"Lion" around having fun!
"Lion"
around having fun!
Our Wonderful Indian Education Program
November is American Indian Heritage
Month
Community Member, Gary Markussen, and members of the
Title VII Eureka High School
Native American Club visit Lafayette School; part of their program included
a
Brush Dance demonstration.
1968 Johnson-O'Malley funds for Indian
Education were restored to California
Indians.
1969 The US Senate report entitled Indians
Education: A National Tragedy, a
National Challenge was
published under Robert Kennedy. It became the
impetus for the Indian
Education Act of 1972.
1972 The Indians Education Act, Title,
Title IV, authorized by public Law
92-318m was applied to the
California educational system as a result of its
acceptance and passage by
Congress. The Act provided for specialized
programs in education for
Indians.
1974 The Indian Education Act
program became a part of the Eureka City
Schools system.
The program has changed it's title many times over the
years. It began as Title
IV, then Title V, and now is referred to as Title IX.
1990 The Indian Nations At Risk: An
Educational Strategy for Action report called for the comprehensive
transformation of Native education parallels the
strategies that are proposed
for the entire nation described in America 2000.
Eureka High School Native American Title VII Members
The philosophy is that "well educated American Indians and Alaska Native citizenry and a renewal of the language and cultural base of the American Native community will strengthen self-determination and economic well-being and will allow the Native community to contribute to building a stronger nation -- an America that can compete with other nations and contribute to the world's economies and cultures."
Eureka City Schools has a fantastic American Indian Library collection. It is available to teachers and families to both visit and borrow material. If you are interested, please contact Sandra Burton 441-2454.
Brush Dance Demonstration at Lafayette School.
Speech Program
Lafayette has a wonderful speech-language specialists, Ann Tomascheski. Ann is here for our students who need help learning how to pronounce some of the more difficult sounds of speech, such as "s" and "r".
Some students are working on making their speech smooth or their voice clear. Other students are learning how to use and understand language, knowing what words mean, how to put together sentences, and how to communicate in a conversation. These skills carry-over into the student's success in the classroom, from decoding words in reading, to understanding the concepts being taught.
Students are seen for therapy individually or in small groups. Therapy activities are geared towards learning new skills in a fun, supportive environment.