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Still waiting to hear how much
financial aid you will receive?
If you are still waiting to hear how much financial aid you will receive from
your collegeuniversity for the upcoming academic year, make sure you have
submitted all of your required paperwork to the Financial Aid Office. Often all
that is missing is a simple form. Until all requirements are met, your award
will be on hold. Don't wait until last minute to submit your paperwork! It
generally takes several weeks to process your award once you submit all of
your required paperwork. As a reminder, Tribal need-based funding cannot
be processed until to you are awarded with your Financial Aid Office. The
easiest way to check the status of your award is to log on to your student info
page with your collegeuniversity and look on the financial aid page.
Important notice to full-time
undergraduate students
All full-time undergraduate students (pursuing a bachelor or trans
fer degree) must submit verification that you have applied to a schol
arship outside the Tribe before Fall 2011 funding will be released.
Verification can include a scholarship award or denial letter, e
mail verification that an application was submitted, a copy of the
application or your financial aid award letter that lists an outside
scholarship. All undergraduate students that have completed their
first two years of studies must also submit a degree evaluationaudit
before Fall 2011 funding will be released. Please contact Education
at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275, if you have any questions.
Need scholarship help?
Are you looking for scholarships and don't know where to start? Do you need
assistance with your scholarship applications andor personal statements?
If so, contact the Tribal Scholarship Office at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 1345, or
e-mail luhui.whitebeargrandronde.org.
CTGR Higher Education Program
Applications are now available online for all CTGR Higher Education
programs. Visit the Tribal Web page at www.grandronde.orgdeptsedu
cation to learn more about the various funding programs.
Call Education at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275, if you need assistance
determining which program application to submit.
Program deadlines:
Bachelor Degree & Adult Vocational Programs
April 30: Fall TermSemester
Aug. 30: Winter TermSpring Semester
Nov. 30: Spring Term
Feb. 28: Summer TermSemester
Competitive scholarship (all categories)
April 30 each year
Part-time college
Ten days prior to first day of class
Non-credit program
Ten days prior to the first day of the class, training or conference
FAFSA (required for all Bachelor Degree & Adult Vocational
Program students)
By Feb. 15 to the Tribal office each year. D
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Gates Millennium Scholarship
Applications are now being accepted for the Gates Millennium
Scholarship program. Applicants must be first-time college students
as of Fall 2012 to apply. For additional information, visit httpVgmsp.
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Chinuk immersion classes available
The Tribe has two
Chinuk immersion
classes that are avail
able to preschool and
kindergarten students.
The Tribal Preschool
immersion class is for
3-to-5 year-old children.
The Preschool is housed
at the Head Start build
ing and the class follows
all the Head Start stan
dards with focus on the
Chinuk language and
culture. The class en
rolls 10 students every
year and usually has a
waiting list.
There is still room to enroll your child for the 201 1-12 school year. If you
are interested, call Sandy Bobb at 503-879-2161. Be sure to specify that
you want your child to be in the Immersion class.
The Chinuk Kindergarten class also is housed at the Head Start building.
The children attend Willamina Elementary in the morning for literature
and math and then they are picked up by the Grand Ronde bus after lunch
and bused out to Grand Ronde for the remainder of the day. Whatever the
children miss in the afternoon at Willamina, they are taught in Grand
Ronde using our language and culture. One example is the unit on life
cycles. In Willamina they learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and out
here we teach them the life cycle of salmon. One advantage of the Tribal
Kindergarten class is smaller class sizes and a better teacherstudent ratio.
We are accepting applications for the 2011-12 school year.
We are on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested or have
any questions, call Kathy Cole at 503-879-2249.
Oregon Native American Chamber Scholarship
Applications are now available for the 2011 ONAC Scholarships. Ap
plicants must be enrolled with a Tribe and reside in the state of Oregon, or
Clark County, Washington. This scholarship is limited to undergraduate
students at an accredited community college or four-year universitycol
lege. The 2011 deadline is Sept. 14.
Download an application at www.onacc.org.
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