CPS Native American Programs

Our Native American Programs is proud that we annually provide our elementary & middle school teachers with Native American culture and language books and reading materials to place in their classroom libraries.

This initiative provides all our students with access to Native American books and reading materials. Our elementary and middle teachers are encouraged to read Native American cultural books to their students and utilize cultural materials in their lessons.

JOM staff attend the annual JOM Fall Training on Thursday, August 22, 2024, in Tahlequah, OK. We would like to thank the Cherokee Nation JOM Program for providing our program with a great day of training!

The CPS Native American Programs and the district libraries have a great working relationship! Each site library has a section dedicated to Native American culture and language. Additionally, cultural materials and resources are purchased and placed in each library to give students access to activities. A big thank you (wado) goes out to Mrs. Beth Spivey, our district librarian, for partnering with the Native American Programs to serve our Native students!

Meet our Newest Cherokee Club member, "Dahk", short for dahk-see, which means terrapin in Cherokee

Alexie Fife, 4th Grade

This is new this year & the kids LOVED it! Keychain beaded inada

We are so happy to be back doing Cherokee Club in the after school program. We are meeting on Wednesdays and prepping for the Cherokee Challenge Bowl. This competition is one of our favorites; students prepare to answer questions about Cherokee culture, history, people, locations, and much more. We are always welcoming new members so any student is welcome to stay and participate in club. Students that hold a CDIB card are able to participate in the competitions if attendance to club to regular and they are willing to practice materials outside of the club schedule.

To practice hitting (and not hitting) the buzzer, we purchased buzzers that make animal sounds! BIG hit with my littles!

Native American Studies students recently finished their first unit over "The Beginning of Time", and have recently been learning about "Early Cherokee Culture."

Students are learning about the 7 Cherokee Clans and are currently working on group poster projects. After group projects are complete, we will continue our unit of "Early Cherokee Culture" and continue learning about the traditional Cherokee ways.

Cherokee Language students can confidently recognize 16 Cherokee Syllabary symbols. Students have been working extremely hard to be able to memorize, read, and write Cherokee Syllabary.

Students have been learning basic phrases and words. We will soon be covering greetings and simple conversational phrases in our upcoming unit.

JOM Election:

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Dan Draper Community Center

6:00 p.m.

Title VI Meeting:

Thursday, October 22, 2024

Dan Draper Community Center

3:30 p.m.

JOM Meeting:

Thursday, October 22, 2024

Dan Draper Community Center

4:30 p.m.

Title VI Meeting:

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Dan Draper Community Center

3:30 p.m.

JOM Meeting:

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Dan Draper Community Center

4:30 p.m.

Remington Rogers

Federal Programs Director

JOM Contact

Title VI Project Director

rrogers@colcordschools.com

Brook Nichols

Federal Programs Secretary

bnichols@colcordschools.com

Chloe Thomas

Title VI Cultural Teacher/Resource Specialist

JOM Special Projects Coordinator (MS & HS: 6-12)

cthomas@colcordschools.com

Katy England

JOM Special Projects Coordinator (Upper ES: 3-5)

kengland@colcordschools.com

Tashina Weaver

Cultural Instructional Assistant

JOM Special Projects Coordinator (Lower ES: PK-2)

tweaver@colcordschools.com

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School Website: https://www.colcordschools.com

Federal Programs Website: https://sites.google.com/view/cpsfederalprograms/home
Location: 433 South Larmon Street, Colcord, OK, USA
Phone: 918-326-4117
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