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october 1, 2014
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EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
Important notice to
full-time students
All full-time students must submit verifi cation that they have applied
to a scholarship outside the Tribe before funding will be released for the
term/semester. Verifi cation can include a scholarship award or denial
letter, e-mail verifi cation that an application was submitted, a copy of
the application or the fi nancial aid award letter that lists an outside
scholarship. Please contact Education at 1-800-422-0232, ext. 2275, if
you have any questions. n
College Placement Testing off ered
College Placement Testing is offered on-site at the Adult Education
Building for Chemeketa Community College, Linn-Benton Community
College and Mount Hood Community College. The Placement Test is one
of the fi rst steps to beginning college classes.
Call 503-879-2282 to sign up for your placement test – allow about one
week for scheduling purposes.
Looking for scholarships?
There are numerous scholarship opportunities offered for students to apply to
each year. The majority of scholarships for fall term/semester are due between
January and April of each year. The Tribal Higher Education programs are here
to assist you in your application process. If you use a scholarship search site, be
sure to read the privacy policy to ensure you are using a site that will not sell your
contact information. A recommended search site to use is www.kaarme.com.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
LEAVE@8:30AM
Camp
Dakota in
Scott Mills,
Oregon
RETURN@5:00pm
MUST HAVE ALL WAIVER
PAPERWORK/PERMISSION SLIPS
TURNED IN THE DAY BEFORE
(Thursday, Oct. 9) IN ORDER TO
GO.
BRING CLOTHES THAT CAN GET
PAINT ON!
LUNCH PROVIDED
GRADES 6-12 ONLY
CONTACT TIFFANY MERCIER TO
SIGN UP @503-879-2101 OR
tiffany.mercier@grandronde.org
Monday and Wednesday
1-4 p.m.
Adult Education Building GED Classroom
EARN Your GED Now!
Call Kevin Simmons today at 503-879-1345
2013 GED G RADUATES
(Left to Right)
Steve Holmes
Sonja Haskins-Mack
Darla Patterson
Elena Eastwood
Danny Clark Jr.
Get an education, graduate and go to college. Then
bring what you learned back to us and share it with
your community. — Teresa Harvey
LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday – Friday: 9 A . M . – 6 P . M .
(closed Monday - Friday: noon – 1 P . M .)
Saturday: 10 A . M . – 2 P . M .
Movie Time at the Library: Movies will be shown on the sec-
ond Tuesday of the month in October, November and December
at 5:30 p.m. Youths age 12 and younger must be accompanied by
an adult.
The schedule is:
• Oct. 14: “Journey to the Center of the Earth”
• Nov. 18: “Legends of the Guardians”
• Dec. 9: “Miracle on 34th Street”
Announcing: The newly updated Learning Express Library
database is up and running on the library computers. This is a
valuable resource for school-age through adult learners. Features
of Learning Express include:
• Skill Building Centers for reading, writing and math for stu-
dents and adults;
• College and Career Centers including test preparation for a
wide range of standardized tests;
• High School Equivalency test prep including the GED test
prep;
• And much more!
It is available in English and Spanish.
Book review by Jade Colton. “Dirty Little Secrets” by C. J.
Omololu. “A family can only hoard its troubles for so long.” Omololu
is a writer who never intended to become a writer. She attended
the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she majored
in English only because she was a junior and needed to choose a
major. Since she had taken more English classes than anything
else, English became her major. She decided to become a writer
when she was reading to her children and realized there needed
to be more books about biracial kids and people.
Omololu has written several Young Adult novels as well as some
children’s books. This book is about a girl named Lucy, who is liv-
ing with a huge secret. Lucy is faced with the task of trying to hide
her family’s secret and still live the life of a normal teenager. Will
she fi gure out a way to hide her mother’s obsessive hoarding when
faced with a tragedy or will her life come falling down?
This book is a Young Adult fi ction book with lots of secrets and
choices having to be made in minutes. Will Lucy make the right
ones? This novel and all its secrets unfold in about a 24-hour time
period. “Dirty Little Secrets” is different than other books I’ve read,
and honestly it’s different than what I expected it to be. I would
recommend this book for that exact reason; it’s different than what
you think it’s going to be. You think one thing is going to happen
and then all of a sudden the complete opposite happens. The writer
did a very good job of keeping me on my toes throughout.
Donations: Many thanks to the following contributors to the
library collection: Leslie Riggs, Amber Williams and James Byars,
and Josh Henry. We appreciate the great additions to the library
collection.
Reminder: Donated items must be clean and in good condi-
tion.
Inter-Library Loan services: The Tribal Library partners with
Oregon State Library to offer “library to library” inter-library loan
services. By completing the inter-library loan form, library patrons
may request items from the Oregon State Library collection. OSL
lending policies apply for return of items.