April 5, 1995
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Education
Smoke Signals
How to improve your grades
Have you ever wished you had a
secret formula for getting good
grades without trying too hard?
Some students, the "A" students,
seem to have the formula but won't
tell what it is. Is it the possession
of a photographic memory? Is it
being the teacher's pet? What is
the secret?
There is no real secret. The rea
son some students get "A's" and
"B's" is that somewhere along the
way they have developed good
study habits and a method of sen
sible time management.
These two skills, good study
Career opportunity in health field
American Indian Residential Program and Academic Enrichment Pro
gram is accepting applications to attend Health Center enhancement pro
grams to be offered this summer in California. These programs are be
ing sponsored by the California Rural Indian Health Board and the Health
Careers Development Program (HCDP).
June 9 to June 16, 1995. American Indian Informational Residential
Program, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. Deadline
to apply is June 2, 1995.
July 9 to July 29, 1995. Academic Enrichment Program for American
Indians, Humboldt State University, Areata, California. Deadline to ap
ply is June 26, 1995.
. For registration and information contact Maxine Lewis-Raymond, Di
rector or Stephanie Myers, Counselor at the Health Careers Develop
ment Program. Call 1-800-274-4288 or (916)929-9761.
Meals and lodging provided to participants by HCDP.
Teachers program announces scholarships
The Portland Teachers Program, a collaborative effort between Port
land Community College, Portland State University and Portland Public
Schools, helps ethnic minority students prepare for a teaching career by
providing scholarships, advising and support.
The program is now accepting applications for the 1995-96 school year.
Fifteen scholarships will be awarded. Native American, Hispanic, Afri
can American and Asian American individuals who demonstrate entry
skills for Writing 1 2 1 and Math 65 are eligible to apply.
For more information, contact Ruby Pace at PCC's Cascade Campus,
978-5282.
Tribal Education Trust Fund Scholarship
Applications are available for the 1995-96 academic year. Time is
running out to apply! All completed scholarship application packets must
be postmarked or submitted to the Education Program by April 30, 1995.
No applications will be accepted after this date. For an application packet
or if you have questions, contact the Tribal Education Program at 879
5211 or 1-800-422-0232.
Indian Health Services (HIS) Scholarship
Applications are available at the Tribal Education office. Deadline
date to submit your completed application to the Portland Area office is
April 14, 1995.
habits and sensible time manage
ment, are a sort of secret formula
for academic success throughout
high school and college. Happily,
both can be learned. Here are a few
tips:
. Prepare a regular study place.
Study at a regular time, in the same
place or room, every day. This
place shoufd have your books, pa
pers, pens arid so on, always ready.
Don't waste time setting up a quiet
place every day.
Review regularly. Before start
ing to go over new material, briefly
review old materials. This constant
reviewing, even if only for 1 5 min
utes before you settle down to di
gest brand new facts, will help re
inforce learning.
Don 7 push your endurance. Stop
studying when you are genuinely
tired, when words blur or when sen
tences and problems no longer
make sense. Also, stop studying
when you are hungry. A good pro
cedure to follow is to study for an
hour then stop, stretch and relax a
few minutes then go back to work
ing on assignments. This helps
your mind to concentrate.
Write legibly. Make sure your
Student honored for English
essay about tobacco use
Grand Ronde tribal member
Tim Nelson, 1 6, was honored in
his hometown, of John Day,
OR., for an essay he wrote on
tobacco use.
Tim wrote the essay, entitled
"Up in Smoke and Down in Spit
at Grant Union", as an English
class assignment.
He attends Grant Union High
School in John Day. Tim is in
volved in various school activi
ties like the National Honor So
ciety, baseball, cross country,
and OSSOM, an student orga
nization which advocates drug
and alcohol awareness and ab
stinence. Tim is the daughter of David
and Judy Nelson, and the grand
son of Newt Storm and Hattie
Riggs Storm. I lis great-grandfather
was Andy Riggs.
Wilmadene Butler is his great
aunt.
An active member of his com
munity, Tim participates in 4
H and works as a camp counse
lor in the summer.
His essay has been published
in the school newspaper and the
local newspaper, the Blue
Mountain Eagle.
The essay speaks of the dan
gers of tobacco use, not just
smoking, but chewing snuff,
too. He feels that his fellow
classmates as well as some of
the faculty members of Grant
and maintain them
daily classroom notes are relatively
neat and sensible. Reviewing notes
that you can't read wastes time.
Spend a few minutes after class go
ing over the notes you took. Next
to the instructor and your textbook,
your notes should be you best
source of information.
Use your textbook. Use your
classroom textbook as a guide. Pay
attention to the table of contents,
which neatly organizes what you'll
be learning: chapter titles, which
tell you about what the chapters are
about and subheadings within the
r a
. f.
Timothy Nelson
Union High School are endan
gering their health.
A member of the School board
personally commended Tim for
taking a stand on smoking and
chewing, and setting an ex
ample for his classmates to fol
low. Family Math and
Science class schedule
Please join us on Saturday, April
22 and May 20 from 1:00 to 3:00
p.m. at the Grand Ronde Commu
nity Center. It is a lot of fun for the
whole family. Youth participants
must be accompanied by an adult.
Snack is provided. For more in
formation contact the Education
Department at 879-5211.
chapters, which further focus for
you the materials to be learned.
Also, pay attention to the chapter
summaries if your text has them.
Keep a calendar. Obtain a large
block calendar. Write in test dates,
probable quiz dates, important re
view dates before tests and personal
appointments which make studying
or reviewing difficult. Plan a catch
up day so you won't fall behind.
Again, by keeping careful track of
time in this way, you'll discover
more time for just plain fun.
Students: We need
your FFA application
Copies of you Federal Fi
nancial Aid Application
were due to the tribal of
fices by Feb. 15. Out of
45 students, only 6 have
provided this vital docu
ment to us. Please submit
this information to us im
mediately. To those of
you who have, thank you.
About half of the Educa
tion Program students have
provided us with their class
schedule for winter term.
Now we need spring term
schedules. Please submit
these at your earliest con
venience. These docu
ments need to be on file
with us in order for you to
receive funding or prevent
a delay in funding.
Advisor will meet with
students every week
Marty Branch, Advising Special
ist from Chcmeketa Community
College will be in Grand Ronde at
the Education Department on Tues
day and Wednesday of each week
to meet with people interested in
Chemeketa Community College or
learning more about the short term
training opportunities. Marty can
be reached at the Education Depart
ment or by calling 879-2288.
On Monday, Thursday and Fri
day of each week Marty will be at
Chemeketa Community College
and can be reached at 503-399-2367.