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EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Grand Ronde Head Start 0-5/Preschool is now accepting
applications for the upcoming 2015-16 school year.
We are now recruiting children 0-5 years old and expectant mothers
to participate in our 2015-16 program year! The application deadline
is 4 p.m. Friday, July 10, and selection will take place Friday, July
17, 2015. The first day of school is scheduled for Sept. 8, 2015.
Please call 503-879-2161 for applications.
Children with special needs are
strongly encouraged to apply!
(Transportation may be provided)
2015 YED Summer
COME JOIN US FOR SOME FUN IN THE SUN!!!
Activities and camps are available for Native youth and descendants in 6th-12th grade. A general registration
form needs to be submitted to the Youth Education Department (unless already on file) along with individual per-
mission forms for each of the activities below.
SPORTS CAMPS
Basketball Camp: June 11-12 (Thursday-Friday)
Bike Camp: July 13-15 (Monday-Wednesday)
ENRICHMENT CAMPS
Geology Camp: June 15-17 (Monday-Wednesday)
Culinary Camp: July 22-24 (Wednesday-Friday)
Culture Camp: July 29-31 (Wednesday-Friday)
NIGHTS OUT
MS Girls Day-Out: June 8 (Monday)
MS Boys Night-Out: July 8-9 (Wednesday-Thursday)
HS Night-Out: August 4-5 (Tuesday-Wednesday)
SEPARATE APPLICATION PROCESS
Native Youth Leadership Athletic Academy: June 22-25 (Monday-Thursday)
*(Enrolled CTGR Only)
Mondays and Fridays will be at YED unless other-
wise noted .
A number of daily activities will be offered
throughout the summer. Separate information
will be provided for these events. Activities will
be offered on these days from 10am-3pm. Lunch
will be provided.
YED CLOSED:
June 1-5/July 2 @ noon/July 3/August 14-28
503-879-2101
http://www.grandronde.org/departments/
education/youth-education/
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK @ CTGRYouthEducation
LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday – Friday: 9 a . m . – 6 p . m .
(closed Monday - Friday: noon – 1 p . m .)
Saturday: 10 a . m . – 2 p . m .
Summer Programs: June 15-July 30. The 2015 Summer Pro-
gram theme is “Every Hero has a Story.” (See flier is this issue.)
Our 2015 program will feature weekly craft/activity stations and
book displays in the library; a Saturday Movie Time at noon and
the Reading Incentive Program (registration required by June 12).
Book review: “Elsewhere” by Gabrielle Zevin
This fictional book is about 15-year-old Elizabeth Hall, who is hit by
a car while riding her bike and sadly does not survive the accident.
She awakens on a cruise ship and believes she is dreaming; that is
until the ship docks in a place called Elsewhere and she is suddenly
welcomed by her grandmother who she never met because she died
before Lizzi was born.
Elsewhere is a strange new world with beautiful beaches, cars driv-
ing on highways and even billboard signs; it is a lot like Earth in some
ways, but mostly very different. In Elsewhere people age backward
from the age that they were when they died until they become a baby
again. They are then sent back to Earth to start life over.
There were many strange ideas like this in this book, such as the
people of Elsewhere can use binoculars to look in on family and friends
they left behind, as well as at the bottom of the ocean there is a drain
that beams light and can be used to speak to the people on Earth
(very tempting), but it is a forbidden place and even attempting to
go there means overcoming many dangerous obstacles.
I thought the writing and characters were fairly simplistic, which
was a relief to me because it helped me not to focus so much on the
tragedy of this young girl’s death, but instead it let me follow Lizzi
through her journey in Elsewhere, navigating this imaginative,
fantastical world.
This book has a pretty strange subject and at first that turned me
off, but once I let go and reminded myself it is a fictional book, it
was fun to let myself imagine such a place and I found myself really
wanting to know how this young girl was going to make this her
new reality.
I felt bad that Lizzi wasn’t going to turn 16 and have all of the ex-
periences that come with it, and on top of that she’s being forced to
relive 14, 13 and 12, and each year until she is a baby again. It was
unusual, but I enjoyed the journey and the outcome.
Recommended for ages 12-18. The Tribal Library has one hardback
copy plus an audio CD copy. — By Marissa Leno
Donations: Our thanks to the Tribal Legal Department, Devin
Larsen and Sam George for their contributions to the library collection
this reporting period. We appreciate the generosity of our friends of
the library.
Reminder: Donated items must be clean and in good condition.
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. Items
will be couriered to and from the Tribal Library. OSL lending policies
apply for return of items.
Please stop by the
to get your
at
of two new board books for children
written in chinuk wawa.