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Always quafity products, plus you save/ Seniors Robert Crawford, left, Marquis Bullplume watch as their classmates receive their robes. )urnal onoros Dy Nata ~e and Jessica Cruz Indian Education Program shows results in Shelton schools By NATALIE JOHNSON nataZie@masonco~tT~t3 ,corn Shelton High School seniors will gradu- ate on June 9, and some of them celebrated the milestone early at the Indian Education Awards Banquet last Friday evening. Some of the 18 Shelton High School se- niors in the program who will graduate this year also participated in the Shelton In- dian Education Button Robe Project. Their families proudly presented them with their robes at the ceremony. "They are to celebrate a milestone in people's lives," said Indian Education staff member Melanie Willig. "Some families will take them and when they graduate college will add to them. They wear them to special occasions." Students who were presented with their button robes by their families included Kristina Bechtold. of the Squaxin Island Tribe, Marquis Bullplume of the Blackfoot and Swinomish tribes, Robert Crawford, of the Cherokee Tribe, Jessica Cruz of the Squaxin Island Tribe. Chris Knudsen, of the Squaxin Island Tribe. Kushiab Mc- Cullough, of the Skokomish Tribe. Marissa Morken of the Squaxin Island Tribe, Colton Twiddy of the Skokomish Tribe and Kas- sidy Whitener of the Squaxin Island Tribe. Each year since 1995, seniors at SHS who are of Native American descent have had the opportunity to be a par~ of the but- ton robe project. In April 19,95, a group of members of the Squaxin Island and Skokomish Tribes began making button blankets for Native American Students graduating from SHS. The project was created to honor and in- spire at-risk Native American youth and to encourage them to graduate high school. "This is my first button robe banquet," said Molly Baasch. director of special ser- vices and the Indian Education Program at the Shelton School District. "I'm amazed ... by the creativity I'm seeing this evening." Baasch said 86 percent of SHS semors enrolled in the program graduated in 2011. While presenting their children with their robes, many parents and guardians proudly boasted that their child was the first in one or more generations to graduate high school. Vicki Engel, the button robe project coor- dinator, spoke about the importance of the program, and said she would continue to be a part of it for as long as she could. "I don't dance, I don't drum, I don't sing. This is the part of culture I will stick with as long as I can see and as long as I can sew," she said. The Shelton School District's Indian Ed- ucation Program receives federal funding to provide extra help, tutoring and guidance to students of Native American descent. "With the help of our tutors and also our community members ... we are just doing a great job with these kids," she said. "These kids are really proud of what they've done." At the annual year-end program, staff members in the program recognized all 353 children in the program, starting with ele- mentary students and progressing through the grades to the program's seniors. SHS senior Colton Twiddy, top, stands with his button robe at the Shelton Indian Education Awards Banquet last Friday night. Family members present SHS senior Chris Knudsen, above, with his button robe at Friday night's annual Indian Education Awards Banquet. The families of students in the program were treated to a traditional barbeque salmon dinner at the Shelton High School SUB. The students got awards from their teach- ers for accomplishments in math, science, English and general classroom behavior, and from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for attendance rates. "This is so inspiring for me to see so many people who care about their children's edu- cation," Willig said to the crowd. Baasch gave all the credit for the success of the program to it's staff members, includ- ing: Willig, who works with students at Bordeaux Elementary; Ruth Bowcutt, who works with students at Evergreen, Moun- tain View and Olympic Middle School; Triv- Jan Nault, who works with students at Oak- land Bay Junior High School and SHS; and Carri Fennel from CHOICE High School. Those staff members gave unending praise for their students. "Thank you for sharing your children with us," Nault said. SKOOKUM CREEK TOBACCO FACTORY OUTLET • 360-426-5254 STILL OFFERING FACTORY 2NDS SALE ON TRADITIONS ONLY/ Sale offered on Traditions Additive-Free and High Air lOOs MONSTER ENERGY Buy one 16 oz, can for s2s9 • get a 2nd Call FREE Budweiser & Bud Light Come Try Our NEW DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS Sandwich, Chips, & 22 oz. Rockstar 16 3 cans for $ Reg. $2.19 per can OZ. 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