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News From <strong>Ute</strong> Country<br />
Page 4 <strong>Ute</strong> Bulletin December 20, 2012<br />
Native American students from East Elementary are pictured with Assistant Principal Bertoch.<br />
These students received certificates from JOM Mentor/Tutor Rowena Macrorow for having<br />
good attendance during the 1st quarter of the school year.<br />
Perfect Attendance<br />
(OA/OT)<br />
Issac Baker<br />
Kruz Cambridge<br />
Jay Ryder Cuch<br />
Shawtove Ridley<br />
Samuel Navanick<br />
New Tutor<br />
We would like to welcome<br />
our new JOM Mentor/Tutor<br />
to our school this<br />
year her name is Rachael<br />
Onofre. She has been a<br />
tutor for the last 7 years<br />
serving most of those years<br />
at Lapoint Elementary,<br />
East Elementary, and now<br />
at EagleView. She will be<br />
helping Mrs. Emeline Root<br />
in serving the needs of our<br />
students this year.If you<br />
should have any questions,<br />
concerns or comments<br />
please feel free to contact<br />
either of them by email at<br />
Rachael.onofre@uintah.<br />
net or emeline.root@uintah.net.<br />
If you would like to<br />
speak to us please call the<br />
office and leave a message<br />
and we will contact you at<br />
our earliest convenience.<br />
Thank you!<br />
Up Coming Events<br />
On Friday Dec. 7, 2012<br />
it’s Remember Pear Harbor<br />
Day by dressing in red,<br />
white and blue.<br />
The Week of Dec. 10-<br />
14 is Christmas Goodie<br />
Week! Each grade will be<br />
assigned a day to bring<br />
goodies to share with all.<br />
Your student’s teacher will<br />
send out notices.<br />
Friday Dec. 14, 2012<br />
it’s Crazy Christmas Sock<br />
Day. There will be prizes<br />
for the best socks in the<br />
No Absences<br />
Talynady Harris<br />
Malakie Large<br />
Vanessa Holfeltz<br />
following grades K-2, 3-5,<br />
6-8 and the faculty. Each<br />
teacher will pick two students<br />
then the judges will<br />
pick the winners!<br />
IXL Online Math Program<br />
If your child is having<br />
Math Challenges the <strong>Ute</strong><br />
<strong>Tribe</strong> Education Department<br />
is using a new online<br />
program that can help. It’s<br />
called www.ixl.com. We<br />
can provide you with an<br />
account for your child as<br />
long as they will be using<br />
it. Please let us know if<br />
your child would like to<br />
use this excellent online<br />
tool and it will be FREE!<br />
We would just need your<br />
email address to set it up.<br />
Call the school and leave<br />
a message or send us an<br />
email.<br />
Unpaid Lunch Accounts<br />
If your child has a<br />
negative amount owing on<br />
their lunch money account<br />
more than $8.00 they will<br />
NOT be served the regular<br />
lunch. They will only be<br />
served a roll and milk. If<br />
you have not filled out a<br />
free and reduced lunch<br />
application please do so<br />
now. You could qualify<br />
for free or reduced lunch<br />
for your children. If you<br />
have further questions<br />
call Kathleen Johnson in<br />
the Cafeteria @722-2247-<br />
EXT. 1616. If you need to<br />
No Tardies<br />
Logan Bush<br />
Kolby Cambridge<br />
Ethan Gabbard<br />
Nicholas Joe<br />
Kei Serawop<br />
Jaytreh Thompson<br />
Zoey Van Ausdal<br />
News from EagleView<br />
Elementary School JOM Mentor/Tutors<br />
ute accePteD aS “PeoPle to PeoPle<br />
amBaSSaDor”<br />
Hello. My name is Geraldina<br />
June Selestewa. I am<br />
17 years old and a senior at<br />
Union High School.<br />
I am the Daughter of<br />
Gwendolyn Cuch and Oran<br />
Selestewa. I have been accepted<br />
into the people to<br />
people ambassador program.<br />
I am asking for your<br />
help as I fundraise for a trip<br />
which is in conjunction with<br />
the ambassador program.<br />
People to People is a<br />
program that takes selected<br />
students from all over the<br />
country to different countries<br />
as representatives of the<br />
United States.<br />
I will be representing the<br />
state of Utah as well as Native<br />
Americans. The countries<br />
that I will be traveling to<br />
are Europe, Italy, Austria,<br />
and France. This is a once<br />
in a lifetime educational<br />
opportunity for me and I am<br />
asking for my peoples help.<br />
The first fundraiser I will<br />
be doing will be collecting<br />
old or broken cell phones,<br />
and empty printer ink cartridges.<br />
This will also help<br />
the environment. I will have<br />
collection boxes in the following<br />
places.<br />
1- Tribal Office commons area<br />
set up payment arrangements<br />
give her a call.<br />
Reminders<br />
Please fill out a parent<br />
consent form for EACH<br />
child attending our school<br />
in order for us to fully serve<br />
your child’s educational<br />
needs. If you need one via<br />
email or sent home with<br />
your child please contact<br />
us and let us know.<br />
Also, If you have not<br />
received a copy of the <strong>Ute</strong><br />
<strong>Tribe</strong>’s Zero Tolerance Attendance<br />
Policy which has<br />
been in effect since 2008<br />
you can request and copy<br />
via email or sent home with<br />
your child.<br />
We thank you for the<br />
opportunity to work with<br />
you and your children this<br />
school year. We would like<br />
to encourage you to get<br />
involved in your child’s<br />
education in any way. Volunteering<br />
is a great opportunity<br />
to get to know your<br />
child’s teacher and class.<br />
Helping with homework,<br />
reading with your child or<br />
have them read for 15 or<br />
20 min. per night are great<br />
ways to start.<br />
Thank you,<br />
Emeline Root &<br />
Rachael Onofre,<br />
JOM Mentor/Tutors<br />
EagleView Elementary<br />
2-<strong>Ute</strong> Plaza<br />
3-<strong>Ute</strong> Lanes Bowling Alley<br />
in For Duchesne<br />
You can contact Gwendolyn<br />
Cuch to pick up phones<br />
at 435-823-0680.<br />
Please help me achieve<br />
my goal of being a part of<br />
this wonderful opportunity.<br />
Any help and all donations<br />
are greatly appreciated.<br />
Tur gra ahk,<br />
Gerladina Selestewa & Family<br />
UIT Head Start held an Open House December 10th for the new facility. Business Committee<br />
were honored receiving blankets from Erena Chiver’s Head Start Program Director.<br />
2012-2013 HeaD Start<br />
ProGram<br />
The <strong>Ute</strong> Indian <strong>Tribe</strong><br />
Head Start program has been<br />
instrumental in providing<br />
early childhood educational<br />
services for children 3-5<br />
years since 1965.<br />
During this duration there<br />
have been numerous changes<br />
to the way we have implemented<br />
the curriculum for<br />
our young children; more<br />
recently we are using the<br />
“<strong>Ute</strong> Curriculum” which<br />
has been catalogued at the<br />
Native American Museum<br />
in Washington, D.C. and we<br />
Duchesne County School District:<br />
December 21st 2012 last<br />
day of school. Return to school<br />
January 2nd 2013<br />
Ronee K .Wopsock-Educations<br />
Directors Assistant<br />
had heard an announcement<br />
on the morning radio that<br />
Uintah high school was organizing<br />
a blanket drive to<br />
make fleece blankets for the<br />
students at the Sandy Hook<br />
Elementary.<br />
As it caught her attention<br />
she made the call(s) to get in<br />
touch with Symone Massey,<br />
an organizer for the Blanket<br />
project. She had informed<br />
Ronee that they raised over<br />
$1,000 dollars yesterday and<br />
that she bought out all of the<br />
fleece at Wal-Mart, so she<br />
would be heading to SLC<br />
the following day for more.<br />
It cost roughly $12 to make<br />
one blanket!<br />
Ronee had sent out an<br />
email to the tribal people of<br />
the Uintah & Ouray Reservation<br />
asking for donations of<br />
anyone who would be willing<br />
to help out.<br />
The response she got<br />
was well received and<br />
the people reached into<br />
their pockets, wallets,<br />
and checkbooks to help.<br />
are using the “We Can” curriculum<br />
which has been very<br />
successful with our young<br />
children.<br />
We are extremely proud of<br />
our Teaching staff who send<br />
our children to the public<br />
school system equipped<br />
for success with a thorough<br />
knowledge of entry level<br />
requirements.<br />
Our current challenge is<br />
implementing the Family<br />
Engagement portion of the<br />
2007 Head Start act. Through<br />
this change we will need<br />
Redspirit provided drum and song for the Open House held<br />
at the new Head Start Facility. The building is located next<br />
Four Winds center.<br />
ScHool DiStrict HoliDay DateS<br />
Uintah County School District:<br />
December 21st early out Last day<br />
of school<br />
Return to school January 2nd 2013<br />
Ronee expressed appreciation<br />
to those who turned<br />
out the first afternoon after<br />
her email had gone<br />
out, also stating she would<br />
still be taking donations.<br />
Thank you U&O today<br />
we raised $1,283.00 to be<br />
donated toward the blankets<br />
heading to Newtown Connecticut.<br />
A special thank you<br />
goes out to the following<br />
people for all their donations:<br />
Antonio Arce<br />
Bettina Redfoot<br />
Venice Shavanaux<br />
Rosemary Black<br />
Felicia Cuch<br />
Ingrid Wopsock<br />
Steve Nelson<br />
Bruce, Judy, Sundae and<br />
Chandler Pargeets<br />
Charmaine and Romie<br />
Beston<br />
Gwenita Pawwinnee and<br />
Lanora Reed<br />
UIT Tribal Enterprise Staff<br />
Antoinette Appawoo and<br />
Shannon Penningjack<br />
Manuel Myore<br />
Ronald Wopsock<br />
Ferron Secakuku<br />
Erena Chiver’s, new UIT<br />
Head Start Program Director.<br />
greater parent involvement<br />
in accomplishing the educational<br />
and health needs of<br />
their child.<br />
We are confident that the<br />
communities we serve will<br />
be supportive in helping us<br />
reach this milestone.<br />
We know we have been<br />
successful in our endeavors<br />
by every child that is prepared<br />
for entry into the public<br />
school system and every parent<br />
that has been equipped to<br />
advocate for a better education<br />
for their child.<br />
Francis Poowegup, Council<br />
Representative<br />
Blanket Drive a Great SucceSS<br />
Charlene Duncan<br />
Lelanie and Quinn Redfoot<br />
Thomasina Appah and Grace<br />
Blackhair<br />
Lora Garcia and Alora Murdock<br />
Shana Wopsock<br />
Delana Mart<br />
Sharon Small<br />
Tahnee Pegaroose<br />
Jenny Cuch<br />
Tony Small<br />
Sweetwater Serawop and<br />
Family<br />
Carlisle Cuch<br />
Rose Taveapont<br />
Carey Doyle<br />
Nina Murray<br />
Kea Murray<br />
Ambie Redfoot<br />
Pearl Littlegeorge<br />
Danielle Ross<br />
Roneva Valdez<br />
Sue Chapoose<br />
Rachel Shore<br />
Jessica Uncasam<br />
Leslie Trujillo<br />
We were also given a<br />
$300.00 check from an<br />
anonymous donor… Thank<br />
you all for your donations!
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