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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.
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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.
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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-
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Native American:
"Something to Hold"; "Chinook Indians"; "Northwest Coast Indians."