Page 11 - Chehalis Tribal Newsletter - January 2020

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Students of the Month

Ulises Klatush Madoleen Goddard Emily Pickernell

Fifth grade Sixth grade 11th grade
Oakville Middle School Rochester Middle School Rochester High School
Ulises Klatush, 11, Madoleen Goddard, Emily Pickernell, 16,
likes everything about 12, is the daughter of has a 3.7 GPA. She is
the fifth grade and Orinda Goddard and the daughter of Chris
really enjoys school Rick Reynolds. Her and Erika Pickernell
because he gets to visit grandparents are Jessie and she has a little
his friends throughout and Derwin Goddard. sister. Her family
the day. She has one brother likes to joke around
Ulises is the son of and one sister, a turtle whenever they spend
Connie Klatush, and and a dog. She has fun time together.
grandson of Paula and Dale Klatush Sr. watching movies and going on road She said, “My favorite person is my
He has chickens and a pig. trips with her family. Mom because she inspires me to be
He likes watching movies with his She enjoys being with friends strong.”
family and going fishing at the river at school. Her favorite class is a While at school, Emily enjoys social
with his uncle. He also enjoys playing technology course because friends time with friends. Her favorite subject
baseball and hide-and-seek at home. make it fun. She always makes an effort is photography. Taking pictures for
Spending time with his friends at to be as successful as she can be. a living is something she views as a
school truly makes him happy. What “I do all of my homework and pay potential career. She is also interested
makes him successful is following attention to my teachers,” Madoleen in the medical field and is thinking
directions. His advice to classmates said. She makes sure she keeps track about studying to become a nurse.
is to be nice to each other and the of all of her work to prevent missing To make her school better, Emily
teacher. assignments. Her advice to fellow would improve the quality of lunches
Ulises said he couldn’t choose a classmates is to respect teachers and and help decrease/eliminate bullying.
favorite dinosaur because he really complete their homework. She suggests that if others want to be
likes them all. He also said that he Madoleen plays third base and successful, they need to keep up on
would want to have super speed like pitcher in softball. She practices with their assignments. She said turning
the superhero Flash. her mom and papa. Her great-grandpa work in late creates more problems.
His favorite person is his grandma. Mel Youckton is her favorite person. Emily is involved in sports; she plays
He said that she’s nice and drives him She said she likes to hear his stories volleyball and competes in bowling
around to wherever he needs to go. and really listens to the advice he gives for Rochester High School. She
Ulises is a big fan of the cold about baseball and fast-pitch. aspires to play volleyball for a college
weather. He wishes it would snow When she grows up, Madoleen team, where she plans on studying
more so he could go out and play in it. wants to be doctor. She plans to attend photography or nursing.
When he grows up, he wants to be a the University of Washington. If she were a photographer for a
fisherman in Alaska. As chairwomen of the tribe, she day, she said she would take pictures
“would make sure that the tribe spends around the Chehalis Reservation to
NOMINATIONS its money on important things. I would show people outside of the community
encourage kids to get good grades so what it is actually like
To nominate your child, please contact they can go to college.” If she was chairwoman of the
K-12 Assistant Jodie Smith at jsmith@ She would also implement programs tribe, Emily would “share what our
chehalistribe.org. Tell us the reason your to prevent teens from drinking and community is like and show people
child should be considered. Deadline is the smoking. She wants a better future for that their negative stereotypes are
last Friday of each month. all tribal people. wrong.”

CONGRATULATIONS TO HONOR ROLL STUDENTS

Chehalis tribal K-12 students Cameron Snell Jeanna Atkins Madyson Pickernell
with a GPA of 3.2 or higher: Dominic Delgado Kaylena Delgado Malikah McNair
Adison Sekishiro Emily Holmes-Pickernell Koner Burnett Mya Ortivez Students of
the Month is
Anna Johnson Gavin Torres Leala Baker Natalie Nelson contributed by
Autum Torres Hunter Shortman Lauran Quilt Payton Simmons the Chehalis Tribe
K-12 Program
Ben Johnson Isaak Hofstetter Medoleen Goddard Segan Phillips