Page 10 - Chehalis Tribal Newsletter - November, 2018
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     STUDENTS OF THE MONTH







       Dylan Burke                               Hunter Ortivez                           Rachel Simmons

       Fifth grade                               10th grade                               Sixth grade
       Grand Mound Elementary School             Oakville High School                     Oakville Middle School
          Dylan Burke really                       Hunter Ortivez’s                         If she were
       enjoys math because                       favorite subject is                      chairwoman, Rachel
       it is easy for him and                    English, and baseball                    Simmons would help
       he gets his work done                     has always been his                      people in need by giving
       quickly.                                  sport for as long as he                  them a home because
          If Dylan could have                    can remember. He looks                   every life matters.
       a superpower, he would                    up to his role model                       She wishes there was
       choose to be able to                      and big brother Gary                     a larger Community
       fly because it would be                   Ortivez.                                 Center with a big library
       cool and fun. His favorite dinosaur is      He said his brother proves to people   and a place to teach sports. Her favorite
       a T-Rex because they are the “coolest”    that no matter where you come from,      sport is softball.
       looking. Football is his favorite sport   you can do great things.                   Rachel’s favorite subject is English
       because it is fun and he is really good     If he were chairman, Hunter would      because she likes reading. And when
       at it.                                    invest money into helping the youth      she grows up, she wants to be a police
          With a million dollars, Dylan said     and develop after-school programs and    officer, firefighter or veterinarian.
       he would use some of it to help out his   sports programs.                           Her favorite person is Mya Ortivez
       family and donate some to charity. He       If he had a million dollars, he would   because she is good at sports and she
       would buy a house with the rest of the    buy his parents a house. When he grows   wants to be like her.
       money. Not anything too big though        up, he hopes to own his own restaurant
       – he just wants a reasonable house for    because he loves to cook.
       himself.                                    His favorite dinosaur is a             NOMINATIONS
          If he could change one thing about     velociraptor!                            To nominate your child, please contact
       his school, it would be eliminating                                                K-12 Program Counselor Makayla Ortivez
       some of the rules he thinks are random    FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT            at mortivez@chehalistribe.org. Tell us the
       or unreasonable. If not eliminate the                                              reason your child should be considered.
       rules, he would change them to be more    Congratulations on your success in school!   Deadline is the last Friday of each month.
       reasonable.                               Keep up the good work. As a reward for your
          His favorite person is his mom,        commitment to school and personal growth,
       Daphne, because she is his mom and he     each student of the month will receive a $25   Students of the Month is contributed by the
       loves her.                                gift card.                               Chehalis Tribe K-12 Program




     HALLOWEEN                                                                                                     From steam

     From page 5                                                                                                   punk chic
                                                                                                                   to minions
     party for the kids. Most weren’t shy                                                                          to painted
     about showing off some of their best                                                                          giraffes,
     moves while the in-house DJ kept                                                                              Halloween
     kids dancing into the night.                                                                                  brought out
       On Halloween morning, Early                                                                                 all ages to
     Learning brought the children                                                                                 celebrate
     around to meet Chehalis tribal                                                                                Halloween in
     employees at every department. At                                                                             style.
     lunchtime, employees had fun as
     they enjoyed a meal and contest.
       A few of the costumes disguised
     employees so well that they
     were unrecognizable, such as
     Glen Connelly from the Natural
     Resources Department who
     dressed up as a pirate. People from
     the Planning Department and
     elsewhere showed great creativity.
       Marla Medina made the group
     laugh as she stood in front wearing
     her baby board outfit. Janet Stegall
     impressed the judges with a soul
     stealer costume and won best
     dressed for the female category.
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