Smoke Signals January 1990 Page 4
"INTERNATIONAL
SPHOOT, OF WRITING FOR
AMERICAN INDIANS"
In September, 1989, an international school of writing
began in British Columbia for native students. The
concept for the school was developed by the En'Owkin
Centre with the involvement of Theytus books and has .
attracted funds from government, corporations and
private foundations. The En'Owkin International
School of Writing will offer two years of credit courses
in cooperation with the University of Victoria's Bachelor
of Fine Arts Program and Okanagan College. All three
instituions expect formal ratification of this agreement
to be forthcoming in the near future. The purpose of
the school is to increase the pool of native writers and
communicators who can reflect on and write about their
unique experiences as natives in response to the in
creased demand for accurate and correct information by
schools, publishers and the media. Scripts written for
radio, television, and theatre will be included in the
curriculum. The School has drawn the interest of well
known Canadian writers Margaret Atwood, Tom King,
David Young, Joy Harjo, Maria Campbell, Minnie
Freeman, Margo Kane, Joy Kogawa, Dennis Lee,
Michael Ondaatue and Rudy Wieve, all of whom have
agreed to sit on a steering committee for this innovative
project, the first of its kindin North America. Core
funding for the school has been assured for five years by
Indian and Northern affairs Canada's postsecondary
institutional and special programs suppport. Additional
grants have been secured from the Bronfman founda
tion, the BC Telephone Company and the Writers ,,
Development Trust. For further information, call
Jeanette Armstrong, (604) 493-7181, 257 Brunswick
Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5P9.
- Courtesy of the Communicator
"TRTBAL STUDENTS
HONORED AT THEIR HIGH
SCHOOL IN WILLAMINA"
Willamina High School's October Boy of the Month is
Billy Bobb. He is the son of Steve and Connie Bobb.
Billy is very active in Willamina's sports programs. He
has participated in football, wrestling and baseball all
four years. He is active in the schools Letterman's Club
and was also on the All-League baseball team his junior
year.
During the past summer he worked in Los Angeles for
Dream Quest Images which is a company that builds
movie sets.
Billy also enjoys painting cars and trucks, and likes to
spend his spare time water skiing and snow skiing.
Angela Leno was selected as Willamina High School's
Girl of the Month. Angela is the daughter of Reyn and
Liz Leno of Willamina. She has been very active in
Softball for the past three years. Angela is also the
president of the National Honor Society and is the
Associated Student Body Secretary.
"I was very surprised and honored when they chose me
as the student of the month for October," says Angie.
"And I would like to take this time to thank the Student
Council for selecting me," she adds.
Angie is also a member of the Pep Club and also the
OSSOM club. Last summer Angela worked here at the
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in which she is an
enrolled member.
Angie was also listed as an honor roll student for the
first quarter at Willamina High School, good job, Angie.
"TOM UPDATE"
The Johnson O'Malley Program has been off to a
good start with the 1989-90 school year. Some of the
programs activities include a mentor program between
the High School students and the Middle School
students and other activities take place by networking
with other resources available to the Indian students to
provide services in an efficient manner. By networking
with the Title V program, tutorial services are met for
students who need extra help with their studies. This
includes the new mentor program between the High
School and Middle School. High School students help
with a tutoring work study lab for the middle school
students. The study lab is at the middle school from 3-4
every Thursday in room 608. Those students in need of
tutoring assistance and encouragement in their studies.
The High School students while helping with the
tutoring sessions are also helping earn their way to the
NW Indian Youth Conference which will be held in
April. Other fund-raisers to help the students attend the
conference will be taking place from now until the
conference date to help earn money for registration and
lodging to attend the Youth Conference.
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recently attended an Education Committee meeting.
The Politics & Journalism
Internship Program
The Politics & Journalism Internship is a program of
the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism,
organized to promote greater understanding of politics
by journalists and journalism by politicians. The Center
brings a dozen or more top college journalism students
to Washington each semester and places them in news
bureaus for practical reporting experience. The heart of
the internship is a 16-week course in campaign, govern
ance and interest group politics, taught in twice-weekly
seminars. Seminars feature elected and party officials,
political consultants and operatives, and national politi
cal reporters. Topics include media consulting; polling"
the role of the institutional political parties; presidential
and congressional campaigns and governance; election
law; fund-raising; and interest group lobbying-all ,
explored from the perspective of a political reporter. ,
Specific application procedures and application forms
are available from participating schools Nominations are
due in early April for the following Fall semester and by
early November for the following WinterSpring term.
For more information, contact Terry Michael, director,
Washington Center for Politics & Journalism, Post .
Office Box 15201, Washington, D.C. 20003-0201, 202
296-8455.
FAMILY SCIENCE NIGHT:
The next Family Science night will be held at 6 p.m.;
January 16th at the Grand Ronde Elementary School
library. -
Dean Azule encouraged the group to come back again
and bring someone along with them, hope to see you
there!
"PARENT COMMITTEE
NIGHT & BOOK FAIR"
Take Part InYour Child's Education:
Parent Committee Meeting January 4th,1990 - 4:00
p.m. at the Tribal Office.
Book Fain January 4th,1990 1:00 pjn. to 5:00 p.m. at
the Tribal Office.
Topics include: Parental cost assistance for JOM, and
Title V activities.
Free Books for Tribal members (limit 2 books per
person).
For more information, contact Camille Van Vleet at
879-5211. .
Sponsored by: JOM and Social Services (Book Fair).
"CHIEF LESCHI HIGH
SCHOOL RECEIVES
NATIONAL AWARD"
Forty-seven schools nationwide, received 1988-89
drugfree awards from the U.S. Department of Educa
tion. Chief Leschi High School, a Puyallup Tribal
School, was the only school in the State of Washington,
and the only Native American School in the nation, to
receive the honor. The awards were presented at the
White House on June 9, 1989.
Initially, there were 223 nominations made by state
Departments of Education, the National Federation of
Parents for Drug Free Youths, and the Council for
American Private Education. From this field, 105
promising schools were selected for site visit review.
The final 47 winners represented 26 states and the,
District of Columbia.
U.S. Secretary of Education, Lauro Cavazos, recog
nized Chief Leschi's three year effort to stop drug and
alcohol use on campus. The school put into place
various prevention systems, such as a "Pride" a" K
through 12 Education curriculum, enforcement policies,
counseling services, inter-agency agreements, referral
systems, and alternatives to drug usage. The school has
a zero tolerance policy regarding drugs on campus,
which provides for a safe, drug-free zone.