Smoke Signals
March 1991
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Education
Honor Roll Listed
Willamina High School recently listed Tribal members
Leanna McKnight and Tersa Aaron as being among
student achieving the honor roll. The awards were given
for the school's first semester.
Willamina Middle School listed Tribal member Dustin
Leno as having achieved the honor roll at his school.
To make the honor roll you must have a 3.5 - 4.0 grade
average.
Congratulations to these students and good luck for
continued success.
High School & Junior Student
Career Day
On April 5th, 1991 the Coalition on Post Secondary
Education Oregon Indian Education Association, the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz-Salem Office, the Confed
erated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Willamette Univer
sity, is sponsoring a CAREER DAY for INDIAN
HIGH SCHOOL & JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS.
The workshop will be held from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm in
the Putnam Center on the Willamette University
campus in Salem. Various representatives from Oregon
four year colleges and universities as well as the commu
nity college programs will be on hand. If you have a
particular interest regarding a school, plan on attending,
time will be set aside for students to meet with college
representatives.
Areas and programs that will be featured at the April'
5th gathering will include; Business and Employment for
the State of Oregon, Law, Medicine and Health Careers,
Education, Engineering and Preparing for the World of
Work. In addition to educational opportunities, a
special effort is being made to have businesses and
agencies attend, who offer Summer Internship Pro
grams, such as the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bank, State
Farm, Social Security Administration and the Bonneville
Power Administration.
Registration fees are set at $6.00 per person and will
include lunch. If you are interested in attending call
Dean or Barbara Steere, 879-5211. The JOM Program
will be taking a group of students to this workshop, so
make your plans to attend.
Future Education Majors, Be Ready !
If you live in Oregon and are planning on becoming a
elementary or secondary teacher, be ready. Where you
can earn your degree and what specialty you can major
in, may be affected by Measure 5. The University of
Oregon and Oregon State University are proposing to
i abolish Teacher Preparation Programs. Oregon State
University is calling for closing its College of Education
and the University of Oregon is considering eliminating
its Teacher Education Division. Should this happen,
Oregon State would become the only land grant school
in the country without an education college.
Cutbacks would leave a majority of teacher candidates
to pursue their education degrees from PSU, Western
Oregon State College, Southern Oregon State College
and Eastern Oregon State College. Be prepared for
longer lines of potential applicants at these schools.
More and more students will be flocking to these
schools to enter education and teacher training degree
programs.
If you are interested in learning which schools will offer
the type of education degree and major you are seeking
you should call the Chancellor of Higher Education
(503) 346-5700.
Indian Reading Series
Enlightens and Teaches
A new scries of classroom reading books, designed to
teach both reading and traditional Native American
values, is now available. One hundred short books in six
reading levels present authenticated Indian legends and
contemporary stories of interest to all students. Four
teacher's guides give cultural background information,
objectives and rationale. The activities are designed to
help students learn how to think, rather than what to
think. The series presents excellent cross-cultural
opportunities, improves classroom participation and
makes reading uniquely enjoyable for students. "These
stories once taught us how to live and were the basis of
moral and social instruction passed down from elders to
youth," says Glen Raymond, a Colville Indian from
Nespelem, Washington. "All of the story content has
been researched, written and illustrated by American
Indians". Raymond is publishing the series in a highly
successful effort that integrates Indian culture with
public school curriculum much needed in schools
serving Indian students.
Educational experts agree. "This series is the most
comprehensive curriculum development ever in this
country in .terms of Indian materials" states Robin
Butterfield of the State Dept. of Education in Oregon.
"It integrates culture into the reading curriculum, which
has seldom been done." Schools are finally beginning to
realize the importance of including culture into the
curriculum. "Educators have long agreed that good
curriculum is always child centered. It is sensible that
children belonging to different cultural environments
require special learning materials and strategies de
signed to meet their particular needs," says Joseph
Coburn of the Pacific Northwest Regional Educational
Laboratory in Portland, Oregon, and director of the
laboratory's Pacific Northwest Indian Reading and
Language Development Program, under which the
Indian Reading Series was developed.
In the program, researchers field-tested the series with
over 1,200 Indian and non-Indian children in 93 class
rooms. Overwhelmingly-positive responses to question
naires were also collected from across the United States
and Canada, and researchers made direct observations
in 19 Oregon public school classrooms where the series
was tested. Not only was the series a success as a
reading enrichment curriculum, educators noted
valuable uses in social studies, language arts, art and
culture programs. The books would be a valuable
addition to any library. "The materials provide 'high
interest' reading and would definitely promote learning
for any child." Project MEDIA, The National Indian
Education Association.
The Indian Reading Series is available now. For
information and a complete brochure, write: Indian
Vision, Box 42, Coulee Dam, Washington 99116, or call
(509) 633-2193.
Tribal Education
Committee to Meet
The next scheduled Education Committee meeting has
been scheduled for March 9th, 9:00 a.m. at Lincoln City,
Surfrider Motel.
Just When You Learned All
The Words,
They Changed The Song!
One begins to ponder the question, "when does it all
end?", when preparing for the 1991-1992 school year. If
you haven't already found out, you may be in for a
surprise, but the dreaded FINANCIAL AID FORM is
no longer accepted by some Oregon colleges or universi
ties. Instead of filing the FINANCIAL AID FORM
some schools are asking that you file a SINGLE FILE
FORM. This form is shorter and does not require a
processing fee.
However, not all colleges and universities accept the
same forms. For the 1991-1992 academic year, these
schools will utilize the following:
1991 -1992
SCHOOL
SFF FAF
Chemeketa Community X
Portland Community X
Mt. Hood Community X
Lane Community X
Linn Benton Community X
Oregon State University X (X)
University of Oregon X
Portland State X
Oregon Institute of Tech. X
Eastern Ore. State College X (X)
Western Ore. State College X "
Clark College (Vancouver) X
( Prefer the Single File Form, but will accept the FAF
as well.)
If your school is not included in this list, you may wish
to contact your respective Financial Aid Office and file
the appropriate form.
Don't be discouraged, regardless of what filing system
your college uses, you will need to become familiar with
this process and FILE EARLY!
Self Esteem Workshop
Recently, Camille Van Vleet, AD Prevention Pro
gram and Barbara Seere, JOM Coordinator accompa
nied 8 students: Dustin Leno, Daniel Haug, Jake
McKnight, Toby McClary, Trina Connelly, Daniel
Mooney, Brad Glass and Jason Mercier to a Self
Esteem Workshop in Salem. Jcri Brunoe was the
featured speaker.
Jeri Brunoe has attended Oregon State University
where she studied psycho-linguistics. She is currently
working for Oregon State University Extension Service
developing Self-Esteem Programs.
The students were asked to introduce themselves and
; were told that by the end of the day they would have
new friends and it looked like this did happen. Then
Jeri separated them into 2 groups. From these 2 groups
she did different activities relating to self-esteem like
drawing pictures, skits, getting to know other students,
knowing themselves and liking themselves. In the
afternoon they watched a video on values, alcohol and
drugs, communication with parents, peers and relation
ships and they were asked for their opinions.
Before they left Brunoe gave them an award which
they were very pleased with. All in all the students
enjoyed the class and said they would attend another if it
was offered to them