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Page 2 March 15, 20 0 7 Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon High school meets enrollment goal By Leslie Mitts Spilyay Tymoo The Willow Creek Com munity High School met its target goal for enrollment: to have cultural representation with near equal numbers of Native American, Caucasian and Hispanic students. Principal Julie Lafayette said, “I am very satisfied with the number of applications and of those that applied.” She added, “We really hit our target as far as having cultural representation, hav ing a variety of academic lev els and interests, so w e’re pretty excited.” E n ro llm en t for the school’s 2007-08 academic year closed on M arch 1. While the school will still be accepting applications, those applicants will be part of a waiting list, and will be con sidered for the second year of enrollment. The school aims to enroll students who w ill benefit from individualized learning and project-based learning. In the near future the school will conduct a lottery drawing to determine which 60 students will be enrolling in the school next year. As for the lottery draw, Lafayette said, “We’re putting together a selection team and hope to have it done within a week—that’s the goal, but it may take longer.” The next step, Lafayette said, is readying the school for the students next school year. “We’re just really working hard on the curriculum to get that ready and set up,” she said. “We’ll be hiring teachers in the near future.” Of the 83 completed ap plications 20 are ninth grade students and 63 are eighth grade students. Also, 29 are Hispanic, 24 Native American, 29 Cauca sian and 1 black. Forty-one applications were received from male stu dents, while 42 were received from female students. Study program at Fairgrounds Students who w ish to have some help with their homework, or who want a good place to do school work away from school, can study at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The study sessions are from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. Snacks are pro vided. Warm Springs students should take the no. 2 bus to the fairgrounds. An activity bus is provided for the ride back to Warm Springs. Call Butch David at the m iddle schoo l, or Lana Leonard at the high school for more information. Dave McMechan/Spilyay Young people of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs sang songs in the traditional languages of the tribes at the gathering at Celilo this past weekend. Weight sessions offered to middle school students Attention students o f the Jefferso n C ounty M iddle School: W eightlifting sessions are available from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Madras High School. An activity bus is provided to Warm Springs for students who are interested. Contact Butch David at the middle school for more infor mation, 475-7253. Toys-Tools-Housewares-Clothing-Crafts-Gifts- Open Monday-Sat Your Bargain Connection B B B B 1 t The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde announce that applications for the Mark O. Hatfield Congressional Fellow ship are now available. Each year, a Hatfield fellow serves as an in tern for a m em ber o f Oregon’s Congressional delega tion. The Hatfield Fellowship is selected from adult N ative American applicants who are enrolled members of a federally recognized tribe of Oregon. The candidate will intern in W ashington, D.C. for nine m onths and w ill receive a monthly stipend, relocation and travel expenses, and tuition for the American Political Science Association orientation. Deadline for applications is 5 p.m. on April 20. Applicants w ill then be notified in they qualify for interviews. Late ap plications will not be accepted. Application packets may be ob tained by contacting Louis King at Spirit Mountain Community Fund (503) 879-1462, email jat louis.king@grandronde.org, or by mail at 9615 Grand R onje Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347. The fellowship honors Mark Flatfield for accomplishments as a U.S. Sentaor, a former gover nor o f O regon, and for bis mentorship of many leaders.! Tfie Sta Breakfast - Lunch - Pinner 9:00-6:00 TheTì Hatfield Congressional Fellowship offered ei 9 y 1 7 S .W . 5 t h S t. M a d r a s O r O f JJ D o Stead, Seafood, ¿fa&uÌouó ¿Prime ¿Rid r* * j M eeting ¿ ¿Banquet ¿Room o f <r, Cowboy S alt and Pepper ; mm .. h ttp ://w w w .th e o u tp o s ts to re .c o m / Toys-Tools-Housewares-Clothing-Crafts-Gifts- J... r 1 ¿fu ll Sem ice £ounge w ith £oUexq 541-475-2919 65 ST. 5th St., .llcultu.'i
