CPS Native American Programs

February 2025

🔬JOM STEM Activity🧪

In February 2025, Ms. Olivia Jorgensen from Cherokee Nation brought Ozobots to help our 4th—and 5th-grade students learn about coding. The students had a great time practicing their coding skills. Thank you (wado) to Ms. Springer and Ms. Jorgenson for implementing this awesome activity into our 4th and 5th-grade science curriculum.

Elementary School Cherokee Push-In Program

ES Cherokee Push-In Program Website

Frankie Harper--Pre-K

Pre-K has been working on Cherokee Handprint Books

5th Grade Clan Masks

We have started creating our 5th grade clan masks. Each group is responsible for researching their assigned clan and then create a mask that represents that clan. Stay tuned for the final result...

Bradlee Shawver--2nd grade

Timothy Davis--3rd grade

Gavin and Layton--3rd grade

guh-gay-you-ee---I love you

2nd Grade colored and crafted a 3D Valentine's art project. Bradlee was really creative with her coloring and did a great job on her art!

3rd grade did a directed drawing for their monster and then got to watercolor their drawing. This was a first time project that the kids loved and did great with!

Cherokee Club

K-2 Club

We have been incorporating games such as bingo, connect 4, memory match, jeopardy to help our kids learn their Cherokee words for Language Bowl.

3-5 Club

3rd-5th club has been working hard to learn all the context to compete in the language bowl coming up in March. Many club competitions have taken place to practice everything from foods, to animals, to syllabary.

6-8 Club

Students have been working diligently learning all of the Cherokee Syllabary symbols, general people, clans, Indian Nations, occupations, animals, foods, colors, and items around the house.

We are looking forward to competing in the Cherokee Language Bowl!

Native American Studies & Cherokee

Cherokee Creative Writing Competition 2025

Congratulations to Aubree Chesney. Her piece, Nancy Ward, won 2nd place in the 5-6 Non-Fiction Division of the 2025 Creative Writing Competition. Aubrey was our only student who decided to participate in the competition this year, and we are very proud of her. Awesome job!

MS/HS Cultural Education Website

Native American Studies

Native American Studies students have been learning one Cherokee Syllabary symbol a day, for the past 35 days. Students can read, write, and recognize 35 Cherokee symbols! Recently, students finished a unit over the Trail of Tears, and are currently learning about Cherokee life after removal. The next unit students will learn about is Native American boarding schools and the long term effects it had on Native Americans.

Cherokee

Cherokee language students have finished learned all Cherokee Syllabary symbols! Students can confidently read, write, and recognize the entire Cherokee Syllabary! Students are getting a deeper understanding of common words, colors, phrases, and will soon learn basic communication phrases, and communicate with one another in class!

UPCOMING: Parent Committee Meetings

Title VI Meeting:

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Dan Draper Community Center

3:45 p.m.

JOM Meeting:

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Dan Draper Community Center

4:30 p.m.

Resources for Parents & Families

Cherokee Nation Parent Resource Guide

The Cherokee Nation offers many services to its citizens and to other Native American tribes throughout its tribal jurisdiction in Northeastern Oklahoma. This guide is a resource for parents with information about services the tribe provides.

Cherokee Nation Language Resources

The Cherokee Nation Language Department is committed to preserving and perpetuating the Cherokee language through day-to-day spoken use and by generating more proficient second-language Cherokee speakers.

Cherokee Nation Tribal Registration

The Cherokee Nation Registration Office processes Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB), Dawes and Tribal Citizenship applications and issues CDIB, Citizenship, and Photo ID cards.

Cherokee Classes (art traditions, history, & genealogy)

Visit Cherokee Nation offers classes led by experts in Cherokee art traditions, history, and genealogy. Please note that classes fill up quickly and availability is not guaranteed. Follow Visit Cherokee Nation on social media for the latest info.