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Smoke Signals 1 9 APRIL 15,2012 Are you interested in becoming a teacher? If so, are you interested in enrolling in a post-baccalaureate teacher licensure program that would include an Early ChildhoodElementary Education authorization to teach if offered through Western Oregon University at Grand Ronde? Note: This program (if implemented) would be designed for working adults and would allow you to receive an Oregon Teaching License Certification. It would also allow you to teach multiple general educa tion subjects at grades pre-kindergarten through 8 in Oregon may not teach assignments in art, ESOL, ESOLBilingual, music, physical education, adapted physical education, reading and special education without a separate endorsement per TSPC requirements. If interested, please complete this survey by April 30, 2012! Survey Web site: www.surveymonkey.coms7TSK93R Questions? Contact 503-879-2282 or e-mail Trinity .Minahangran dronde.org. New Oregon tuition waiver program for foster youth House Bill 34 71 -Tuition Waiver Bill is a new law that gives "tuition waivers" to current and former foster youth for Oregon community college and public universities. This program begins with the 2012-13 academic year. Requirements: All current foster and former foster youth who have spent at least 365 days in substitute care after age 16, AND either left foster care (had wardship terminated) or completed high schoolGED within the previous three years qualify for this program. Application process: Students must submit their FAFSA (www. fafsa.gov) as soon as possible! DHS and ICW will send a list of eligible students to the Oregon Student Access Commission for prioritization of an Oregon Opportunity Grant. The school of attendance will be notified of eligible students attending their institution and notify the student of the tuition waiver amount. There is no separate application or steps for students to apply other than submitting their FAFSA. For more information, please contact your ILP worker or the Tribal Scholarship Office at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 1345. v5v 7fr CTGR Youth Education Elementary K-5 2012 Summer Program Open Sign-Ups Applications for the upcoming Kindergarten-5th grade Summer Program are now available at the Youth Education building. Applications may be submitted to the Youth Education front desk during the week of April 30 to May 4 from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. This week of enrollment into the program is open to all current K-5th grade Tribal, Native and direct-descendant youth whose parents or guardians who will be employed, registered in school or participating in a training program during the summer months. Applications will not be accepted before this open enrollment time to ensure that all interested and qualifying families and youth have an equal opportunity to sign-up and participate. If you have any questions regarding the application feel free to contact Youth Education at 503-879-2101 or 503-879-2224. This year's nine week K-5 Summer Program will run from Monday, June 11, through Friday, Aug. 10. Grand Ronde Head Start 201 1 Public Report Now available upon request: Please submit requests to Vikki Bishop at 503-879-2287 or vikki. bishopgrandronde.org. LIBRARY HOURS: Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (closed Monday - Friday: noon 1 p.m.) Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Library Statistics for March 2012 New Cards Issued: 11 Library Visits: 711 Circulations: 740 Donations: 78 Computer use sign-in: 179 t Days of Service: 24.5 April: Celebrations and events in the month of April include: National Library Week, National Poetry Month, Earth Day and Arbor Day. Bulletin boards and book features will focus on these themes this month. Donations: We appreciate the following people for their contribu tions to the library collection during this reporting period: Brian Glass, Carol Nelson, Daniel Haug, Martine Roberts-Pillon, Steve and Anne Scheck, Karina Nelsen, Karen Wilson, Curtis Wright and Robert Miller. Donated items have been cataloged and are shelved for circulation. Thank you everyone for some great additions to the collection. In addition, 113 books were salvaged from the Willamina School District's discarded library books pile this past year when they were required to downsize due to the school merger. These books were cataloged into Tribal Library collection at a value of $780. Reminder About Overdue BooksMovies: Libraries are im portant. They are a great source of learning and empowerment. You can find books on Native American history, cookbooks, job search, genealogy and fly-fishing or fiction books like the 'Twilight" series, Dr. Seuss or "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." Now imagine you wanted to check out one of these books, but you can't because it's .overdue or has never been returned. There are quite a few overdue and non-returned collection items at this time. The library requires a reciprocal relationship with its patrons. This means the library lends you items and you return the item. Most of our patrons do return their items and this is really appreciated and we thank those patrons. For those who have overdue items, please remember to return them and remember that these books are for all community members to use. We do not charge for overdue returns and we have a book drop to use for after-hour returns. Please be mindful of other people's rights to use the collection items, too. Thank you. New Items to the Collection Children; Fiction: "Amelia Bedelia for Mayor"; "Jumanji"; Eric Carle's "Dragons,'Dragons"; and "The Recess Queen." Non-fiction: "Balloons Over Broadway" and "The Planets in Our Solar System." Young Adult: Fiction: 'Tost Cards From No Man's Land"; "Close to Famous"; "Flush." Non-Fiction: "In Cold Blood"; "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"; "The Lupus Book"; "Guide to Job-Hunting on Line." Fiction; "The Lost World"; Stephen King's "11-22-63"; "The Maltese Fal- H con. Native American: "Something to Hold"; "Chinook Indians"; "Northwest Coast Indians."
