Eduarda ‘Lala’ Anselmo named PECS teacher of the year Community Education News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Eduarda “Lala” Anselmo with some of the tools she uses to teach English in the PECS Creek immersion classroom. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BRIGHTON — Eduarda “Lala” Anselmo is Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School’s teacher of the year for 2020-2021. Anselmo teaches English language arts in the school’s Creek immersion program. She has
PECS student wins statewide Hispanic heritage contest Community Education News by Beverly Bidney - January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School kindergarten student Eziel Juarez, front and center, with his mother Eduarda Lala Anselmo, Gov. Ron DeSantis, his father and brother in the governor’s mansion after Eziel was recognized for his winning drawing in a Hispanic Heritage Month contest in November. (Courtesy photo) BRIGHTON — Five-year-old Eziel Juarez
New Seminole writing group strives to inspire Arts & Entertainment Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Participants in the first Seminole writers group pose for a photo after the first meeting Dec. 8. From left are Gordon "Ollie" Wareham, Elgin Jumper, Cypress Billie, Wilson Bowers, Crystal Bowers, Marcella Billie, Tucomah Robbins, Quenton Cypress, Michael DiCarlo and Morgan Frank. (Photo Beverly Bidney) BIG CYPRESS — A group of
Q&A with Sheri Trent, 4-H/agriculture extension agent Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Sheri Trent was recently named the new Seminole 4-H/agriculture extension agent. (Photo Beverly Bidney) Sheri Trent is the Seminole Tribe’s new Seminole 4-H/agriculture extension agent. Her first experience in 4-H was as an 8-year-old in Okeechobee. The experience had an impact on her life and the lives of her four children
PECS alumni bring Native American heritage to Moore Haven Middle-High School Community Education by Beverly Bidney - December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School alumni, from left, Ashlynn Collins, CeCe Thomas, Eric Puente and Summer Gopher show various aspects of Seminole culture at Moore Haven Middle-High School on Nov. 12. (Courtesy photo) Tribal students at Moore Haven Middle-High School, who are all alumni of Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School in Brighton, brought
PECS celebrates Native American Heritage Month Community Education by Beverly Bidney - December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 A group of students show off their patchwork on a lawn at PECS. (PECS) Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School was alive in November with Native American Heritage Month celebrations. PrincipalTracy Downing acknowledged the month in a message to students. “The month of November is deemed Native American Heritage Month. A time for learning
Rolling Stones finish tour with performance at Hard Rock Live Arts & Entertainment Hard Rock/Seminole Gaming by Beverly Bidney - December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 It was the final concert of the group’s “No Filter” tour. (Hard Rock/Facebook) The Rolling Stones finished its 14-city 2021 “No Filter” tour with an intimate show at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood on Nov. 23. According to the Stones, the 7,000-seat venue was the smallest one it has played in more
Effort underway to form group for Seminole writers Arts & Entertainment Community by Beverly Bidney - December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Elgin Jumper knows he isn’t the only tribal member who enjoys writing, so he created a Seminole writers group for him and others to share their passion and support one another in their creative endeavors. “I always wondered why there wasn’t a group of Seminole writers who can share, learn and
Coach Cheyenne Nunez receives public accolade Sports by Beverly Bidney - December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 State College of Florida in Bradenton gave a shoutout to assistant softball coach Cheyenne Nunez on social media for National Coaches Day on Oct. 6. (Image SCF via Twitter( When Cheyenne Nunez was a college student she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do after graduation; what she was sure of
State denies permit for Immokalee oil well Community News by Beverly Bidney - December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) denied Trend Exploration an oil and gas drilling permit Nov. 5. The location of the well was slated to be about 2.3 miles from the Immokalee Reservation. In a Nov. 4 letter to the FDEP, Chairman Marcellus W. Osceola Jr. requested the permit be