Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
September 13, 2017
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Housing
plan for
veterans
KNT: terms,
conditions in
negotiation
The Warm Springs Housing Au-
thority is planning to build duplex
residences for tribal member vet-
erans.
The units will be on Bear Drive,
funded through a HUD Indian
Community Development Block
Grant. This is a project for 2018,
said Danielle Wood, Housing Au-
thority director.
Veterans housing is a new pro-
gram at the Authority. The duplexes
will be the first Housing units built
specifically for veterans.
Housing is also planning to con-
tinue improvements at existing resi-
dential units. The Authority has
received three block grants in re-
cent years for the rehabilitation
work, each in the amount of
$500,000.
The Deer Loop and Eagle Way
projects are examples of the reha-
bilitation work. This work will con-
tinue as the new grant comes in.
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Details of the potential part-
nership are not yet available, as
terms and conditions are being
negotiated. But the outlook
appears good, said Jim Manion,
Kah-Nee-Ta board member.
The full proposal, with terms
and conditions, will be presented
to the membership and Tribal
Council in the near future, Mr.
Manion said. Council would
then make a final decision as to
how to proceed.
Students: “When you get over 40 percent, that is very good.”
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The Student Median Percentile
Growth rates in Language Arts
and Math are means of calculat-
ing a student’s growth from year
to year in comparison to their
peers. Calculating the Student
Median Percentile Growth is com-
plicated, but essentially the num-
bers are a way of determining
whether a school is really improv-
ing.
In Language Arts (literacy) dur-
ing the three years at the Acad-
emy, the Student Percentile
Growth has gone for 16 percent,
to 34 percent, then to 49 percent
last. In Math during the three
years, the Median Percentile
Growth has gone from 23 percent,
to 33, then to 49 percent for
2016-17.
“When you get over 40 percent,
that is very good,” said Academy
Principal and district superinten-
dent Ken Parshall. “I’m very proud
of our teachers, staff and stu-
dents.”
Community notes...
Warm Springs Recreation hosted a Slip-n-Slide fun day at the
campus area. A feature event was the softball-activated dunk tank.
Jayson Smith photos/Spilyay
Languages:
classes now available to all students during the day
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“Now, during the regular day,
the lessons will be available to all
students,” Ms. Smith said.
Culture and Heritage worked
with the district, especially Acad-
emy Principal and district superin-
tendent Ken Parshall, on bringing
the classes back as part of the regu-
lar day.
For the kindergarten and first-
graders, the language and culture
class will be a fourth part of the
regular rotation, which also in-
cludes music, technology and PE.
For students in grades 2
through 8, the classes will be of-
fered, during Language Arts time,
on Tuesdays and Thursdays, or
Wednesdays and Fridays.
The students can choose to take
a tribal language and culture class,
with the parent advising on which
of the three languages the student
should study. Parents also give per-
mission for the student to opt-in
to the class. The permission slips
are available at the Academy of-
fice.
The classes begin on Septem-
ber 19 at the War m Springs
Academy. “This is a significant
change for us, and I’m very
proud of our department,” Ms.
Smith said.
Caldera welcomes OneBeat back to Central Oregon
Caldera is excited to welcome
cultural ambassadors OneBeat to
Central Oregon this fall.
OneBeat is a public-private cul-
tural diplomacy initiative of the U.S.
Department of State Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs,
and Bang on a Can’s Found Sound
Nation.
The OneBeat fellows this year
are 25 young and adventurous mu-
sicians from 17 countries who are
coming together to explore how the
arts can renew and restore perspec-
tives, spaces, and societies.
OneBeat kicks off their
month-long U.S. tour with an in-
depth two and a half week resi-
dency at Caldera Arts Center, lo-
cated near Sisters.
OneBeat previously
visited Central Or-
egon, and gave a
workshop and concert
in Warm Springs...
OneBeat fellows will be creat-
ing musical events for specific
spaces, sites, and communities that
go beyond the typical concert tour.
Its work will embody the spirit of
creative collaboration and of mu-
sic as social practice.
During their residency at
Caldera, OneBeat will perform for
the local community on Saturday,
September 30 at The Belfry in Sis-
ters, and on Friday, October 6 at
the Suttle Lodge in Sisters (free ad-
mission). Both performances will
be begin at 7 p.m. and are open to
the public.
This year’s fellows include
South African vocalist Nonku
Phiri; Aisaana Omorova, a komuz
(traditional
three-stringed
strummed instrument) player from
Kyrgyzstan; Chicago-based pro-
ducer Elijah Jamal; and Belorussian
producer and singer Natalia
Kuznetskaya.
OneBeat previously visited
Caldera in 2015 for a three-day
residency where their fellows pre-
sented workshops and perfor-
mances in the community of
Warm Springs, as well as at Pilot
Butte Middle School and Sisters
Middle School.
They also did a community
performance in Sisters that was
co-presented by Caldera and the
Sisters Folk Festival.
OneBeat uses person-to-per-
son interaction, improvisation,
and collaboration to encourage
and refresh international ties be-
tween Americans, American art-
ists, and creative minds from all
over the world. It’s a grassroots
way to build a different kind of
diplomatic dialogue that deepens
trust, builds networks, and cre-
ates opportunities that promote
entrepreneurship and creative
leaders.
The Central Oregon Community
College board of directors will hold
its monthly meeting this Wednesday
afternoon, September 13, at 5:45
at the Madras campus.
The meeitng will be in the COCC
Madras community room. The
board will first meet for dinner at 5
p.m.
The meeting will include a
president’s report on the Bend
campus’s student housing, and also
feature an update on the Madras
campus, as well as a report on that
campus’s educational programming
at the Deer Ridge Correctional Fa-
cility.
The meeting concludes with the
executive session. For more infor-
mation, contact Ron Paradis, execu-
tive director of College Relations,
at 541-383-7599.
Heart of Oregon Corps is hir-
ing for a qualified Advocate (case
manager) with motivation, profes-
sionalism, talent, and passion for
empowering and inspiring positive
change in the lives of young
people.
At Heart of Oregon Corps, 16-
24 year old local young people with
barriers to success, improve their
own lives while gaining job skills on
projects that improve the commu-
nity. In Heart of Oregon’s
YouthBuild program, 16-24 year-old
local young people improve their
lives by learning construction trade
skills while building affordable hous-
ing in the community and complet-
ing their GED or diploma and pre-
paring for their futures.
Heart of Oregon YouthBuild
partners with local school districts
and COCC. Learn more at
www.heartoforegon.org
Or call 541-306-3703.
They are looking for an advo-
cate/case manager who will deliver
counseling, case management and
support to an assigned case load of
active and alumni youth to facili-
tate program success, graduate tran-
sitions, and strengthen career and
post-secondary development.
The Advocate will provide one-
to-one counseling, barrier assess-
ments, individual plans, and year two
follow-up engagement contracts.
The ideal candidate will lead the case
management team of each youth,
oversee data collection, data entry,
case file management, and work di-
rectly with our school district part-
ners.
The Advocate must have dem-
onstrated ability to engage young
people from “at risk” conditions in
meaningful, interesting, and creative
learning experiences. They must
also have a sincere desire to assist
young people to succeed, develop
self-confidence and become effec-
tive community leaders.