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Bike Rodeo teaches rules of the road
Sunny skies welcomed this year's Bike Rodeo participants as they gath
ered around different stations to learn about rules, maintenance and safety.
The Health and Wellness program arranged the event in which 34 com
munity kids participated in the learning experience. Through the hard
work of Wellness Coordinator Bonnie Tom and her staff, they teach kids a
better understanding of bicycle safety to make everybody's life a little safer.
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Pictured, left to right: Ukiah Lomboy and Jorden George practice riding their bicycles; Justine Colton learns
how to make a safe left-hand turn; Tribal and community youth meet to learn all they can about bike safety.
Photos by Justin Phillips
Preschool establishes
two parent committees
Help: mentors needed
Tribal kids in need of companionship and positive role modeling.
The Indian Child Welfare (ICW) Program is interested in developing a
mentor program for our Tribal children. Many of our children are in need of
companionship and positive role modeling. The purpose of the mentor pro
gram is to provide at risk youth with a relationship that will help to foster
healthy lifestyle choices. Mentors may spend 4 to 6 hours per week with a
child. Mentors will be compensated for their time.
The ICW Program would like to develop a list of people interested in
mentoring a Tribal child. These children need consistency so it is important
that mentors are able to make a 3 to 6 month commitment. If you are inter
ested in more information please contact Dana Leno at 1-800-242-8196.
Government-to Government
Education meeting held
The Head Start preschool program
has established two parent commit
tees. First, the Parent Committee is
open to all interested parents who
would like to participate. Second is
the Parent Policy Committee, which
is a governing body who create poli
cies to benefit the students. Parent
Policy Committee members are:
Mychal Leno
Janell Haller
Melody Fuller
Diane Kimball
Tracy Biery
Rae Peters
Shawn Lorenzi
Bob McElderry
Suzi Aldridge
Together, the committees held a
logo contest for the Tribe's Twah Sun
chako Head Start Preschool, with a
total of eight entries submitted. Con
gratulations to LINDA MANN, den
tal hygenist at the clinic, who won
$100 for the winning logo.
The Government-to-Government
Education Cluster meeting held on
June 22, hosted by the Klamath
Tribes, opened with a welcome by
Allen Foreman, chair of Klamath
Tribes. It is especially noteworthy to
mention his concern to see students
upgrade academically and teachers
upgrade their qualifications, the need
to expand higher education opportu
nities and that the native community
doesn't have the luxury to wait for
our children to fail; we need to find
what works for every child.
Tina Garcia from the Department
of Education (DOE), gave an update
on the Oregon School Report Card,
Senate Bill 103, and Cluster Agenda
2000-2001:
Senate Bill 103 relates to multicul
tural education policy in the public
schools. The Department of Educa
tion will increase efforts to evaluate,
examine, identify and review multi
cultural education curricula and pro
grams. The Superintendent will seek
federal and other funds, report to the
State Board of Education, and may
appoint an advisory committee to in
corporate the multicultural program
in the schools.
The Government-to-Government
Education Cluster is interested in: set
ting an agenda with the DOE for the
rest of the year; the DOE to host the
next Government-to-Government
meeting; setting up a meeting with Su
perintendent, Stan Bunn, to get a
Native American Specialist hired; re
viewing and updating information on
the Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM)
and Certificate of Advanced Mastery
(CAM) Statewide Assessments.
Janne Underriner, contracted with
the University of Oregon and Linguist
at Klamath, presented an update on
Northwest Indian Languages Profi
ciency Benchmarks. It is culturally
based with input from elders and the
curriculum goals and content stan
dards consists of levels I, II, III, W,
V, VI. The content, functions and
context set minimum standards out
lining what is required for student to
demonstrate comprehension and cul
tural understanding. The final revi
sion is up for consideration.Fred
Smith, Dean of Klamath Community
College (KCC), explained KCC's pro
grams and their credit tuition equal
ization relationship with Oregon In
stitute of Technology (OIT) and the
consortium for internet sign up with
Portland Community College; how
crucial it is to have a community col
lege to attract students who want to
complete their GED to those who want
to attend a two year college and into
a four year college. The latter part of
the day was to list next meetings
agenda, list accomplishments, and to
formulate ideas, needs and work
shopstraining to accomplish the goals
of the Government-to-Government
Education Cluster.
The meeting was quite informative
regarding the importance of the rela
tionship with the Native communities
and the Department of Education
staff. It is obvious that the native
voice needs to be heard by the State
of Oregon in order to help all students
get equitable educational opportuni
ties to meet the State's Benchmark
Standards.
The report cards and information
on schools and districts is available at
this website: www.ode.state.or.us
Summer Tennis Camp: ages 10-17
The coaches of Linfield Tennis Academy have offered two full residential
scholarships to attend their Camp 2000 on July 16-20 or August 6-10. The
program is ideal for all players ages 10-17, and designed for the player who
wants to improve their skills in this challenging sport. The scholarship will
include the registration fee, lodging and meals. If you are interested please
contact Lisa Leno at 1-800-422-0232 or 879-2224.
Summer sponsorship notice
This year, 77 Tribal youth from all over the U.S. benefitted from the Tribe's
sponsorship program for summer youth activities. At this time all available
money has been distributed.
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Indian Frybread and graduation cake will be served
immediately following at the Community Center.
HONORING THE 1999-2000 PRESCHOOL GRADUATES.
16 students will be graduating into kindergarten.
All Head Start students will participate.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND.