NLC hosts entrepreneur workshop Education by Beverly Bidney - April 2, 2013April 13, 2015 HOLLYWOOD — Owning a business sounds like a great idea to people with an entrepreneurial spirit. But learning how to open and operate a thriving business takes more than just enthusiasm: It takes guidance, knowledge and a thorough business plan. From March 5-6, the Native Learning Center (NLC) held a seminar,
Students ‘dig’ history at Museum Archaeology Day Education by Eileen Soler - February 20, 2013April 13, 2015 BIG CYPRESS — With garden trowels and a little muscle, students from Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School (PECS) filled buckets with discoveries during Archaeology Day at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. "We get to learn a little of what our ancestors did and how they did it," said Sage Motlow, 12. "We’re archeologists for
Winning students treated to winterfest fun in Big Cypress Education by Eileen Soler - February 20, 2013April 13, 2015 BIG CYPRESS — Ahfachkee School students packed bleachers at the Herman L. Osceola Gymnasium to cheer, pound their feet and wave signs heralding peers as the best. But there was no athletic game on the morning of Jan. 31. It was the school’s Second Quarter Awards celebration for children who are
Ahfachkee senior accepted to prestigious Citadel college Education by Eileen Soler - February 20, 2013April 13, 2015 BIG CYPRESS — Tylor Tigertail said he was told too many times to count that he would not amount to much. The Ahfachkee School senior is proving those people wrong. "To anyone who said I was not smart enough or tough enough to be among the few, the proud, the elite
Lorelei goes to Washington, D.C. Education by Eileen Soler - February 20, 2013April 13, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Very few people received an invitation to the Jan. 21 inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama. But one former Jr. Miss Florida Seminole from the Big Cypress Reservation was invited through a coveted spot among high school scholars worldwide at the High School Presidential Inaugural Conference. And when
Ahfachkee School students turn values into artwork Education by Eileen Soler - February 20, 2013April 13, 2015 BIG CYPRESS — A teacher’s desire to use visual aids in the classroom has evolved into an awe-inspiring student art project. "There was no intention of becoming big," said Jarrid Smith, Ahfachkee School’s Seminole Government and Leadership teacher. "When it all began, I told the students that I had no way
PECS names Teachers of the Year Education by The Seminole Tribune - February 20, 2013 By Emma Johns BRIGHTON — It is no secret that individuals do not choose the field of teaching for the salary. There is an inherent passion that drives a person to say, "I want to be a teacher." Effective teaching practices that promote the well-being of students are not written somewhere in
Higher Education Department offers PSAT course to students Education by The Seminole Tribune - February 20, 2013April 13, 2015 By Andrea Holata BRIGHTON — For the first time, the Seminole Tribe’s Higher Education Department offered the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) for Brighton students on Jan. 11. Twenty-nine students in grades eighth through 11th from Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School and surrounding schools gathered at the Brighton Veteran’s Building to take the
D. Preston Steele, Ed.D., named Education director Education by Beverly Bidney - January 28, 2013April 13, 2015 D. Preston Steele wants to help improve the Tribe through education – an appropriate goal for the newly appointed director of Education. He believes by motivating students to go further in their studies, the ultimate beneficiary will be the Seminole Tribe. Other items on his radar include bringing culture into the
Ahfachkee School pays it forward Education by Eileen Soler - January 28, 2013April 13, 2015 BIG CYPRESS — Liberty Robbins, 9, said she couldn’t imagine if a hurricane swept through her school and destroyed everything in sight, but she knows how she’d feel if someone came to help. "I’d feel very grateful," said Robbins, a fourth-grader at Ahfachkee. From November through mid-December, the entire fourth-grade class led