Hillsboro Title 6

Spring Break is just around the corner! I can't wait for warmer days with sunshine. Just a reminder that Daylight Savings is this weekend so set your clocks forward.

Please look through the newsletter for events and news, however, the website has more frequent updates to events in the community. Please feel free to email me (link to email at bottom of newsletter) about community events as I may not know of all that is happening in our area.

https://www.hsd.k12.or.us/titlevi

Please join us for our monthly PAC meeting where we discuss what concerns families may have, activities that are desired and upcoming events in HSD and the community. Everyone is welcome!

March 20th

Dinner at 6:00pm

Meeting starts at 6:30 pm

Hillsboro School District

Administration Center

Board Room and Room 105

The Wellness Workshop Survey will be open until Spring Break (March 25). We are already working with Native Wellness Institute on planning a one day workshop based off of the surveys already submitted but would love to host more. If you have any questions, please reach out.

Our wonderful dance instructors, Aiyanna and Colt, will be returning to teach us several styles of powwow dancing as well as the history. We will be combining dance and drum class. Students (and parents) can choose to participate in both or just one.

Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm

Drum class will move to 5:30-6:30pm

This is open to everyone of all ages and skills. Even if you just want to come dance for your own enjoyment, please do!

We invite everyone to come learn Native Powwow Drumming with Harold Paul. All ages, whether or not you have ever been around a drum, are welcome and encouraged to come. Please pay attention to the times as once a month the time is different due to the PAC meeting. We will have drum class every week unless otherwise notified until end of May. Dates and times may change.

Dates for March

March 6: 6:00-7:00 pm

March 13: 6:00-7:00 pm

March 20*: 6:30-7:30 pm

Hillsboro School District

Administration Center

Room TBD

Join us in celebrating community and the Power of Stories with an in-person presentation and Q&A with author of Where the Watermelons Grow, Cindy Baldwin and virtual presentations by Thien Pham, author of Family Style, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass. Presentations will be followed by interactive programs related to the themes of Braiding Sweetgrass. The city that opens the same book together, closes it in greater harmony. Open to all ages.

1:00 Introduction

1:10 Cindy Baldwin, In-person Presentation and Q&A

1:50 Thien Pham, Virtual Presentation

2:30 Robin Wall Kimmerer, Pre-recorded Presentation

3:30 Robin Wall Kimmerer, Live Q&A

4:10 Interactive programming related to the themes of Braiding Sweetgrass

5:00 Conclusion

Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/HillsboroReads

All events listed on this poster for Hillsboro Reads 2024.

• Early College Application Window is Open !
  

  March 1 through May 1, 2024
  The Hillsboro School District Early College program allows students to begin work on their college career at Portland Community College while still in high school. College credits earned apply to both the high school diploma and college studies. Students will have the opportunity to take 12 credits per term (fall, winter, spring) during the school year in which they are enrolled in HSD Early College. Students who enroll at the start of their 11th grade year will have the opportunity to participate in up to 6 terms of HSD Early College, while students entering at the start of 12th grade may participate in up to 3 terms. Students accepted to HSD Early College will not be able to enroll in courses at their home high school, however they may be able to participate in OSAA activities and athletics.

  
  

• Call for Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Projects
  Due March 8th, 2024
  This endeavor stems from a cooperative agreement between USDA and AISES to elevate projects that focus on the intersection of Indigenous knowledge (IK) and western science and engineering. Indigenous knowledge is a body of observations, oral and written knowledge, innovations, practices, and beliefs developed by Tribes and Indigenous peoples through interaction and experience with the environment. Today’s announcement encourages high school, undergraduate, and graduate students to develop and conduct Indigenous knowledge research projects.
  
  Selected applicants will be supported in their project and skill development journey through a $300 stipend to support IK research project activities, monthly webinars on IK topics from leaders in the field, and access to IK resources and Indian Country and USDA mentors. Additionally, participating students will be encouraged to present their research at the 2024 AISES National Conference in the Indigenous Knowledge Research Track and other events.
  
  Up to 20 students will be selected this application cycle. Eligible applicants include current high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in the United States. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 8, 2024. Awardees will be notified by the end of March. If interested, please complete the Indigenous Knowledge Track Research Program Application.
  
  For questions and comments regarding the application or program, contact Sky Wildcat at swildcat@aises.org.
  
  

• Become a Sponsor of the 2024 Powwow:
  

  June 1, 2024
  This year’s powwow will be hosted by the Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc. (NARA NW), the Bow & Arrow Culture Club, and sponsored by the NW Regional ESD, the City of Hillsboro, and Washington County. We are currently seeking additional sponsorships and are reaching out to your organization for support to help celebrate our Youth with tradition and culture.

  For more information about sponsorship click here.
  
  

• Native Youth Wellness Warrior Camp - Grand Ronde
  

  June 24 - 27, 2024

  Traditionally, our young people were mentored and taught how to live a good life. Through hands-on experiences, stories, and teachings, they learned how to be a good relative. The camp is intended to provide healing opportunities and skill development through ceremony, workshops, activities, movement, traditional games, crafts, and more! Youth participants will be given tools needed to live a life of balance. The Native Youth Wellness Warrior Camp will be hosted by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde on their beautiful territory in Oregon. ​​
  
  

• CYBERPDX: A CYBERSECURITY CAMP FOR NATIVE & INDIGENOUS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
  SAVE THE DATE: July 29th-August 2nd
  CyberPDX is a no-cost 5-day residential summer STEAM camp at Portland State University designed to introduce Native American and Indigenous high school students to cybersecurity skills, principles, policies, and careers through an interactive STEAM curriculum and career exposure. No prior experience is necessary, and beginners are welcome!
  
  Participants will:
  ~ learn programming, cryptography, cyberpolicy, and interdisciplinary arts through an integrated curriculum.
  ~ learn the importance of cybersecurity.
  ~ be introduced the breadth of careers open to them as future cybersecurity professionals.
  ~ gain exposure to cybersecurity principles, policies, and safe practices.
  ~ have hands-on experiences in programming, cryptography, policy and the arts.
  ~ strengthen their learning habits.
  ~ engage in peer learning and group problem-solving.
  More information and registration link coming soon.

This form serves as the official record of the eligibility determination for each individual child included in the student count for the Title VI Indian Education Formula Grant Program. If you choose to submit a form, your child could be counted for funding under the program. Tribal Membership ID for the student, parent OR grandparent is needed to complete the form.