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10 S moke S ignals APRIL 1, 2017 More than 150 Native students honored ruary Attendance Reward Night held in the Tribal Smoke Signals editor gym. More than 150 students Students either had per- were honored during Native fect attendance or “out- Student Success Night held standing” attendance, Tuesday, March 14, in the meaning they missed one Tribal gym. day, had one tardy or left Students in kindergarten early one day, said Willa- through 12th grade were mina Elementary Tribal honored for their atten- Attendance Family Advo- dance, as well as academic cate Rebecca Arredondo. performance during the During the recognition, 2016-17 school year. the group Obo Addy Leg- To be honored for atten- acy Project performed. dance, students had to have Raffle prizes included attended school 95 percent two Chromebooks, instant of the time or better and cameras, games and gas have no more than four cards. absences or tardies/leav- Students recognized for ing early during that time attendance in February period. were: The Tribal Canoe Family Kindergarten: Tiberius performed a welcome song Bailey, Rui Byrne, Brayden to open the event and Trib- Photo by Michelle Alaimo Fox, Cohlman Hubbell, Au- al Council Chairman Reyn Emily Sterling, right, shakes hands with Kimberly Roybal, a college intern with the Tribe’s Youth burn Mercier, Timothy Mur- Leno, Secretary Jon A. Education Program, as she receives a leadership award during Native Student Success Night for phy and Symphony Zimmer. George and Tribal Council kindergarten through 12th-grade students held at the Tribal gym on Tuesday, March 14. More First grade: Satara members Kathleen George Blanchard, Micah Bruck- and Brenda Tuomi attend- than 150 students were honored for their attendance and academic performance during the ner, Owen Campbell, Libby ed. 2016-17 school year, and 10 students received leadership awards. Ellingson, Mali’la Grefs- Youth Education Pro- rud-Norwest, Bailey Murphy, Stephen Hattie Mercier, Sage Runningbird gram Manager Tim Barry acted as Sanchez-Haller and Wren Stone. and Chase Fox. master of ceremonies. Second grade: Ezri Bailey, Logan Seventh grade: Grace France and Willamina School District Carrie Clark, Sophia Grout, Laila Holsclaw, Piper Shrabel. Zimbrick said that the Native stu- Wyatt Hubbell, Konner Hyatt, Aliya Eighth grade honorable men- dent graduation rate for seniors at ManyHides, Presley Savage, William tion: Dominik Briant, Amaryssa Willamina was 100 percent during Stone, Nicholas Thayer, Conner Mooney and Amelia Mooney. the 2015-16 school year and that Trammell and Kayden Zimmer. lie Redhawk-Runningbird, Bayleigh Ninth grade: Keeton Walker, Eliz- the Native student dropout rate Third grade: Paige Baker, Chenoa Leno, Aliya ManyHides, Laila Hols- abeth Watson-Croy and Alexis Rob- has declined to 2.2 percent, a full Freeman, Lily Runningbird and Kisor claw, Owen Campbell, Samantha ertson. Honorable mention: Emma 6 percentage points less than that Savage. Hedrick, Gage Hernandez, Naomi Shrabel. state average. She added that kin- Fourth grade: Austin Carrasco, Haller, Presley Savage and Carter 10th grade: Nicholas Colton, Jor- dergarten through seventh-grade Baylee Demarce, Ava Fagundes, Felton. dan Mode, Jordan Reyes and Trin- attendance has been improving Makyajay Grefsrud-Norwest, Grace Sheridan & Williamina high ity Sherwood. Honorable mention: this year with each grade seeing an Lancour-Joles, Austin Langley, schools (3.0-3.4 GPA): Tabor Cain, Kailiyah Krehbiel, Aspen Wilson and average of 10 percent improvement. Bayleigh Leno, Haley Maerz, Kaikan- Conrad Farmer, Evan Leno, Iyana Makenzie Aaron. Students honored for attendance im Mercier, Mikayla Mercier, Keylie Holmes, Makenzie Aaron, Bethany 12th grade: Nikeia-Jordan Barton were: Runningbird-Redhawk, Landon McKnight, Kaleb Reid, Trinity Sher- and Andrea Grijalva. Kindergarten: Tiberius Bailey, Shrabel and Michael Smith. wood, Nicholas Larsen, A.J. Farmer Sheridan K-5: Brady Soderberg, Brayden Fox, Cohlman Hubbell, Lo- Fifth grade: Kazsia Connelly, Kei- and Ezra Pacheco. Imarianah VanScoyk, Bonnie Baker, gan Kneeland, Auburn Mercier, Lyjah lana Daligdig, Cohen Haller, Jacob Sheridan & Williamina high Hunter Mendenhall, Madalynn Mon- Murray, Kayway Norwest, Paisley Holmes, Rihanna ManyHides and schools (3.5-4.0 GPA): Jordan tano, Jaidyn Bolen, Wanbli Standing Risseeuw and Kionna Smith. Quentin McCormick. Reyes (4.0), JC Rogers, William So- Bear, Rayauna Meneley, Chloe Ayala First grade: Satara Blanchard, Sixth grade: Brooklynn Bailey, Kai derberg and Andrea Grijalva. and Quinton Dunn. Micah Bruckner, Owen Campbell, Connelly, David Cooper and Christo- Sheridan & Williamina middle Sheridan Japanese School: Mad- Riya Daligdig, Libby Ellingson and pher Ellingson. schools (3.0-3.4 GPA): Dominik ison Justen and Noah Gerbrandt. Brayden Hibdon. The event was sponsored by Briant, Darien Leno, Chazz Leonard, Students honored for their aca- Second grade: Ezri Bailey, Rylee the Tribe, state Department of Vivyan Lopez and Amelia Mooney. demic performance included: Bishop, Redsky Clawson, Wyatt Education and Willamina School Sheridan & Williamina middle Sheridan & Willamina K-6: Hubbell, Konner Hyatt, Samuel Lan- District in an effort to improve schools (3.5-4.0 GPA): Madison Brady Soderberg, Jaidyn Bolen, cour-Joles, Ailya ManyHides, Nati- Native student attendance in the Aaron, Isabelle Grout, Moses Mer- Imarianah VanScoyk, Sabrynna lynn Mercier, Benjamin Moore, Lela local schools. cier, Sophia Stewart, Wyatt Baker, Willis, Bonnie Baker, Shaiyla Krebs, Murray, Landon Risseeuw, Ekias In 2014, a study performed by the Jacey Smith, Amaryssa Mooney and Meleena Montano, Chloe Ayala, Lio Sabin and Tidus Sabin. Honorable Chalkboard Project and funded by Haley Ayala. Norwest, Azen Pacheco, Quinton mention: Nicholas Thayer. Spirit Mountain Community Fund Sheridan Japanese School: Dunn, Sophia Ortiz, John Marrufo, Third grade: Aiden Campbell, found that Native students in Ore- Kaleigha Simi (4.0), Macie Ayala, Michaeli Mercier, Lily Runningbird, Amaya George, Sophia Ortiz, Angel gon public schools had elevated lev- Sean Gerbrandt, Noah Gerbrandt, Mae Townsend, Ethan Sabin, Ben Patterson, Lily Runningbird and els of chronic absenteeism, which Madison Justen and Raven Harmon. Powley Jr., Daysia Duran, Mason Corben Hibdon. Honorable mention: led to academic underperformance. In addition, 10 leadership awards Mercier, Kylie Smith, Samantha Paige Baker and Gracie Allen. Chronic absenteeism was defined were handed out. Recipients were: Bearface, Lacey Haller, Gracie Fourth grade: Austin Carrasco, as missing 10 percent or more of High school: Isaiah Holmes and Mercier, Sophia Grout, Natilynn Baylee Dumarce, Ava Fagundes, school days. Emily Sterling. Mercier, Cohlmann Hubbell, Allison Jayce Jackson, Grace Lancour-Joles, Students who miss that much Middle school: Jayden Saldivas Haller, Ian Mercier, Rylee Bishop, Gracie Mercier, Kaikanim Mercier, school are unlikely to ever read or and Ashten Leno. David Cooper, Auburn Mercier, Sadie Risseeuw, Michael Smith, do math at grade level or earn a K-5: Orrin Reid, Madalynn Monta- Danilo Contreras, Baylee LaBonte, Karsen Towner and Landon Shrabel. diploma, educational studies have no, Kaleigha Simi, Kaikanim Mercier, Grayson Hubbard, Wanbli Standing Honorable mention: Gage Hernan- found. Jaidyn Bolen and Tidus Sabin. Bear, Rayauna Meneley, Jayden dez, Kiah Runningbird-Redhawk and In reaction to the study’s findings, LaBonte, Hunter Mendenhall, Ca- Keylie Runningbird-Redhawk. the Grand Ronde Tribe has worked den Meneley, Henry Standing Bear, Fifth grade: Kazsia Connelly, on improving student attendance, Madalynn Montano, Austin Car- Kelana Daligdig, Lily Gehrke, Jacob especially in Willamina where rasco, Lilliyana Rideout, Corben Holmes, Rihanna ManyHides, Ben approximately a third of students Hibdon, Orrin Reid, Paige Baker, Powley Jr., Ethan Sabin, Summer are Native American and most of Kelana Daligdig, Cohen Haller, On Thursday, March 16, students Townsend and Jaylynn Hibdon. those are Grand Ronde members Chloie Guardiola, Hattie Mercier, attending Willamina Elementary Sixth grade: Kai Connelly, Chris- or descendants. n Kady Smith, Brooklynn Bailey, Key- School were honored during Feb- topher Ellingson, Bryanah Lopez, By Dean Rhodes February Attendance Reward Family Night