ARE YOU NATIVE AMERICAN OR ALASKA NATIVE?
Kelso Indian Education - Title VII Program needs YOU. Kelso Indian Education is designed to meet the unique education and cultural needs of American Indian / Alaska Native students in the Kelso School District.
The Program offers tutoring and academic support at Barnes, Catlin, Coweeman, Huntington, and Wallace. The program also offers tutoring, academic support, family and culture nights to students from all other Kelso Schools. Culture Classes are provided for students of all ages and their families.
A quarterly newsletter is sent out to families enrolled in the program.
Who is eligible? To be eligible for Kelso Indian Education, the student, their parent, or their grandparent must be an enrolled member of a registered tribe.
Funding - The amount of funding available for the Kelso Indian Education Program is directly determined by the number of students enrolled in the Program. Your students' one time enrollment, regardless of whether they actively participate, will help other students continue to receive the services provided by the program.
If this is your student - please completely fill out the attached form and return to your school.
Questions? Please call the Indian Education Program Coordinator at : 360-644-6924 ask for Kim Hogue
or ***School Office, please forward by interoffice mail to Kelso High School : ATTN: Kharman Waltz LINK Afterschool Program***
Kelso Indian Education - Title VII Program needs YOU. Kelso Indian Education is designed to meet the unique education and cultural needs of American Indian / Alaska Native students in the Kelso School District.
The Program offers tutoring and academic support at Barnes, Catlin, Coweeman, Huntington, and Wallace. The program also offers tutoring, academic support, family and culture nights to students from all other Kelso Schools. Culture Classes are provided for students of all ages and their families.
A quarterly newsletter is sent out to families enrolled in the program.
Who is eligible? To be eligible for Kelso Indian Education, the student, their parent, or their grandparent must be an enrolled member of a registered tribe.
Funding - The amount of funding available for the Kelso Indian Education Program is directly determined by the number of students enrolled in the Program. Your students' one time enrollment, regardless of whether they actively participate, will help other students continue to receive the services provided by the program.
If this is your student - please completely fill out the attached form and return to your school.
Questions? Please call the Indian Education Program Coordinator at : 360-644-6924 ask for Kim Hogue
or ***School Office, please forward by interoffice mail to Kelso High School : ATTN: Kharman Waltz LINK Afterschool Program***
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Indian Education
Washington, DC, 20202
Title VII Student Eligibility Certification
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title VII, Part A, Subpart 1
Office of Indian Education
Washington, DC, 20202
Title VII Student Eligibility Certification
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title VII, Part A, Subpart 1
Parents: Please return this completed form to your childs school. In order to apply for a formula grant under the Indian Education Program, your childs school must determine the number of Indian children enrolled. Any child who meets the following definition may be counted for this purpose. You are not required to complete or submit this form to the school. However, if you choose not to submit a form, the school cannot count your child for funding under the program. This form will become part of your childs school record and will not need to be completed every year. This form will be maintained at the school and information on the form will not be released without your written approval.
Definition : Indian means any individual who is (1) a member (as defined by the Indian tribe or band) of an Indian tribe or band, including those Indian tribe or bands terminated since 1940, and those recognized by the State in which the tribe or band reside; or (2) a descendant in the first or second degree (parent or grandparent) as described in (1); or (3) considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian for any purpose; or (4) an Eskimo or Aleut or other Alaska Native; or (5) a member of an organized Indian group that received a grant under the Indian Education Act of 1988 as it was in effect October 19, 1994.