parents in understanding
and using alternative ways to foster
learning and development of their
children.
Include parents in curriculum
development and have them as re
sources. Enhance parents' knowledge and
understanding of the educational and
developmental needs and activities
Calica attends
Local area student Direlle Calica,
currently attending Portland State
University, was awarded a sponsor
ship by the American Indian Science
and Engineering Society (AISES) to
attend the 17th annual AISES Na
tional Conference in Detroit, Michi
gan November 9 to 12. Selection by
the AISES national office and by the
student's college AISES chapter was
based upon education, leadership and
commitment to strengthening Indian
community. The sponsorship cov
ered hotel room, conference meals
and registration fee.
More that 500 American Indian
college students from 145 colleges
and 155 tribes, as well as 1,500 In
dian professionals and government,
business and university representa
tives also from across the nation,
attended the event.
The theme of the Conference was
"Spirit, Knowledge, Vision: Many
Roads, One Direction", and recog
nized the diversity and abilities
'among American Indians and called
for those strengths to be used for
1st Annual
Conference on Elder Abuse
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Lodge, Warm Springs, OR
December 6, 7, 1995
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Facing the secrets - the hidden abuse of our EldersSeniors.
Join us as we touch upon the realities of life, what's really
happening, what can be done about it.
Registration 8:00 a.m. - No fee required
For more information contact: Warm Springs Senior
Program, (541) 553-3313, Wilson Wewa, Jr.
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Spilyay Tymoo 1995
of children by:
1. Parent participation in plan
ning the education program, and in
center, classroom and home base
activities;
2. Parent training in activities that
can be used in the home to reinforce
learning and development of their
center;
3. Parent training in the observa
tion, growth and development of their
children in the home environment
and in identification of and handling
special developmental needs;
4. Participation of staff in staff
parent conferences and home visits;
parent training focusing on child de
velopment and behavioral develop
mental problems of pre-school chil
dren. Provide parents information
about all available health resources.
Encourage parents to become
involved in their child's health care
and to accompany their child to health
appointments.
Involve parents in planning and
implementing individual mental
health needs of their children.
Help parent groups work with
other neighborhood and community
groups with similar concerns.
Involve parents in health, men
tal health, dental and nutrition edu
cation. NEW PARENT CLUB OFFIC
ERS: President: Delson Suppah
Vice President: Carlos Calica
AISES meet
their common good. As the nation's
largest gathering of American Indian
scientists, engineers, professionals
and students, the Conference drew
attendees from hundreds of US and
Canadian tribes.
Keynote speakers included Vine
Deloria, Jr., Wilma Mankiller and
Gloria Steinem. In addition, several
speakers form corporations, tribal
organizations and federal agencies
also shared their knowledge on vari
ous topics.
General Motors Corporation was
the major sponsor of the event. Other
Conference sponsors included Ford
Motor Co, The Dow Chemical Co. '
the US Department of Energy, Oneida
Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin and
many more. Over 100 corporations,
organizations and universities re
cruited students and professionals
during the Conference's career fair
and recognized AISES members for
their skills and commitment to tech
nical excellence in their chosen careers.
news-
Secretary: Josie Redfox
Treasure: Barbara Swinderman
The program would like to thank
those parents who were not selected
and would like to encourage those
parents to be classroom representa
tives during upcoming Parent Club
meetings.
Thank you to all those parents
who took the time to vote.
GETTING READY FOR
CHRISTMAS
One of Head Start's goals is to
meet the needs of the people. Some
of the needs currently identified are
"Coats, hats and gloves for Chil
dren", clothing, food, and Christmas
gifts for those who might not receive
one from Santa. Warm Springs Head
Start is sponsoring a "Coat Drive",
"Food Drive", and a "Christmas Giv
Miss Warm Springs
Miss Warm Springs Pageant will
be held on December 29, 1995 at the
Agency Longhouse. This is an op
portunity to be an ambassador for the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs. It is an experience one will
never forget. If you are searching for
a challenge, this is one. There is
travel involved, attendance and in
volvement at community activities,
representing the Tribe at pageants
and conferences, knowledge of Tribal
Council and Executive Committees.
We are seeking females from 18
to 25 years of age, as long as the
female reaches the age of 18 before
the Miss Warm Springs pageant.
Single and no dependents. A mem
ber of the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs and a resident of the
reservation for at least one year. She
Public meeting rescheduled
The Johnson OMalley library survey public meeting has
been rescheduled to Thursday, December 14 from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. at the Agency Longhouse.
For more information, call Julie Quaid at 553-1 995.
Warm Springs Elementary
Calendar Updates
December 7-Awards Assembly.
December 14-Winter Carnival 6
December 20 to January 1, 1996
January 2-Back to school
January 3-Site Council meeting 5 p.m. WSE library
January 15-No school Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
January 25-End of 2nd quarter
January 26-No school inservice
February 1-Awards Assembly.
February 7-Site Council meeting
February 8-No school inservice
February 14-Valentine's day
February 19-No school President's day holiday
WSE Winter Music Program
This year the WSE Music Pro
gram will include kindergarten
through fourth grade students. The
program will be held at the Commu
nity Center beginning at 7 p.m. re
member to be patient. This program
is very important to the children who
have been practicing, practicing,
practicing...!
Winter Carnival December
14th, 6-9 p.m.
The Winter Carnival was such a
success last year that, here we go
again. Please come and bring your
family to enjoy the activities and
food. Come to the school office to
buy tickets for twenty five cents each.
The tickets are exchanged for the
games, food items and prizes.
Some of the games you can ex
pect to see are the cake walk, fish
pond and the bean bag throw. Food
items available will be hot dogs,
Senior Outlook. . .
Don't mess around in school
Seventeen-year-old, Vanessa
Langley is the daughter of Stella and
Larry Langley. Her grandparents are
the late Ernestine Stevens, Tony
Fuentes, Sr., Allen and Louise
Langley.
Langley has two brothers; Andrew
Smith who is 23, and Aaron Langley
age thirteen.
She is from the Wasco and Warm
Springs tribes.
Activities that she has been
involved in include Journalism her
junior and senior years, SMILE
Program while in Jr. High, and Native
American Student Union (NASU)
her freshman and senior years.
Hobbies she enjoys include
writing, reading, cooking, shopping
as well as being with friends.
Journalism with Colleen Hetcher
and Civics with Matt Henry are her
favorite classes at Madras High
School.
Langley's outlook of the past
school years, she feels she had lots of
fun times as well as hard times,
although would have liked to have
done better.
She feels very excited about this
being her last year in high school.
When she leaves Madras High School
she will miss writing for the White
Buffalo most
Her career choice is Journalism,
ing Tree". THE CHRISTMAS
GIVING TREE" is to provide Warm
Springs needy children with Christ
mas gifts, food baskets, etc. what
ever the need may be. Christmas
trees decorated with ornaments with
the needs of a child on them will be
at various public buildings through
out the community. You can help a
child experience a better Christmas
by taking an ornament and providing
a gift for the child.
Various departments have
agreed to sponsor a drop box for the
Canned Food and Coat Drive, watch
for them or maybe you would like to
donate toys or items for teenagers.
Items can be delivered to WARM
SPRINGS HEAD START PRO
GRAM OR CALL 553-3241
items can be picked up.
applicants wanted
will be required to maintain resi
dence on the reservation for at least
one year after winning the title un
less attending college in area, will be
taken into consideration. She will
maintain and present herself in an
appropriate and reliable manner
throughout her term. If she cannot
meet her obligations and expecta
tions an alternate will represent the
tribes.
You can pick up your applica
tions at the Administrative Services
Center. The deadline date for appli
cations to be received is December
18, 1995.
We are looking forward to seeing
you at the pageant and supporting
your candidate ! If you have any ques
tions, comments please contact
Myrtle Snowden at 553-3257.
K-2 8:50, 3rd & 4th 9:30 a.m.
- 9 p.m. WSE gym.
- No school Winter Break
of 95-96 school year
day
K-2 8:50 3rd & 4th 9:30 a.m.
5 p.m. WSE library
day
chips, soda pop and fry bread.
Please bring your very much ap
preciated donation of baked goods to
the office on the day of the carnival.
Part of last year's proceeds went
toward purchasing half of the picnic
tables located behind the office on
the playground. This year we would
like to start saving money for a new
curtain for the stage or a P. A. system.
If you would like to volunteer to
help with a booth, please contact
Helena Jackson at 553-1 128.
SMART Program begins
Tuesday, November 28th, the
WSE SMART program volunteers
officially started their duties spend
ing time with and reading to stu
dents. It's a good feeling to know
how excited the kids get when you
make special time to read and talk
with them about books. Every little
bit of one-to-one attention you give
makes a difference in the life of a
and she would like to attend the
University of Oregon.
Langley would like to comment
to the remaining lower classmen;
"Try as hard as you can, because
schools pretty important. I messed
Vanessa Langley,
t
Third annual
fa Warm Springs Elementary
& Christmas Carnival
Thursday, December 14
fa from 6 to 9 p.m.
fa Game booths will
fa Food and prizes will be in Building 1 .
A Hot dogs, fry bread, chips and pop will JJ?
& be available.
Donations are still being accepted
for the popular cake walk. Baked
goods can be delivered to the
fa school office during
r i a a
ot uecemDer 14.
Looking forward
AFS changes
Attention Warm Springs Food
Stamp and ADC recipients. Adult
and Family Services will be chang
ing our office procedures starting 1 21
0495. Food stamp applicants are
encouraged to apply for benefits at
the Madras office located at 678 NE
Highway 97 Suite A.
Questions, please call 553-3315
or 475-6131 for more information on
where and how to apply for food
news -
child. It's never too late to become a
volunteer!
Middle School Completed: Let's
Move
With the announcement that the
Jefferson County Middle School is
substantially completed, the long wait
for students and staff is nearly over.
The new building will initially house
just over 900 students.
The board has approved the fol-
lowing timeline for the moves to
Westside Elementary and the Middle
School. For a while the bus sched-
ules may be crazy and confusing. If
they're running late, don't fret.
Middle School
December 9 & 10 (Saturday
Sunday)-Move Buff & Junior High
December 11 (Monday)-No
school grades 5-8. Unpacking
December 12 (Tuesday)-Classes
resume. 5-8 grade students need to
report to their old school (Buff or Jr.
High) to pick up their personal things
from their desks and lockers. The
buses will return and transport the
students to their new school around 9
a.m.
Westside Elementary
December IS (Friday)-No school
for Westside Elementary students.
Packing
December 1617 (Saturday &
Sunday)-Move to Westside Elemen
tary December 18 (Monday)-Un-
packing. Westside students report for
special activity day.
December 19 (Tuesday)-Classes
resume for one day before winter
break.
and try as hard
up a lot, but got my act together, and
am very glad that I'm graduating this
year.
In five to ten years from now
Langley sees herself having a fun job
that she enjoys as well as enjoying
Vanessa Knight
be in the gym.
the afternoon
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to seeing you there!
noted
stamps.
Ongoing food stamp cases can
call our toll free number for up to
date info. 1-800-895-9871.
Those people who have ADC
cases (cash grants) or want to apply
for ADC can contact the local Warm
Springs Adult and Family Services
branch for details about the applica
tion process 1 553-3315.
Title IX committee
to meet Dec. 12
The Title IX Parent Advisory
Ccommittee will meet at the Warm
Springs Elementary Library on
Tuesday, December 12, 1995 at 7
p.m. The 1 996-1 997 budget proposal
will be finalized and the revised
Constitution and By-Laws will be
distributed.
Title IX meetings are open to all
members of the public. The Commit
tee meets at 7 p.m.' at the Warm
Springs Elementary Library on the
second Tuesday of each month. If
you have a disability, please advise
the District 509-J Support Services
office about special arrangements that
may allow you to fully participate in
the meeting. Please call Georgia Sosa
at 475-6192.
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A reception to recognize Roy
Nakamura, M.D., who is leaving the
area, will be held from 6:30 to 7:30
p.m., Thursday, December 21 at the
Mountain View Hospital District
multipurpose room.
Dr. Nakamura, his wife Anne and
two children, Mallory , 8 and Andrea,
5, will be' moving to Maine, where
Anne's parents reside, after the New
Year.-
"Arrangements are being made
for temporary physicians to staff the
Mountain View Family Care Clinic
until a permanent replacement can
be hired to fill Dr. Nakamura' s posi
tion," assured Barnes.
The reception for Dr. Nakamura
and his family is open to the public
and refreshments will be served.
as you can
life to full extent.
Vanessa Knight is also seventeen-years-old.
She lives with her
grandparents Roma Jean Joe and
Vincent Joe in Warm Springs. She
has two brothers; Charles who is
fifteen, and Winter Knight-Selam
who is thirteen. She also has three
sisters; sixteen-year-old Melissa,
Marie who is fifteen and Lynn Knight
who is fourteen.
Knight is Warm Springs and
Wasco.
She enjoys writing poetry, and
beadworking.
Classes in the business center with
Sherri Rice are her favorite. She feels
that she could have participated more
during the past school years. But is
glad she is finally making it through
her last year. She will miss her friends
most when she leaves Madras High
School.
Knight would like to pursue a
career in the law field. Although she
is undecided about a college choice,
she would possibly like to attend
Central Washington in Ellensburg.
She would like to comment to the
remaining lower classmen; "It's
better to not mess around, because
when you're a junior and senior you
have to make up for your first two
years."
In five to ten years she sees herself
working somewhere on the
reservation and living on her own.