Spilyay Tymoo
Coyote News, est. 1976
October 23, 2019 - Vol. 43, No. 22
October – Anwicht’ash – Fall - Tiyam
Seniors Day this Friday at high school
T his fall there are 23 seniors
on the Madras High School
White Buffalos varsity football
team. This Friday, October
25—Seniors Day at the high
school—they will play a final
regular season home game, as
family and friends pay tribute for
the winning season.
Like the record number of
seniors on the football squad,
overall attendance is up at the
high school. And with this
comes the recent high gradua-
tion numbers. The Class of
2019 saw eighty-seven students
from Warm Springs graduate
from Madras High School—the
most ever.
Explaining this success, school
liaison Butch David said, “We
have a lot to do here—The kids
stay busy, and they want to come
to school.”
Excellence in the core cur-
riculum is the reason to go to
school; yet a brief tour of Ma-
dras High shows there is much
more going on—The goal of all
programs being to open doors
for every student to follow his
or her own dream.
After graduation a student’s
goal might be higher education, or
military service, or one of any
number of career paths. And the
high school has many teachers and
mentors to help in any and all
ways.
New at the high school this
year is principal Brian Crook. Mr.
Crook brings 23 years of educa-
tion experience from the Bend-
LaPine District.
An overall goal at the school,
Crook says, is to continue the
graduation rate success. “We’re at
around 92 percent, so it becomes
harder now to improve on that.
We can always try for 95 percent,”
he said.
Joining Mr. Crook at the high
school this year is assistant princi-
pal Mark Stewart, who comes to
Madras with 14 years experience
in the Sisters district. “He’s been
a nice addition to the high school.
He’s fitting in well with our staff,”
Mr. Crook said.
New this year at the high school
is the Academic Support Center,
and the Mentor program. The
Academic Support Center gives
some students extra time and sup-
port. This is especially helpful for
ninth-graders, as they make the
transition to the high school,
Brown said.
The Mentor program is also
helpful for freshmen. The stu-
dent can have a mentor, whether
it be a teacher or some other
school staff person, to talk about
grades, behavior, or any issue that
may come up.
This year Lindsey Buccafurni
is coordinating the Futures Cen-
ter. This is the post-graduation
planning program established a
few years ago by Kathy Sisk.
Lindsey joins the Futures
Center from her previous work
as enrollment counselor at Cen-
tral Oregon Community Col-
lege.
The Futures Center helps
students—mostly seniors and
juniors—plan for their futures
after high school.
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Trey Johnson (left) and Vincent Trevino at the Introduction to
Shop class at the high school.
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District
budget
meetings
Tribal Council has set the dis-
trict meetings on the 2020 budget
proposal.
The Seekseequa District meet-
ing is scheduled for Tuesday
evening, October 29 at the
Seekseequa Fire Hall. Dinner will
be at 6 and the meeting at 7.
The Simnasho District meeting
is set for Wednesday, October 30
at the Simnasho Longhouse. Din-
ner at 6 and the meeting at 7.
The Agency District meeting
is scheduled for Tuesday, No-
vember 5 at the Agency
Longhouse. Dinner at 5:30 and
the meeting at 6.
These dates are set, though are
subject to change at district Coun-
cil members’ discretion.
The budget as posted this
month by Council includes $1.4
million in projected cuts.
The goal has been to share the
cuts as equitably as possible within
the organization.
The Senior Pension remains at
the current level, under the pro-
posal.
For Halloween on the rez
Halloween fun times in Warm
Springs start this Wednesday
evening, October 23, as Recre-
ation hosts the Great Pumpkin
Party.
Stop by at the Community Cen-
ter for the fun: Carvings begin at
5:30 p.m., and judging at 7:30. For
sale will be burgers and fry bread,
Mummy dogs and homemade chili.
The pumpkin carving contest cat-
egories include:
Best Classic Addams Family
Character.
Spookiest. Most Creative. Best
Silliest Pumpkin. Best NDN
Pumpkin.
Simnasho this Sunday, October
27 will introduce a new event: It’s
the Red Lake Costume Run For
the Health of It. This is a free
event, though cash donations are en-
couraged for #TeamRylan. Volun-
teers welcome.
The Costume Run events in-
clude a 15-mile team relay run, a
5k run/walk, and a 1-mile fun run/
walk. Registration opens at 7:30
a.m. with start time at 8:30. In ad-
dition to the races there will be a
costume contest, haunted house,
snacks, water, prizes and t-shirts
for participants, while supplies last.
Nite Out
A Happy Halloween from Warm Springs artist Travis Bobb.
Recreation and the Community
Wellness Center are then hosting
the Spooky Indian Nite Out
and Drummerz Jam Session
on Monday evening, October 28.
Potluck dinner is at 5:30, and the
powwow at 6:30.
Then on Halloween will be the
Employee Costume Contest at
the Community Center, from 11:45
a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
And Halloween evening will see
the Spooky Ooky Addams
Family Style Kooky Hallow-
een, hosted by Recreation at the
Community Center. There will be
a costume contest with categories:
Best Overall Spookiest. Best
Cutest/Silliest. Best Classic Hal-
loween Character. Most Creative
Costume. Best Duo (any two char-
acters).
Trunk-or-Treat—hotsed by
Health and Wellness, and Recre-
ation—will be from 4 to 6 p.m. at
the ball fields. Set-up starts at 3.
This year there are prizes for first,
second and third-place Best Deco-
rated Trunk, following the theme
of Spooky Ooky Addams Family
Style Kooky Halloween.
For Trunk-or-Treat, Victory
Lane and the northeast corner of
the parking lot entrance will be
blocked to vehicle traffic, allowing
walkers on at 4 p.m. for safety of
the youth.
The Halloween Carnival at
the center then starts at 6.
At Early Chilhood Center
The Early Childhood Education
Center will host the Annual Lil’
Pumpkins Parade on Halloween
morning from 10:30 to 11:30.
This is a fun time for ECE class-
rooms to go trick-or-treating
through the hallways of ECE, and
then parade across to the Warm
Springs Clinic.