Wolf Point’s Title VI Program Prepares For Future

Wolf Point’s Title VI program held its annual public hearing and a parents meeting on Monday, April 25, at Wolf Point High School.

The current Title IV Indian Education Formula grant includes the following components: Increase knowledge of cultural identity and awareness, increase school attendance rate and increase support for at-risk students. Educators include home school coordinators at Southside and Northside, a Native American studies teacher at the junior high/high school and the administrator of curriculum and instruction.

The current title school-wide grant includes instructional personnel, instructional supplies, parental/family involvement and professional development for district- wide curriculum alignment.

JOM features the following district- wide components: student incentives, Native American Week supplies/gratuities/pow-wows, parental involvement, JOM committee expenses and conferences, student conferences, Heritage Month and students’ physical education shoes/ fees/caps and gowns.

Impact Aid funds are utilized for a variety of expenses including the salaries of teachers and teacher aides; purchasing textbooks, computers, other equipment, after- school programs, remedial tutoring, advanced placement classes and special enrichment programs.

The parent committee officers include Patricia Payne as president, Rob Manning as vice president, Cheri’ Nygard as secretary, Emily Hamilton as teacher representative and Russell Turcotte as student representative.

The committee approved the proposed 2022-2023 programs of a home/school coordinator at Southside, a family/school coordinator at Northside, a Native American studies teacher at the junior high/high school and a new Indian Education for All coordinator in the district.

Superintendent Loverty Erickson explained the coordinator would align the Indian Education for All studies at each of the schools.

Parents said they would like more cultural items in the schools especially the high school. They hope to bring back the value of respect for the students to understand. Adding more hands-on learning was also mentioned.