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Spilyay Tymoo
March 22
Lingering impact of covid school closures
Many young people in
the are behind in school, yet
the vast majority of parents
think their own child is per-
forming at grade level.
The disconnect is not
new, but after the Covid-19
school closures, the stakes
for children have in many
ways never been greater.
Opportunities to catch
up are available in some
places, thanks to federal
pandemic aid, but will
likely dry up in the next
few years.
A 2022 Learning Heroes
sur vey of 1,400 public
school parents around the
country showed 92 percent
believed their children were
performing at grade level.
But in a federal survey,
school officials said half of
all U.S. students started this
school year behind grade
level in at least one subject.
Looking at the most re-
cent overall Report Card for
the Warm Springs Academy,
for the 2021-2022 school
year, English Language Arts,
Mathematics and Science
test results were all below
the state average.
Attendance was also
lower than the state average.
Tony Cortazar works with
families on attendance issues
at the Academy. “Kids are
April show at museum
featuring rez photography
Edward Heath reservation photos (above and below).
An Eye for the Rez: Ed-
ward Heath Photography will
open at the Museum at
Warm Springs on Thursday,
April 6.
This exhibition is part of
the museum’s Thirtieth An-
niversary lineup of exhibi-
tions, public programs and
special events.
An Eye for the Rez will
feature photographs by re-
nowned Warms Springs pho-
tographer Edward Heath.
Mr. Heath was born in
Madras and grew up in the
Simnasho area. He is the
nephew of Warm Springs
Chief Delvis Heath.
His upcoming exhibit is
curated by Warm Springs
museum curator and exhibi-
tion coordinator Angela Anne
Smith.
Mr. Heath had a solo ex-
Non-tribal
salmon season
closing early
The non-tribal salmon
fishing season for most of
Oregon and all of Califor-
nia could be closed this
year, according to propos-
als from the Pacific Fish-
eries Management Council.
In California, fall-run Chi-
nook salmon are expected
to have severely low num-
bers in the Klamath and
Sacramento rivers, mostly
because of drought.
Meanwhile, regarding
ocean fisheries, federal
regulators overseeing West
Coast fisheries have effec-
tively called off California’s
entire 2023 ocean salmon
fishing season, in an effort
to protect fish populations
that have dwindled during
the ongoing drought.
hibition of his photography
at the museum in 2016, and
his work has been featured
in other exhibits around the
region.
Since his first show seven
years ago, Heath has become
known for his portraits, na-
ture and wildlife photogra-
phy.
“I do not specialize in any
specific form of photogra-
phy,” Edward says. “I mainly
try to capture things I find
interesting along roadsides
and trails.
“And I like to capture
things that have non-obvious
beauty, or things others take
for granted.”
Support for An Eye for
the Rez is provided by a
grant from the Ford Family
Foundation. The show will
be on display through May.
coming in late every day—
some kids consistently, and
some here and then,” Mr.
Cortazar said.
“I understand weather and
transportation issues can be
a barrier especially this time
of year, but this is a problem
especially for some of our
younger kids in k- through
third grade.”
Cortazar adds, “They start
off their day with reading. If
they get here 10 or 15 min-
utes late, then they still need
another 10 or 15 minutes to
eat breakfast. By the time
they get into the swing of
things, they may have missed
the whole lesson, and that
puts them behind academi-
cally.”
Being late and leaving
school early does impact
learning with kids.
Families who need help
getting their students to
school on time can reach out
to Tony Cortazar for assis-
tance. Just contact the school
office.
KWSO news
The annual Redsides Powwow at South Wasco County
High School in Maupin is coming up on April 19.
Dinner will be at 5:30. Social dancing and games be-
gin at 6:30. The Black Lodge Singers are the host
drum, and there’s a Shell Dress Special open to all
ages. All dancers and drummers are welcome.