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2023-2024 School Supply Pick Up Information

School Supply Pick Up will be July 26, 27 & 28, 2023 for the 2023-2024 school year at the Midwest City High School PAC. An email will be sent out to our families with pick up times. 

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Native American Heritage Month

Mid-Del Schools Indian Education Cultural Night 11-29-22

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meeting

2023-2024 Meeting Dates TBD

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Indian Education Training for Mid-Del Teachers Summer 2023

toolbox

We are excited to be offering Indian Education training for our Mid-Del Teachers during Toolbox Tuesdays this summer.

Chickasaw Nation will present "Power of Perspectives" a discussion and critical thinking toward an understanding of cultural sensitivity.  Tuesday, June 13 @ 1:00 PM.

Potawatomi Nation will present "Pedagogy and Indigenous Education for All" on Tuesday, June 20th @ 11:00 AM.

ACT Testing Dates

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Register for the ACT Test with this link: https://my.act.org/account/signin?location=https://my.act.org

Project 10 Million

Creating a world where everyone has equal opportunity.

T-Mobile has already connected 5.3 million students through Project 10Million and other discounted education programs! That’s halfway to bridging the digital divide for 10 million students, so they can have a brighter future in and out of school.

Who is eligible for Project 10Million?

Eligibility for free program is based on school or school district students eligible for the National School Lunch Program and is for students grades K-12.

Click this link for more information: https://www.t-mobile.com/business/education/project-10-million

Indian Education

Museum

Funded through Title VII and JOM, Mid-Del's Indian Education Services include:

  • Basic School Supplies for PreK-12 (JOM)

  • Indian Career Day for JOM Students

  • College and Scholarship Counseling

  • Career Counseling

  • Cultural Presentations

  • Tutoring

  • Test Preparation Workshops and Online Tutorials for ACT and ACT testing

  • Liaison for School/Student/Parent Communication

TRIBES

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Sheril Thompson, District Coordinator for Indian Education, Career Tech, and World Languages
405-737-4461 ext. 1260
sthompson@mid-del.net

Michelle Alvarez, Secretary
405-737-4461 ext. 1231
malvarez@mid-del.net

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Back-to-School Greetings| New Teacher and Student Programs

Sending well wishes for a healthy and productive school year from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian! We look forward to serving you and your students in the coming school year and value your role in transforming teaching and learning about American Indians and the work you do each day to spark inquiry, curiosity, and learning in your classrooms. Check out our free online resources from Native Knowledge 360° (available anytime) and online and onsite programs for October. We hope to see you soon!

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY TEACH-IN

Saturday, October 1, 2022, 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. ET

The National Museum of the American Indian is partnering with Teaching for Change to host an online teach-in with keynote speaker Rebecca Nagle and interactive workshops, including:

Teaching Treaties: Fort Wayne & the Coming of the War of 1812

Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean

Indigenous Central America

The Tulsa Race Massacre & Black-Native History in Oklahoma

Pipeline Protests: Putting Climate Civil Disobedience into the Curriculum

Exploring American Indigenous History in the 20th Century with Indian No More

Event registration requires a $10 fee; every participant who completes a feedback form will receive a book for the classroom by mail following the event. 

 LEARN MORE & REGISTER

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY: TRANSFORMATIVE TEACHING

Monday, October 10, 2022, 1:00 p.m. ET

Available on demand afterwards

How is teaching a form of activism? This Indigenous Peoples’ Day program highlights Native youth who are incorporating Indigenous voices into K–12 education and promoting inclusive conversations in our nation's classrooms.

  LEARN MORE & REGISTER

ONSITE EDUCATOR’S OPEN HOUSE: NATIVE NEW YORK

Monday, October 10, 2022, 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. ET

Join members of the museum's education team at the NMAI-NY for a day of hands-on learning and tours of the exhibit, Native New York. New York State educators are eligible to receive CTLE credit for attending.                          

NMAI education experts and invited Native guests will share curriculum and teaching strategies about Native peoples of New York State. All registered attendees will receive a packet of resource materials developed by the NMAI, including the guides Telling Stories with Pictures: Collected Comics from Native New York and The Dialogue Toolkit for Educators.  Native New York Exhibition

  LEARN MORE & REGISTER

Questions? Contact NMAI-GroupReservations@si.edu

Education Resources:

Scholarship Opportunities for American Indian Students:

CA

CAHS Graduation begins at 10am

DCHS

DCHS Graduation begins at 2pm

MCHS

MCHS Graduation begins at 6pm

Tutoring Opportunities

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I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.

Wilma Mankiller  

Student Celebrations:

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Peyton Black, a Choctaw Nation citizen from Carl Albert High School has been accepted into the YES Oklahoma program for 2023!

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Field trip to the First Americans Museum

Summer events

Click on the image above to view Summer 2022 Events/Programs

scholarships

Click on the image above to view a listing of scholarships.

Free Books for Students

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If you'd like a FREE book, please contact our office via email at malvarez@mid-del.net.

Native American College Fair

College Fair

We are excited to announce that the 2022 Native American College Fair will be taking place in-person on October 14, 2022. The location is still being determined, it will be in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota. The Native American College Fair will also be offering a website again this year, the website will be launched October 10, 2022 so that youth may review the information prior to attending our in-person event.

Each school, pre-college program and financial aid opportunity that will be participating in the 2022 Native American College Fair offers Native American specific supports. The website will include individual pages for each school, pre-college program and financial aid opportunity, and schools are able to have additional pages for departments and programs. 

The Native American College Fair was started in 2013 as a way to bring colleges, universities and training programs to Twin Cities Native youth and their families, in 2020 we expanded to offer information to Native youth throughout the United States. Our in-person college fair provides a setting that allows students to have meaningful conversation with representatives about college life, courses and admission & financial aid requirements. The 2022 Native American College Fair will have an Arts & Entertainment theme, this information will be highlighted on the website and we plan to invite Arts & Entertainment professionals to participate in a speaker panel. 

You can view the 2021 Native American College Fair website (https://sites.google.com/view/2021nativeamericancollegefair) through the end of June. We will be reaching out to you again at the end of August to remind you about the 2022 Native American College Fair, and will be sending details on September 23, 2022.

We encourage you to follow us on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn) or check our main website (https://sites.google.com/view/nativeamericancollegefair/home) in order to receive updates and additional information regarding the 2022 Native American College Fair. We can be contacted at nativeamericancollegefair@gmail.com.

We look forward to having you participate in the 10th Annual Native American College Fair. 

Native American College Fair Planning Committee