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“Even from long ago we cherish our grandchildren; no matter what we value, we offer it up to them”

• Charlie Joseph Sr.

Sitka Native Education Program Sitka Tribe of Alaska

Programs and Services Offered

• Afterschool Culture and Academic Support Programs for

Preschool – 12th Grade

• Culture Class for Preschool – 12th Grade
• 6th – 12th Grade Tlingit language, song and dance, and traditional arts
• Haa at Galtsaagu Yis: For Our Harvesting Summer Camps
• Culturally-Responsive Science and Math with a focus on Traditional Ecological Knowledge
• Traditional Arts Programs and Classes
• 6th – 12th Grade Open Studio, Friday PHS Lifeskills, and Collaborations with Raven’s Way
• Summer Student Art Apprenticeships at the Cultural Center at Sitka National Historical Park
• Alaska Men Choose Respect Sea Otter Sewing Workshops with Local Artist, Peter Williams
• In-School Academic Support
• In-School Academic Support at BES and KGH, and SAFV’s Girls on the Run Program
• In-School Cultural Enrichment and Integration
• Artists-in-the-Schools at KGH and BMS
• Fall Tlingit Language and Culture Enrichment for Kindergarteners
• Summer Food Service Program and School-Year Food Programs

(under development with USDA)

Preschool – 12th Grade Afterschool Programs:

Tlingit Language and Culture, Literacy, Math, Science and Arts

Including: Preschool

• Bi-Weekly Classes for 45 Minutes a Day

Kindergarten

• Bi-Weekly Classes for 45 Minutes a Day

1st – 2nd Grade

• Bi-Weekly Classes for 2.5 Hours a Day

3rd – 5th Grade

• Bi-Weekly Classes for 2.5 Hours a Day

Middle and High School

• Weekly Tlingit Language in Partnership with SSD
• Bi-Weekly Song and Dance for 2 Hours a Day (Gájaa Héen Dancers)
• Weekly Drumming and Song Classes (focus on Clan songs and protocols)

Afterschool Program Needs

Multi-Use Facility:

• One central location where students and families, SSD teachers

and staff, and community can come to learn and harvest knowledge from one another

Culturally-Responsive Preschool Program (Under Development with STA, SNEP and SSD):

• Increased opportunities for early learning that engage both

students and families. Focus on Tlingit language, culture, traditional knowledge, English literacy, and kindergarten preparedness

Integration of AK State Cultural Standards for Educators in SSD:

• Culturally-responsive K – 12th grade classrooms that embrace

and integrate the language, culture, history and values of Sitka’s Native peoples

Haa at Galtsaagu Yis: For Our Harvesting Summer Camps Culturally-Responsive Science, Math and Arts

“Harvesting Knowledge from One Another”

Summer 2011:

• 2-Week middle and high school camp focused on the theme of Kaa Yáa at Wooné (Respect) and Wooch.éen

(Working Together), with content learning involving cedar bark and spruce root harvesting, processing and use in the traditional arts.

Summer 2012:

• Three 2-Week Preschool – 5th/6th camps focused on the theme of Kaa Yáa at Wooné (Respect) and Wooch.éen

(Working Together)

• Summer-Long Hike and Harvest Program with Sitka Conservation Society and 4-H

First Camp: Spruce and Berry Picking (including traditional medicines and edible plants, spruce bark tie-dye, spruce pitch salves, weaving, spruce tip cookies, etc.) Second Camp: Kayaani/Plants (including traditional medicines and edible plants, devil’s club pitch salves, plant presses, yarrow harvesting and processing for medicinal teas, seaweed harvesting and processing, maiden hair fern investigation, berry picking and jam making, etc.) Third Camp: Fish (fishing, Tlingit language related to traditional fishing implements, construction and use of traditional fishing tools, fish processing, fish drying and smoking)

Summer 2013 Will be the 3rd Year of Haa at Galtsaagu Yis Summer Camps

Haa at Galtsaagu Yis: For Our Harvesting Summer Camps Culturally-Responsive Science, Math and Arts

Traditional Arts Programs and Classes

Including:

• Bi-Weekly Open Studio with Charlie Skultka
• Jr. and Carol Breece. Focus on Traditional Arts

(Metal and Wood Carving, Weaving, Regalia Making, other Fiber Arts)

• Traditional Arts Activities in 1st – 5th Grade

Afterschool Program

• Weekly Pacific High School Traditional Arts

Class at the Cultural Center at SNHP

• Saturday Weaving Group at TYC
• AK Men Choose Respect Sea Otter Sewing

Workshops with Peter Williams

• Summer Student Art Apprenticeships at

Cultural Center at SNHP

• Collaboration with Raven’s Way on Wellness

through Traditional Arts Projects and Activities

• Partnership with Sealaska Heritage Institute

Northwest Coast Arts Workshops

In-School Academic Support and Cultural Enrichment

Including:

• School-Day Tutors at BES and

KGH

• Fish-to-School
• Artists-in-the-Schools at KGH
• Weekly Pacific High School

Traditional Arts Class at the Cultural Center at SNHP

• Blatchley Discovery Week Metal

Carving and Raven’s Tail Weaving

• Fall Tlingit Language Classes for

Kindergarteners at BES

• 2nd Grade Native Studies
• Native American Heritage Month

Activities

• E.P. Day Events

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was established to ensure that low-income children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session. Free meals, that meet Federal nutrition guidelines, are provided to all children at approved SFSP sites in areas with significant concentrations of low-income children.

Summer Food Service Program and School-Year Food Programs (under development with USDA)

Tribal Youth Center (Boy’s & Girls Club) Food Programs

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• Be c a use 70% o f Na tive stude nts in SSD q ua lify a s lo w-inc o me , Sitka T

rib e o f Ala ska q ua lifie s a s a n Ala ska Na tive / Mig ra nt Site

• Wo rking to de ve lo p sc ho o l-ye a r fo o ds pro g ra ms in c o lla b o ra tio n with Sitka

Sc ho o l Distric t

Benefits of Being an Alaska Native/Migrant Food Site

• We are able to offer 3 meals a day
• The site would be open to ALL school-aged students
• Needs and Challenges:
• Finding a host site and contracted food vendor
• Recruitment of a core volunteer staff

Curriculum Development and Staff Training

Curriculum Development:

• Haa at Galtsaagú Yís: AK History Independent Study and Credit Recovery with focus on Plant

Harvesting, Hunting, Trapping and Fishing

Staff Training:

• Goldbelt Heritage Institute’s Greymorning Language Teaching Method Workshop
• Yakutat Curriculum Development and Sharing Workshop (Yakutat Indian Association)
• Haines Tlingit Immersion Camp
• Basic Arts Institute, 2012 (Juneau) and 2013 (Sitka)
• Professional Development Session with Juneau School District staff and Grandma Selena (Salmon

Song)

• Sitkan’s Against Family Violence Community Trainings (Primary Prevention)

Building Community: What We Can Accomplish Together

Performed Herring and Dakl’aweidí Songs and Dance for Sitka Sound Science Center Killer Whale Re-Articulation Ceremony Delivered Thanksgiving Cards and Labrador Tea to Elders at the Senior Center and to Meals-on-Wheels Performed Tlingit Language Holiday Songs for SEARHC Patients Students Made Devil’s Club Salve for STA Annual Meeting Gift Bags Native American Heritage Month Performance and Talk for Coast Guard Members Handed Out Salves at Local Holiday Parties Head Start Cultural Enrichment Lead Teachers and Coordinators for Alaska Arts Education Consortium’s Basic Arts Institute (2012 in Juneau and 2013 in Sitka) Working to Support Clans by Providing Student-Made Gifts for their Koo.eex’ (Memorial Party) Celebrations in Fall 2013

Gunalchéesh!!!