Page 9 - Chehalis Tribal Newsletter - June, 2019

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Ava Boyd JUNE WINNERS

Fourth grade on time. If she had a million dollars, Ava
Oakville Middle School Her advice to classmates at Oakville would buy the necessities for her
Middle School is to ignore what some family. Her favorite person is her big
Ava Boyd is the daughter of of the boys are talking about and to brother, Bubba, because “he is sweet –
Angelena and Daryl Boyd. She has pay attention to the teacher. not like my other brothers,” she said.
four brothers and five dogs. She likes Ava is fascinated by the ankylosaurus After Ava graduates from high
visiting her cousins, aunties and uncles dinosaur. Its cool-looking hammer at school, she will go to college to become
during her free time. the end of its tail makes it her favorite. a veterinarian. If she was chairwoman
Ava feels she is a successful student She would like the superpower of of the tribe, she would make the parks
because she always pays attention and invisibility so she can sneak up and disabled-accessible so her brother can
makes sure all of her work is turned in scare her brothers. enjoy going to the park, too.

Haezen Cayenne

Eighth grade At school, Haezen likes math His favorite basketball player is
Oakville Middle School class because he is improving and Kyrie Irvin, an NBA All-Star player.
understanding it more. He feels his During Haezen’s spare time, he
Haezen, 14, just finished eighth success as a student comes from loves to play basketball because it’s
grade at Oakville Middle School, keeping a positive attitude even when something he’s confident doing and is
where he played on the school’s he doesn’t want to do his school work. a way for him to be competitive with
football, basketball and baseball If he could change something at his friends.
teams. He is the son of Minetta school, it would be to improve sports After Haezen graduates from high
Cayenne and Jeremy Klatush and has programs. Haezen also would like school, he wants to attend Gonzaga
two brothers and four sisters. snacks to be provided after practice. University and play basketball.

Kaylena Delgado

Ninth grade advice for other students is to pay with her friends and she has fun
Rochester High School attention to the teacher and study for participating in the sport. If she had a
tests. million dollars, she would move into a
Kaylena is the daughter of She loves learning and studying, huge house.
Richard and Erin Delgado. She but she also likes school for the social When asked who her favorite
enjoys watching movies and going aspect. Lunchtime is one of her person is, Kaylena said, “My mom
on vacations with her family, which favorite parts about school because she because we always have fun together.”
includes her two little brothers. gets to relax and see her friends. After Kaylena graduates from
When Kaylena is at school, she Kaylena also loves cheerleading high school, she plans to study at the
really enjoys her English class. Her because she gets to spend more time University of Washington.

Big news for Oakville schools
JOIN THE CENSUS TEAM

We wanted to take a moment environmental science teacher for
to thank the Chehalis Nation for high school $15-16.50 PER HOUR!
another opportunity to partner n A grant that Grays Harbor
with you in raising and educating County received will allow us to Looking for a job? Grays Harbor County is hiring for a
your students during the 2018-19 train students as peer mediators in number of temporary jobs, including office staff, census
school year. a program called Hope Squad to takers, supervisory staff and recruitment assistants.
We had an amazing time in help us teach students to deal with Chehalis tribal members are encouraged to join to ensure
Oakville and are looking forward grading. we are being counted. Don’t pass up this great opportunity
to fall. n We are hiring a staff for good pay, flexible hours, weekly pay and paid training!
Some big changes are coming member who will help guide
to Oakville School District: students in grades 8-12 toward To apply:
n We will have a music teacher the pathway of their choice 2020census.gov/en/
for kindergarten-12 beyond high school. jobs or 855-562-2020
n We will have an agriculture Have a great summer! We can’t
teacher for high school wait to see all of our Acorns in the
n We will have an fall.