THESHERMAN

TIMEsSHERMAN INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 NOVEMBER, 2017

Figure 1. CareerPathway studentsat Riverside Cali-fornia Superior

Court touring thecourtroom cham-bers of Native

American JudgeSunshine Sykes

(center).

Figure 2. Career Technical Education Program instructors (left to right)John Migaiolo, Brian Hayden, Gena Hasson, and David Heard.

The career pathwayprogram began at Sher-man in 2010 to providestudents with 21st Cen-tury career technical ed-ucation and job skills tocompete in a globaleconomy. On August 30,2010 during a ceremonyat Sherman the SanManuel Band of MissionIndians (located nearHighland, California)awarded a 3-million-dollar grant to theRiverside County Officeof Education and Sher-man Indian High Schoolto start this vocational

program. Since that time San Manuel has gener-ously financially supported our career pathway pro-gram by awarding two additional educationalgrants totaling 3.7 million dollars.

From Vern’s DeskFinal corrections and additions arebeing made to the WASC midterm re-port this month and the report will beforwarded to the WASC accreditationcommittee for evaluation. The WASCcommittee is scheduled to visit ourschool for two days in March 2018 todecide on our school’s accreditation.The Sherman WASC committee iscomposed of Principal Mary Yarger,Educational Specialist Daniel Kenley,English Department Chair MichelleLaramie, Social Science teacher LornaHoffs, and V. Shattuck.Parents can access their child’s cur-rent grades in all classes and check formissing assignments each day by usingthe parent and student NASIS Portal.The portal can be found on the Sher-man Indian High School website andaccessed by parents by using theirchild’s username and password. Withthis feature parents can keep track oftheir child’s academic progress be-tween report cards.The 2018 Sherman summer Euro-pean trip will include London, andcities in France and Italy. Interestedstudents should check the ShermanIndian High School website for furtherinformation or contact Lorna Hoffs atSherman Indian High School.Semester finals are scheduled fromDecember 13 to 15, 2017. The secondsemester at Sherman begins early nextyear on January 2, 2018. We extend asafe and enjoyable holiday season toall of the Sherman Family.

Career TechnicalEducation Program

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Today the career pathway programprovides hands-on experience withinthe classroom and onsite job trainingin six vocational fields. These fieldsare: Public Service – tribal law, lawenforcement, fire safety, and security(Fig. 1 ); Culinary and Hospitality –food service and hospitality (Fig. 4);Agriculture – landscape, floral de-sign, animal science, and horticulture(Fig. 4); Health Science – emergencyand medical services; Constructionand Energy – construction, electricalpower, plumbing, and woodworking(Figs. 3, 4); and Computer Sciences –computer technology and graphic de-signing (Fig. 4).Last year 77% of Sherman studentsparticipated in the career pathwayprogram. Students that completeclasses in each vocational field with aC or better grade receive course com-pletion certificate. Last year 561course completion certificates wereawarded to Sherman students. In ad-dition, 86 students received CalOSHA Safety and Fire ProtectionState Certificates, 23 students in Culi-nary and Hospitality received Serve-Safe Certificates, and 6 studentsreceived First Aid/CPR Red Cross As-sociation Certificates.Since its beginning in 2010 over2,000 Sherman students have beenawarded pathway program certifi-cates. Last year 23 students also par-ticipated in the internship onsite jobtraining program. It should be notedthat students study one or more ca-reer areas of their choice but are alsorequired to complete academic corerequirement classes.This year six instructors are as-signed to the pathway program (Figs.2, 4). They are David Heard and JohnMigaiolo (Public Service), Lisa Rivera(Culinary and Hospitality), GenaHasson (Agriculture), Brian Hayden(Construction and Energy), and Ga-lene Townsend (Computer Science).John Migaiolo, who is also the Deanof Discipline at Sherman, coordinatesthe Career Pathway program.

Figure 4. Upper Left & Upper Right: Instructor Brian Hayden and his woodworking class. Middle Left: Culi-nary and Hospitality instructor Lisa Rivera (center) overseeing the preparation of lunch boxes for Shermanguests. Middle Right: The knife cutting techniques of students Garrett Foolbear and Justin Tenorio on dis-play in the culinary kitchen. Lower Left: Agricultural instructor Gena Hasson (front) revealing the fine pointsof plant identification to her students. Lower Right: Career Pathway instructor Galene Townsend lecturingto her Computer Science class.

Figure 3. Students Manielle Smiley and Temet Rogriguez concentrating on their projects.

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Fun Run at ShermanOn November 20th, Sherman hostedthe 2017 Fun Run. The event wassponsored by Inter Tribal Sports Inc.The goal of the event was to raiseawareness and encourage people toengage in physical activity such asrunning as a healthy lifestyle choice.Unfortunately, over 40% of youngAmericans aged 12 to 21 lack vigorousphysical activity routines and are notphysically fit. The American College ofSports Medicine recommends at least20 to 30 minutes of vigorous exercis-ing each day for optimal health. The

lack of routine exercising by childrenmay lead to youth and/or adulthoodobesity and obesity-related healthproblems. Students, staff, families,and children from Sherman and theRincon, Soboba, Pechanga, and Mo-rongo Reservations ran and walkedover the 2-kilometer circuit. All Ar-rowhead League first team Shermancross country runners Lupan Gate-wood and Orion Cattleman finishedfirst and second place, respectively, inthe run. (Fig. 5) Following the runparticipants were treated to a barbe-

Figure 5. Top Left: Tasty barbecued hamburgers, run participants, spectators, booths, and air inflated jumpers at the Fun Run.Top Right: Runners Gatewood and Cattleman at the finish of the Fun Run. Note the historical Sherman Museum building to the back and left of this picture, formerSherman Indian High student Isaiah Thompson, 3rd from the left, and 3rd place finisher Kina Brings Plenty, 2nd from left. Bottom: Sherman High run participantsbefore the race. The small dog in front also ran and finished the race.

cue and music from a DJ. Later Sher-man students and visitors to Shermanparticipated in lacrosse, jump roping,dancing, or played on inflated jumpers(Fig. 5). This event was organized bySherman staff members Fred Mar-tinez, Tera Sherlock, Tom Lewis,Brandon Cryder, and Mary Yargeralong with former Sherman studentand cross country and track CIF cham-pion Isaiah Thompson. Because of thesuccess of the Fun Run this year thereare plans to make this an annual eventat Sherman.

Sherman VolleyballThe Lady Braves varsity volleyball team this year passed, set,digged, spiked, and blocked their way to a successful and histori-cal season. (Fig. 6) After placing third in the Arrowhead Leaguethe team advanced all the way to the California InterscholasticFederation (CIF) semi-finals game before losing to ExcelsiorCharter. Due to the exceptional performance of the Lady Bravesin the CIF playoffs the team was invited for the first time inschool history to compete in the California State VolleyballChampionship. The team performed well in the State Champi-onship but lost to Central City. We wish to congratulate the teamand their coach Kara Schwab for their stellar season.

Snapshot of the MonthIn this issue we focus on longtime Sherman faculty member Lorene Sisquoc. Lori is aFort Sill Apache (Oklahoma) and a descendent of the Mountain Cahuilla Tribe of Califor-nia. Lori and her family are no strangers to Sherman. Lori’s great grandfather AnthonyLargo and his brothers attended Sherman in the 1890’s and early 1900’s when our schoolwas located in Perris, California. Also Lori’s mother and grandmother were employed atSherman. Lori started her employment at Sherman in 1982 within the dormitories andcontinued working there for 15 years. In 1995 she began teaching Native Traditionalclasses at Sherman. Currently she is the Director of the Clarke Cultural Center at Sher-man and curator of the Sherman Museum, which is a National Historical Landmark.Each year Lori spearheads numerous Native activities on campus. Lori is proud of herlatest contributions to Sherman, which include the Whale Tail Project and the IndigenousLanguage Center. When asked what she likes most about Sherman and Sherman studentsshe conveyed the school culture and history and the impact that our school has had onour students over the years. She added that our brightest hopes are the students as theybecome the future in preserving our Native heritage.

Figure 6. Top Right: The LadyBraves varsity volleyball team.Back row (left to right) Topah

Scherer, Halley Talayumptewa,Collessa Stumbling Bear. Front

row (left to right ) KinyaSleuth,Tiawana Sinyella, and

Teela Hunter.

Bottom Right: The LadyBraves team in Arrowhead

League action.

THE SHERMAN TIMESis a monthly digital publication that pro-vides information on Sherman IndianHigh School.DESIGN: Marg’s Designs

SHERMAN INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL9010 Magnolia AvenueRiverside, CA 92503PH: 951-276-6325FAX: 951-276-6336WEB: www.shermanindian.orgSCHOOL PRINCIPAL: Sister Mary Yarger

MISSION STATEMENTThe Sherman Community empowersNative students through opportunities tofind their purpose at school and in life.

MIND • BODY • EMOTION • SPIRIT