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Smoke Signals 15 APRIL 1, 2005 - & , li Time is Running Out to Request Your Tribal Education Scholarship Application 2005 Education Scholarship applications are now available in the follow ing categories: Full & Part-Time Adult Vocational Training, Undergradu ate, and Graduate; Full-Time Eula Petite. You must be a CTGR Tribal member. Application deadline is Saturday, April 30, 2005. To request an appli cation, please call the CTGR Education Division at 503-879-2275 or 1-800-422-0232 ext. 1345. The Education Division hosted a student teachers site visit on March 1 1 for partici pants in the University of Oregon's Sapsik w ala Native Teacher Program. The eight future teachers spent theiay working and interacting with our own students in the ECE program classrooms. Pictured above the Sapsik w ala students take their break visiting Don Day at the Culture area and learn about cedar and the primitive tools used to manipulate and spilt the logs into planks to build the Tribal Longhouse. K-12 PARENT MEETING Thursday, April 21 at noon Youth Education Building Lunch will be served. Please R.S.V.P. 503-879-2101. Facally night A Vcuih Education Thursday, April 21 at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served. Cultural prefect will be offered. Please R.S.V.P. 503-S79-2143. 2005 YOUTH SPONSORSHIP Open to Tribaf Students in grades K-12. Qualifying applicants can receive up to $200 in sponsorship funds. Contact Youth Education at 503-879-2101 for details or to request an application. Grand Ronde Head Start Recruitment runs from April-July. This announcement is for children who are three years old by September 1, 2005 to children who are five years old (pre-kindergarten) and income eligible. Our first day of school is September 6, 2005. Please call Sandy Bobb at 503-879-2161 for an appli cation or if you have any questions. Selection and notification will be made by mid-August and you will be notified if your child has been ac cepted or declined. Children with special needs are strongly encouraged to apply. Portland Area Tribal Office Classes GED Tutoring offered every Thursday from 1 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. Traditional Beadwork Classes April 2005 SIGN UP. . . Limited to 10 participants per class. Materials provided. Wednesdays & Thursdays, 10 a.m.-noon & 1-3 p.m. Bone Chokers April 6 & 7 Peyote Stitch April 13 & 14 Earrings April 20 & 21 All classes held at the Portland Area Tribal offices, 3312 S.W. Kelly Ave., Portland, Oregon. Call 503-235-4230 or 1-800-422-0232 ext. 2282. American Indian Education Foundation Scholarship Applicants must meet the following criteria: be Native American or Alas kan Native descent; attending an accredited 2-or 4-year collegeuniver sity or technicalvocational school; must be enrolled full-time; pursuing undergraduate studies only. Application deadline is May 4 for the 2005 2006 academic year. Please contact Luhui Whitebear, CTGR Scholarship Coordinator for an application at 503-879-1345 or 1-800-422-0232 ext 1345. Applications can also be downloaded from http:www.aiefprograms.org. 2005 Achievement & Recognition Awards This year's Achievement & Recognition Award applications were mailed out the last week of March to all enrolled CTGR Tribal youth in grades Kindergarten through 12th (ages 5-18 yrs.). Completed applications must be postmarked or returned to CTGR Youth Education by Tuesday, May 3, 2005. Applications received late will NOT be accepted. If you have not received your Achievement & Recognition Award application, please con tact Matt Bucknell in Youth Education at 503-879-2101. Grand Ronde Tribal Library The Grand Ronde Tribal Library is located in the Education Building. Library hours are as follows: Monday - Wednesday 8 a.m. - Noon and 1 - 8:30 p.m. Thursday & Friday 8 a.m. - Noon and 1-5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The library collection contains over 3,000 items that include fiction and non fiction for youth and adults, a significant Native American collection, a wonder ful collection of children's books in excess of 100 items, a limited collection of books on tape, a donated video collection of new and old movies and an impres sive reference section with all updated materials. An activity program for youth is held each fourth Saturday of the month for Kindergarten to 5th graders from noon - 2 p.m. An Adult Book Club meets on the second Saturday of the month from Noon - 2 p.m. and on the fourth Monday from 5:30 - 7 p.m. The book club members are reading Mystery books the past two months and have discussion & comment sessions. LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE Saturday, April 16, 2005 from 2-4 p.m. Please join us as we celebrate National Library Week at the Tribal Library. Come and learn more about your Tribal Library and the services & materials available. Special activities will take place in the Library and the classroom. Refreshments will be available. Everyone is welcome! The Library will remain open until 5 p.m. on April 16. The Tribal Library is located in the Education Building. Catching the Dream Scholarship General information from application: "CTD's objective is to recognize and reward outstanding student achievement. This supplemental award is intended to help American Indian students of any age, from any U.S. Tribe, within any State, striving to get an education. All awards are based on merit, academic achievement and ambition. To be considered for this scholarship, you must be an enrolled member and possess 14 degree or more American Indian blood from a federally recognized, state recognized, or terminated U.S. Tribe. Deadline is April 15 for Fall Semester." Please contact Luhui Whitebear, CTGR Scholarship Coordinator for an appli cation at 503-879-1345 or 1-800-422-0232 ext 1345. Applications can also be downloaded from http:www.catchingthedream.org.
