12 FEBRUARY 1, 2001
Smoke Signals
Financial Aid Workshop held at Chemeketa
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By April Campbell
The Tribe's Education depart
ment hosted the annual 2001
Financial Aid and Scholarship
Workshop on Thursday, Janu
ary 18 at Chemeketa Commu
nity College. There were a total
of thirty students that attended
the all day event. The majority
were Willamina High School
juniors and seniors.
Len Edholm, Advisor and
Counselor from Chemeketa
Community College spoke about
the admissions process when ap
plying for college.
Dan Preston and Crissane
Werner, from Linfield College,
emphasized the importance of
completing a Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
with a step-by-step instruction.
Sherrill Kirchhoff, from the
Student Aid Commission, enriched each student with scholarship information. From addresses to websites each
student was provided with packets of information to access scholarship applications.
Though attendees spent most of their day absorbing information about financial aid and the various types of
scholarships available, students did enjoy a pizza buffet and free gifts from the Education department. Students also
entered into a drawing to receive various prizes with the grand prize winner being awarded a Pendleton blanket.
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DEADLINES
APPLICATIONS are REQUIRED
prior to approval or eligibility for
funding in the Tribe's Education Di
vision programs.
The deadline dates are as follows:
Higher Education Program
D July 1, 2001
Fall Term or Semester
D November 1, 2001
Winter Term or Semester
D February 1, 2001
Spring Term or Semester
Education Trust Fund
Scholarship Program
D Applications are due
April 30th of each year.
For other Education program
application information contact:
Adult Education (GED)
Dorna Riding In
Adult Education Coordinator
503 879-2282
D Short-Term Training
April Campbell
Education Specialist
503 879-2276
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Zoo Visit, Skating, Movie and Pizza Keep Students Busy
By Matt Bucknell, Before & After School Care Lead
For the students at the Before & After School Care program, (K-5th grade),
the last few weeks have been very eventful. From making crafts for the
holidays to going on several field trips their time has been busy and full of
activity.
During the holidays Tribal member Connie Graves came to the school to
help the children create Christmas decorations. The students made small
clay adobe houses and miniature sleds to hang on their Christmas trees.
The students also crafted reindeer gift bags for putting presents in. Re
cently the kids have been cutting paper snowflakes to decorate the class
room. The children claim this might bring some more snow to Grand Ronde.
With two weeks off for Christmas break and no public school on Martin
Luther King Day, the students have been fortunate enough to spend sev
eral days exploring our local area.
During the holiday break the kids enjoyed a number of field trips. They
visited the Gilbert House Children's Museum in Salem; the Oregon Coast
Aquarium in Newport; learned about preparing as well as making and cook
ing their own pizzas at Figaro's Pizza in Sheridan; the Oregon Zoo in Port
land; and went to see the movie "The Grinch That Stole Christmas."
On Monday, December 18, the mobile planetarium STARLAB visited the
school and gave the kids a look at the stars and planets that are in our skies.
While they were "exploring" space the instructor told stories and legends
about the stars and our solar system.
During the visits to the Gilbert House and the Aquarium the students took
part in several classroom labs. At the Gilbert House the K-2nd grade stu
dents learned about dinosaurs, while the 3rd-5th grade students learned
about Kalapuya Tribal history. The information at the museum's Kalapuya
class was obtained from the Tribe's Cultural Resource department. When
the museum puts on this class for all of their outreach programs the same
material is used. At the Aquarium the students participated in a hands-on
lab about tide pool and rocky shore creatures.
Over the last few months the students have been honing their skating
skills at St. Michael's Gymnasium in Grand Ronde. Some kids roller-skate
while others use their roller-blades. This practice was put to test on MLK
Day as the students went to the Sherwood Ice Arena to go ice-skating. Upon
arrival at the ice arena the students took part in a quick lesson from the
arena pro and then they were off. All of the kids did a great job skating with
not to many spills or wipeouts.
Not only do the students keep active during their days off from public school
they have plenty of activities during the After School program to keep them
busy. Every Tuesday the students participate in drumming with Vernon
Kennedy and Dustin Harmon. On Thursdays the Tribe's Language Special
ist Tony Johnson visits the school to work with the kids on their chinuk-wawa.
As one can see, our Tribal youth are on the go. With 24 students attend
ing the Before & After School Care program and over 40 students being
tutored in the Willamina and Grand Ronde Elementary Schools, the program's
influence is far-reaching. .
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Above (from left):
Synon Allen,
Lela Williams,
Justine Colton and
Carley Trammel!.
SHERWOOD
ICE ARENA
Jade Colton and
Ukiah Lomboy.
Photos courtesy of the Tribe's
Before & After School Care program.