Coordinator: Shirley Brown - sbrown@asd5.org
(360) 538-2005

Secondary Tutor: Gina Burns - gburns@asd5.org

Office Hours:
8:00 am - 2:30 p.m., Monday - Thursday

Services Provided by the Indian Education Program for the 2004-2005 School Year

Elementary Tutoring
Tutoring assistance will be offered to our Indian Education students in grades 1-4, who are in need of additional help and encouragement. The aim of the tutoring program is to work with the teacher to help students who are having difficulty in the basics. Tutoring takes place during school hours, once a week for 30 minutes per session. In this way, the student does not lose too much classroom time, but is still able to get the extra help they sometimes need. Parents may request tutoring assistance for their children by calling our office

Secondary Tutoring
Tutoring assistance services are provided to our secondary students as follows:
1. Miller Jr High: school - Tues & Thursday .
2. Aberdeen High: school by appointment. cmcpherson@asd5.org
3. Harbor High: At Harbor High Monday & Wednesday.

Cultural Enrichment

Cultural Classes: At least 20 Native American arts and crafts classes will be offered throughout the school year to our students in grades K-12, who would like to participate in them. The classes and the materials for the craft projects are provided by Indian Education funds.

Indian Performances: Culturally related activities and/or field trips will be offered to our students through the school year. These performances for students in K-12 grades, may include cultural presentations, story telling, pow wows etc.

Northwest Indian Youth Conference: For students in grades 9 - 12. Those High school students will then take part in planning meetings to put on a conference for junior high students. The conference takes place at Camp Bethel in June.

Indian Education Library Materials
Our program has an excellent selection of books and audiovisual materials on American Indians which are available for the teacher's classroom use. Our library materials are located in the Miller Junior High Library and may be checked out through the librarian there. All the school libraries have e copy of our bibliography that teachers may use to order any of our materials from the Miller Library. These materials may also be checked out by our parents and students.

Other Information

Program Funding
The Indian Education Program is federally funded through the U. S. Department of Education in Washington D.C. Funds to operate our program are based upon the total number of eligible students in our school district who have a Title VII Student Eligibility Certificate form (506 form) on file in our office.

Community Involvement
Parents, guardians and students are kept informed of our program's meetings, classes and other activities through a monthly newsletter and activity calendar. Evening classes usually begin in October or November and take place in the high school cafeteria. After school classes are held in the libraries of the elementary schools. All Indian Education students are eligible to participate in any of these classes no matter where they are offered.