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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 2000)
12 Smoke Signals Many changes are taking place in the Tribal Education Division By Marion Mercier We are currently working hard to fill open positions in the division that have been vacant for some time. I have accepted the position as the Di vision Manager, which has now left the Education Specialist position va cant. We hope to have that position filled by the beginning of this next Fall TermSemester. In the mean time, I will work hard to provide the best service possible to the students in the Higher Educa tion Program, Adult Vocational Training Program and the Tribal Trust Fund Scholarship Program. Students, please be patient as it may take a little longer to respond to your calls than it has in the past, but I assure you that I will keep up my end of things and have everything in order prior to the first day of class providing that you have submitted all required items to the Tribal pro gram and to the school you are at tending. The Adult Education Coordinator position is currently in hiring nego tiations and we will have a full-time coordinator on board by mid-August 2000. This will allow us to offer a full service program again that will include GED individual and class room instruction, on-site assess ments, coordinating community edu cation offering, assisting with trans portation to testing sites, referral ser vices and coordinating services with other agenciesprograms. We are looking forward to having our Adult Education Program up and running again. We have several new hires in vari ous programs these past few weeks. Vikki Bishop recently accepted the position of Early Childhood Educa tion Director and is doing commend able work in that position. This move left vacant the Site SupervisorSocial Services and Health Coordinator po sition which has been filled by Danis Bazzy-Bucknell. We welcome Danis to our programs and feel for tunate to have gained an experi enced and committed employee. Youth Education Program Tutor position has been filled by Richard Sohappy. Richard has been work ing in this program for some time as a temporary employee and has been doing a great job working with our students in 6 through 12th grade. We are pleased that Richard is part of the Youth Education Program team. Courtney Galligher and Natalie Torres have also been hired as tem porary summer employees. Courtney Galligher is assisting the program in reaching and maintain ing health and safety standards for the home care provider component of our Child Care Program. New Health and Safety Standard re quirements have been recommended by the Federal Child Care Develop ment Fund (CCDF) Grant program. Grantees must address and meet the new requirements in order to receive continued funding. I urge the par ticipants enrolled in the Child Care program to contact Courtney to co ordinate a visit to their home care pro vider to review for compliance to the standards as soon as possible if you have not done so. The CCDF Home Care program component is admin istered by the Pam Warren from the Tribe's Social Services Division. Natalie Torres is filling in the posi tion as the Lead Before & After Care Tutor for the remainder of the sum mer program. Natalie is doing a very good job in the program and the kids really like having her there. Tribal Graduate Scholarships increase to help meet growing costs Tribal Council approved the request to increase the Education Trust Fund Tribal Graduate Scholarship amount to $10,000 for full-time students and to $5,000 for half-time students per the academic year. This increase will help students to meet the increasing costs of attending a graduate level program. Support for the request was generated out of the Higher Education Program and the Tribal Education Committee. All people involved recognized the need to better financially assist students in this category. Scholarship appli cations are available at the Tribal Education Office. The next selection pro cess will take place in Spring of 2001 for the 200102 academic year with April 30, 2001 being the deadline to apply. Education Committee seeking applicants. Interested individuals may contact Hollie Larsen, Education Division Secretary, at (503) 879-2275 or 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275. School Supply Distribution Monday, August 14 to Thursday, August 17 s 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (including lunch hour) Tribal Youth Center (old A8iD building) CTGR Tribal members entering grades K-12 are eligible, and must show Tribal ID card. Free school supplies will be available while the supplies last. If you have a question, call Lisa Leno at 879-2224. WHEN: TIME: WHERE: Summer Sponsorships 2000 In it's third year, the Tribally-funded sponsorship program for summer youth activi ties was created to encourage and support youths involvement in school. This year, 77 Tribal youth benefitted from this summer sponsorship program, which is the largest number of requests to date. The Youth Education Programs begins announcing this program in March of each year. It is available to all Tribal youth where ever they live. At this time all available money has been distributed. The youth listed below each received a sponsorship with a maximum of a $200. Congratulations to all of you! 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 14 15 16 17. 18 19 Name From Attended 1 . Cory Beth Foster Winston, OR School trip to Washington DCNew York Amanda King St. Paul, OR Oregon P.A.S.S Program Grace Sexton Citrus Heights, CA ... South Pacific Exchange Program Brittany Grout Tillamook, OR East Coast Trip Erica Empey McMinnville, OR Project Yes Mission Trip to Arizona Zachery Sanchez Wapato, WA Basketball Camp Megan Drake Sutherlin, OR ...Guy Enriques Team Vollyball Camp Marcey Drake Sutherlin, OR Guy Enriques Team Volleyball Camp Wesley Dilling Portland, OR .Wildcat Football Team Camp 10. Charlotte Weiss New York, NY Summer Camp at 92nd St. YMHA 11. Spencer Olson Grand Ronde, OR.... Eagle Fern Camp 12. Dominique Olson Grand Ronde, OR ....Eagle Fern Camp Erin Bernando Portland, OR Exchange Program in Germany Summer Mercier Dayton, OR Wrestling Camp & Football Camp Lela Williams Grand Ronde, OR .... Camp Tadmor Matthew Williams Grand Ronde, OR .... Camp Tadmor Max Hale Salem, OR Queen of Peace Catholic School Cory Patterson Wapato, OR Football Camp 20. Jordon Schultz Salem, OR Boys and Girls Club Football 21. Anthony Ahedo Antioch, CA.. Golden Bear Soccer for Boys 22. Shana Duggan Portland, OR .Ice Skating Lessons 23. Kelsey Lord Grand Ronde, OR .... Eagle Fern Camp 24. Nathan Mueller Grand Ronde, OR .... Eagle' Fern Camp ' - - 25. Alisa Norwest Grand Ronde, OR ....Eagle Fern Camp 26. Jessica Lillard Grand Ronde, OR .... Eagle Fern Camp 27. Dennis Linton Grand Ronde, OR .... Eagle Fern Camp 28. Brandon Linton Grand Ronde, OR .... Eagle Fern Camp 29. Brittany Linton Grand Ronde, OR ....Eagle Fern Camp Jessica Lockett Portland, OR Salvation Army Oscar Mudgett Portland, OR .' Salvation Army Emily Mudgett Portland, OR Salvation Army Savannah Lockett Portland, OR Salvation Army Jeremy Mudgett Portland, OR Easter Seal Camp 35. Christopher Lockett.... Portland, OR Easter Seal Camp. 36. Anthony Lockett Portland, OR Damon Stoudamire Inc. Alex Sapiano Portland, OR Damon Stoudamire Inc. Jeromey Childers Willamina, OR YMCA Silver Creek Falls Camp Andrea Childers Willamina, OR Coast to Coast Basketball Camp Gared Nunley Sutherlin, OR Varsity Boys Team Camp Gabe Nunley Sutherlin, OR Varsity Boys Team Camp Justin Nunley Sutherlin, OR Varsity Boys Team Camp Kayla Jenness Pleasant Hill, OR Generation Church Camp 44. Jessica Jenness Pleasant Hill, OR Generation Church Camp 45. Amy Jenness Pleasant Hill, OR Pleasant Hill Soccer Camp 46. Kara Jenness Pleasant Hill, OR Pleasant Hill Soccer Camp 47. Taylor Abdie Portland, OR Sylvan Learning Center 48. Cole Abdie Portland, OR John Bain Soccer Camp 49. Steven Aragon Wapato, WA Yakima Youth Soccer Association 50. Elizabeth Stancliffe .... Toppenish, WA Cheerleading Camp 51. Victoria Stancliffe Toppenish, WA Cheerleading Camp 52. Sophia Smith Wapato, WA YMCA Camp Dudley Carolyn Smith Wapato, WA YMCA Camp Dudley Shannon Hamm Portland, OR Benson Summer School April Griffin Salem, OR Eagle Fern Camp Alex Drake Sutherlin, OR Sutherlin Basketball Camp Torey Wakeland Salem, OR Sylvan Learning Center Brooks Wakeland Salem, OR Pro Classic Hoop Camp Travis Jeffers Clatskanie, OR American Legion Baseball Colby Fite Pasco, WA Sun Devils American Legion Baseball Myriah Shandy Albany, OR YMCA Summer Camp 63. Shiloh Shandy Albany, OR YMCA Summer Camp 64. Ashley Tuomi Eugene, OR University of Oregon 65. Kyle Rohde Grand Ronde, OR ....Summer Swimming Lessons 66. Meghan Zimbrick Willamina, OR Coast to Coast Basketball Camp 67. Caitlin Zimbrick Willamina, OR Coast to Coast Basketball Camp 68. Alex Bishop Willamina, OR Coast to Coast Basketball Camp 69. Matthew Zimbrick ...... Willamina, OR Cascade Basketball Camp 70. Nathan Patterson Wapato, WA Basketball Camp 71. Samson Loomis La Pine, OR ....High Desert Museum Kids Programs 72. Calvin Burnham Grand Ronde, OR ....Children's Program 73. Ashley Bedortha Willamina, OR YMCA Silver Creek Camp 74. Miranda Ellis Willamina, OR YMCA Camp Silver Camp 75. Tyla Tuomi Eugene, OR Oregon Girls Basketball Camp 76. Mia Leidelmeyer Aloha, OR Government Class - Summer School 30, 31, 32 33 34 37. 38, 39, 40 41 42 43 53. 54. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62.
