8 July 29 1999
Warm Springs, Oregon
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Summer Academy successful and fun for teachers and students
At the end of the school year Dawn
Smith, Warm Springs Llemcntary
School Principal, and the teachers
began planning for Summer
Academy. The first day was July 6
and the last day is tomorrow, July 30.
Summer Academy was a fun
learning experience for children
Kindergarten through Fourth grades.
The students did school projects with
Learning." and lunch free of charge at the school
There were a total of 275 students cafeteria. This will continue at the
who attended. That's two-thirds of Community Wellness Center for
the student bodv. "that makes it a Recreation activities.
success," adds Smith.
When Smith became the Principal
at Warm Springs Llemcntary she
began talking with the school board
and the Superintendent Phil Riley
about ways to make Summer
Academy happen. Smith then wrote
This week students in the third
and fourth grade tic-dyed T-shirts to
wear on their trip to the zoo on July
27.
First grade classes tie-dyed T
shirts using natural plant colors. They
are learning about plants. They also
ed.
hands-on. discovery learning and
attended field trips to various a proposal for ESL funding, which is have their own garden plante
locations learning about rocks, plants, for any Native American students First grade classes also planted
the stars. who qualify forextra funding. She of new plants by the school building
This was also a time for teachers course made sure the teachers wanted and school sign,
to be with the students during part of to because they wanted to use their Second grade students began a
the summer. "We wouldn't lose them own teachers. project of making dots. Their goal is
for the whole summer," says Smith. The proposal was approved, the to make a million dots. At first it was
The students continue to learn at a staff started putting it together and it only the second grade classes, then
different pace that is comfortable for happened. Many are excited and teachers and other grade levels began
the students and the teachers. enjoying it. to help. Now they seek the assistance
The focus is different in the lessons Because this was the first year the of other community members who
prepared by the teachers because the teachers are finding out ways that it are willing to make dots. As of July
can oe nctter lor next year, amun
also states that they may be able to
allow other kids from the community
join as long as they are signed up.
Kids that are visiting family in the
community for the summer.
During Summer Academy the
students were allowed to eat breakfast
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teachers are allowed to be more
personal and do things the way they
wanted to. The classes had developed
themes in their lesson plans and there
was little paperwork involved.
Having less paperwork was less
stressful because the teaching was
not by state suivianis. u is "Discovery
27 the dot count is at 800,000.
In talking with the students the
thing they enjoyed most was the field
trips, recess and the mini classes held
July 12-16. At the mini-classes
teachers taught crafts to the students.
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out any little kinks and look forward
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Deanna LaPage teaches her class about the new plants by the school.
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Flower arrangements were made
during the first grade field trip to
Jefferson County Ranch.
"Ilikethefieldtripstothe
Cove, the Zoo and I like
recess," Tonya Boise
"I like the field trips the best, "
- Leanna Boise
"I like the mini classes,"
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Rows of dots are done creatively.
What does one-million dots look like? Come to Warm Springs
Elementary and see.
Warm Springs COIC students to sign poetry books
The Warm Springs COIC class
invites the whole community to a
poetry book signing, Thursday, July
29, 7 PM at the Community Center.
"The Warm Springs COIC class
started writing poetry in November,
1 998 as part of an English assignment,
explained COIC teacher Cathy
Hosford. "I soon discovered that a
lot of my students wrote poetry at
home while others had never written
poetry before. "It was an interesting
combination."
Hosford said she had previously
entered her own poetry in two na
tional contests and thought it would
be exciting for the students to enter
their own poetry in the International
Library of Poetry contest.
After Christmas some of her stu
dents received notice that they were
going to be published in the Inter
national Library of Poetry anthology.
Participants include Lei Calica,
William Esquiro, Kym Estimo, Isaac
George, Tony Gilbert, Heleana
Henry, Robert Howe, Nicole Jack,
Wendi Johnson. Esty Made, Virginia
McKinley, Thomas Medina,
Adrienne Merrifield, Sharondee
Mitchell, Veronica Russell, Andrea
Sohappy, Lionel Smith, and Tashina
Smith. These are the students who
heard the good news first," says
Hosford. "We are still waiting to
hear about some of the other students
who have sent in their poems at a
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later date.
Cathy Hosford said, "I think the
students poetry is very insightful and
moving. She said she spoke with her
students in April about the possibil
ity of making a book of all their
poems.
"This was a new experience for al
of us so it was a teaming process on
how to make the book so it would
look both professional and afford
able. Hosford contacted several book
pubishcrs and determined that the
price was too high. She then decided
to produce the poetry books
"in-house" doing both design and
construction ourselves. "I typed all
the poems on my computer and some
of the kids drew illustrations or picked
out graphics for their poetry. I copied
the original artwork onto the pages
with a copy machine and then I
printed the poetry on the pages. " Ms
Hosford then sewed the book to
gether using her sewing machine.
She spent over 50 hours on just the
layout and more additional time on
the printing and putting it together.
COIC paid for the book paper along
with other materials.
"The time I've spent on the layout
has been rewarding for me." Hosford
said. "I am really happy and proud of
my students for what they have ac
complished. I am also really happy
with the way the book turned out."
Cathy said she hopes the Warm
Springs community will support
these students during their book
signing day, July 29, 7 PM at the
Community Center. She encourages
the community to take the time and
the interest to read the book. "I think
it will also help them better under
stand their students and feci proud of
their accomplishments."
The students book of poems will
sell for $7 per copy and the money
will go to a scholarship fund for the
students' college education.
"Next year I would like the stu
dents to do photography as the
background for their poems. I could
sure use some help with this," con
cludes Hosford.
For more information or ques
tions, please call Cathv Hosford. at
the Madras COIC office, 475-7 1 1 8.
Early Head Start program to begin Sept. 1
In September 1998, the Early
Childhood Education department
began planning for an Early Head
Start program. Now, the planning
year for the EHS program is almost
at it's end with services beginning on
September 1. Early Head Start is a
federally funded community-based
program that serves families with
infants and toddlers and pregnant
women.
The Warm Springs Early Head
Start will be home-based. This means
that it is not a full-day childcare
program. Early Head Start services
will be primarily delivered in the
families' home, with each family
visiting the facility one time a week
for group socialization activities.
Seven positions are now being
advertised including: a program
Administrator, Secretary III, one
Family Interventionist and four
Home Visitors.
Recruitment of EHS families will
soon be underway. Please call the
Early Childhood Education for
information at 553-32413242.
Selam attends Careers in Health program
Three Jefferson County students
attended the five day "Careers in
Health" summer program from July
6-10, 1999. The Jefferson County
participants were Rebecca Locke and
Leila Woll of Madras and Koosh
Selam of Warm Springs.
There were a total of forty five
summer program attendees, repre
senting ten different Oregon coun
ties. The goal of the program is intro
duce participants to a wide diversity
of health careers. During the week
long program, which was based at
Central Oregon Community College
(COCC) in Bend, students visited
departments at St. Charles Medical
Center, discussed various health and
medical specialties with guest speak
ers, shadowed a health professional
of similar interests for 4 hours, vis
ited several community health care
facilities and participated in a mock
trauma exercise organized by the
EMT Mobile Training Unit.
This is the sixth year the program
has taken place. The program is or
ganized by the Area Health Educa
tion Center's of Southern Oregon
(based in Roseburg) and Cascades
East Region and sponsored by St
Charles Medical Center and Central
Oregon Community College. Schol
arship for students in Jefferson
County were provided by Commis
sion of Children and Families of
Jefferson County.