JUNE 1,2007
Smoke Signals 15
Grand Ronde HeadStartPreschool
Applications Now Being Accepted
Grand Ronde HeadStartPreschool applications for the
2007-2008 school year are now being accepted. Please con
tact Sandy Bobb at 503-879-2161 or by email sandra.bobb
grandronde.org for an application. Completed applications
must be turned in by 5 p.m., Friday, July 13, 2007.
Selection will take place Monday, July 30.
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LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
(closed Monday - Friday 12-1 p.m.)
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
New additions to the collection
Young Adult: I Am the Great Horse by Katherine Roberts; Absolutely,
Positively Not by David Larochelle; Ghost Ship by Dietlof Reiche; Else
where by Gabrielle Zevin.
Children: The Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick;
Whittington by Alan Armstrong; Blaze and the Forest Fire by C.W.
Anderson.
Non-Fiction: Reading Magic by Mem Fox; Drug Addiction and
Families by Marian Barnard; Teen Addiction edited by Jill Karson;
Out of It, Cultural History of Intoxication by Stuart Walton; The Four
Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.
Fiction: Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier; Slaughterhouse-Five by
Kurt Vonnegut; Debt of Bones by Terry Goodkind.
Native American: Images of America, Shasta Nation by BL Hall&
MJ Hall; As Days Go By, History, Land, People, The Cayuse, Umatilla,
and Walla Walla edited by Jennifer Karson; DVD & Guide Books Fa
therhood: Indigenous Men's Journeys, by Dr. Jessica Ball.
Upcoming Activities at the Tribal Library
Summer Program: Get A Clue! Begins July 2 and ends August 10.
Regional Libraries will be participating in a regional summer program
theme "Get a Clue." The Tribal Library will participate with this theme
along with the other Oregon Libraries.
Kindergarten - 5th grade Sessions
Story and activity topics for the six weeks of sessions will be: Week
One: Detect It! Super Sleuthing; Week Two: Solve It! Codes, Cipher's
& Puzzles; Week Three: Dig it Up! Mysteries from the Past; Week
Four: Discover It! Science Mysteries; Week Five: Explain It! Real Lift
Mysteries and Week Six: Investigating It! Learn About You.
Sessions will be held for school grade groups of K - 3 and 4 5. Ses
sions will last approximately one hour.
6 - 8th grade Sessions
Story and activity sessions will focus on Investigative journaling. Each
week the participant will enter information about descriptions, clues
and evidence as they try to solve a series of mysteries.
9 - 12th grade Sessions
Story and activity sessions include will include a Mystery Movie,
Readers Theater, Magnet Poem Contest, a Mystery Dinner, Super
Sleuthing Scavenger Hunt, and a Family night event.
In addition Mystery Theater will be held during the noon hour two
days a week at the Youth Education Center.
The Summer Program Session schedule for each of the groups will be
posted in the next issue of Smoke Signals.
Reading Incentive Program: Register your childchildren & youth
between the ages of 4 - 17 during June 1 - 15th. Reading Incentive will
begin at the time of registration and end August 1 0th. Participants may
earn prize incentives for each 15 minutes of reading and participants
will be eligible to enter their name for a drawing for each book read at
their level of reading.
Book Club: Will not be held during the months of June - August
Poetry Recital Reading: Will not be held during the months of
July and August.
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Workshop Classes In Grand Ronde
June 12 Introduction to Microsoft Excel
July 10 Intermediate Microsoft Excel II
August 14 Advanced Microsoft Excel III
September 11 Introduction to Microsoft Windows
October 9 Introduction to Microsoft Word
November 13 Intermediate Microsoft Word II
December 11 Intro to Microsoft Outlook (Tribal Employee Only)
The workshops will be taught by Northwest Computer Learning
Center and will run from 9 a.m;- 4 p.m. in the computer lab in
the Adult Education Building. Cost for a workshop is $150 and
eligible Tribal members can apply to the Short-Term Training
program for assistance with registration costs. Space is limited
to the first 15 who register.
To register, contact Joshua Clift, Adult Vocational Training Coor-.
dinator at 503-879-1635 or e-mail: joshua.cliftgrandronde.org
Monday & Wednesdays
1:30 - 4 p.m. at the Education Building
Contact Joanne Carr at 503-879-2282 orjoanne.carrgrandronde.org
Beading Classes For GED Students
Mondays & Wednesdays
3-5 p.m. Instructor is Arlettia Krehbiel
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Summer Enrichment Program 2007
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June 18 July 26
Mondays Thursdays
Middle Schools 830 am noon
High Schools ItCO-3:00 pm
Academics, Chinuk Language, NVV Indian Art Project, Native
Plants Project, Health & Wellness, Goal-setting, Lacrosse
HS Credit Recovery
CONTACT: Elaine Ferguson 603 879-1697
iaiiM.fergusonS9randron1te.org 603 879-2101
HONORING TRADITION
CREATING CHANGE.