Tribal students travel to Hawaii for Close Up Asia Pacific program Education by Beverly Bidney - April 1, 2020September 19, 2024 It took a journey about 5,000 miles from home for a group of Tribal students to understand first-hand how international diplomacy works, and sometimes doesn’t. Twelve students from Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood and Immokalee attended the Close Up Asia Pacific program held in Honolulu, Hawaii from Feb. 15 to 21. The program
Boys & Girls Club showcase art skills Arts & Entertainment Education by The Seminole Tribune - March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 A member of the Boys & Girls Club admires the artwork by peers at the club’s art exhibit on Feb. 19 in Hollywood. (Analicia Austin) Kids at the Boys & Girls Club take the time to draw at the art show. (Photo Analicia Austin) The Boys & Girls Club
Project AWARE at work in Tribe’s schools Education News by The Seminole Tribune - March 4, 2020September 19, 2024 In 2019 the Seminole Tribe competed for a five-year, $8 million federal grant to identify mental health issues in children at an early age. The grant was competitive and open to all applicants, not just Native Americans. Led by Health and Human Services Director Dr. Paul Isaacs, the Tribe went
PECS Students of the Month January 2020 Education by The Seminole Tribune - March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Elementary schoolKaine TorresOnnie SerranoSarah RandolphBryant HunsingerQuitman JohnsonMaddox NewkirkKenyon BillieJamelynn AndersonJuan “Manny” NievesNeveah GopherSilas SnowJeremiah JohnsCiani SmithAzariah WashingtonRoss JonesPaizlee MillerJaelee WeimannWalnard FortnerHannah PlattDevon MitchellOreste PerezMaddox Osceola Pemayetev Emahakv Charter School elementary school students are honored for being the students of the month for January. (PECS) Middle schoolAaryn KingPreslynn BakerValentine Martinez Pemayetev Emahakv Charter School
Ahfachkee students debut art exhibit at Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum Arts & Entertainment Community Education by Analicia Austin - March 3, 2020September 19, 2024 BIG CYPRESS — Art exhibits aren’t just limited to established artists as students at the Ahfachkee School proved at the opening reception of their art exhibit at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on Jan. 29. “It’s huge. I was telling the kids earlier it’s something that they can take with them their whole
First PECS Creek immersion program kids now in kindergarten Community Education by Beverly Bidney - March 3, 2020September 19, 2024 BRIGHTON — In August 2015 an innovative program began at the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School with the goal of creating Creek speakers from infancy. With only about 30 or 40 fluent Creek speakers in the Tribe, time was of the essence. Initially, the Creek immersion program was housed in the Creek Language
Native American academic program marks 50th year Community Education News by The Seminole Tribune - February 18, 2020September 19, 2024 The Native American Studies program at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque is marking a milestone this year. The NAS department, one of the most established and longest running in the U.S., is celebrating its 50th anniversary. UNM is marking the occasion Feb. 19 with a symposium and roundtable discussion about the future of
Believe the HYPE: TPD launches new WEP training Community Education News by Damon Scott - February 3, 2020March 24, 2020 You’re going to have to juggle some acronyms with this one. The Tribe’s first professional development training for those in its Work Experience Program (WEP) took place Jan. 15. It was the first, but not the last. WEP is a branch of Tribal Professional Development (TPD) and generally consists of those who
PECS Students of the Month – December Education by The Seminole Tribune - February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 BRIGHTON — The following Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School students earned Student of the Month honors for December 2019: Elementary Malayah Puenye Nohea Collins Kreed Snow Charles Julian Zechariah Summeralls Aaliyanice Castro Kaliyanita Hodge Neveah Johns Jeremy Smith Russell Osceola Levi Peacock Zayden Pewo Kowi Osceola Karter Puente Augustana Banda
Florida Southern College’s Wyatt Youngman named ag fraternity pres Education News by Beverly Bidney - February 3, 2020September 19, 2024 LAKE PLACID — Wyatt Youngman admits he isn’t much of a people person. He likes working by himself in his family’s sprawling orange grove in Lake Placid. So how did this accomplished young man, a junior at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, become the president of the school’s chapter of
