Collinsville, Oklahoma
August 29, 2014
Miscellaneous News
Cherokee Chat: Scholarship Advice /
Cherokee Education Services /
Middle School Gardeners /
Quilters Meet
Patchwork Quilters August Meeting
More than twenty Patchworker members met at the Collinsville Library the evening of August 19, 2014, and enjoyed a program on easy ways to make "half-square triangles," given by Tonya Rosamond. Among the many beautiful Show & Tell items, Patti Schneider displayed a bright red and white quilt made of strips, and Linda Hare shared her elegant Star quilt. The next meeting will be September 9; 6:30 PM at the Library, and as always - will be open to the public.
-- Linda Pfeffer (8/22/2014)
CHEROKEE CHAT
by Cara Cowan Watts

Week of August 24, 2014

Annual Scholarship Workshop Focused on Tribal Citizens

On Saturday, November 1, 2014, from 1pm to 4pm, I will be holding my annual scholarship workshop focused on Cherokee Nation Tribal citizens.

After more than fifteen years of presentations, this may be my last workshop for some time. So, mark your calendars!

The workshop covers personal and education choices 4th Grade through graduate school, FAFSA overview, where to find scholarship money outside of the Tribe, how to successfuly apply for any scholarship, beginning resume overview, basic interviewing skills for bigger money and other opportunities, getting great recommendation letters and references and social media best practices.

Basically, I am sharing everything I have ever learned as a successful scholarship recipient, as someone who has funded and created scholarships as well as volunteered to review scholarships for local and national non-profits. I share every viewpoint, tips, tricks and must do action items.

As a student who lived outside of the Cherokee Nation and whose parents were Oklahoma public school teachers, I funded my entire Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering at Oklahoma State University as well as my Masters and PhD work in engineering without a dime from the Cherokee Nation, no Pell grants and all private scholarship dollars.

When I began my workshops, the presentation lasted about 45 minutes. Today, the presentation is three solid hours of sharing the details you need to successfully apply for the bigger money scholarships as well as accumulate scholarships needed to pay for your entire college bill. In the application process for scholarships, jobs and more, details count.

I share the written and unwritten rules.

I encourage the parents of younger children to attend, so I may train the trainer. Parents are the responsible party for guiding their children through the process of making better education and life choices. School counselors tend to be focused on discipline and testing requirements rather than career and college readiness, so do not rely on your school to guide your student. In addition, State of Oklahoma high school graduation requirements do not meet college readiness standards.

Older students should attend for first-hand knowledge as the student is responsible for the application process. Parents and grandparents who apply for students scholarships are shorting that student the experience, knowledge and skill sets they need to be successful in both life and career.

Over the next weeks, I will continue to share tidbits in my newspaper columns to assist students applying for college money.

The workshop is open to all students and families regardless of where you live and focused on Cherokee Nation citizens.

If you are unable to make it to the Rogers County Building at 416 South Brady in Claremore on November 1st, please email me for the handouts. Facebook messages, phone calls and text messages are not email.

To receive daily scholarship opportunities by email, email Cara your name, city and state at cara@caracowan.com and asked to be added to the OPC AISES listserv.

To receive Cherokee Nation daily news and event information by email, email Cara your name, city and state at cara@caracowan.com and ask to be added to the Cherokee Nation News listserv.

If you have questions, issues or concerns about the Cherokee Nation government, please email me at cara@caracowan.com or write me at P.O. Box 2922, Claremore, OK 74018.

For daily news and event notices, ask to be added to my Cherokee Nation News and Events email listserv. You may, also, find me on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter. Lee Keener is at lee-keener@cherokee.org.

To contact the Tribe, call (918) 453-5000 or visit www.cherokee.org.

Cara Cowan Watts is an elected Tribal legislator within the Cherokee Nation for portions of Rogers and Tulsa Counties.

Cara Cowan Watts
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Cherokee Nation Education Services
Date: 08/21/14

As we start up another exciting school year, I wanted to let you know about our education services. We offer assistance to our Cherokee citizens through scholarships but we also assist them as they prepare for high school and college.

Junior High: 6th - 8th Grade

-Social Skills
-Decision-Making
-Transition Workshop
-Career Days
-Oklahoma Promise Information

High School: 9th - 12th Grade

-Career Exploration
-College Survival Skills
-Scholarship Information
-FAFSA Assistance

Above are just a few examples of what we have to offer. I will also be happy to come to your events and set up an information booth on Scholarship Night to visit with parents, so if you have an event after 5pm please don't count me out! On occasion I will team up with World Record Holder Brian Jackson -AKA- The I Believe Guy, Robert Lewis and JP Johnson from our Cultural Department for Story Telling, Stickball, etc.. We also offer a STEM Program and I am encouraging students to participate in the Remember the Removal Bike Ride. This is a 3 week event during the summer and although they are on a bike for 950-miles, this is a leadership program which is more of an education tour of the Trail of Tears. Last year was my first year involved with this program and I would love to share what it is all about! It is a life changing opportunity!! The CN Youth Council (deadline fast approaching) and Cherokee National Youth Choir might also be of interest to some of your students if they want to get more involved.

If there is something not listed above that you would like us to talk about with your students we can definitely do that, too. We can do a classroom setting or one-on-one. We are here to help our students! Please check out the attached flyers for more information and since I always get questions about our service area, so I have also attached a map that shows our 14 counties and contiguous counties.


If you have any questions or would like to schedule a time for us to come out, please give me a call!

Wado,

Ashlee Chaudoin
Education Outreach Specialist
Office 918.453.5000 x 5998
Cell 918.316.4865

Middle School Life Skills Class Project
Hey Ted,
I wanted to drop you an email to let you know what our life skills class has been up to. I have attached four pictures of us weeding and planting fall crops in our middle school quad! I thought it would be cool to put them up on our school site?

Thanks, Ronnie Tow (8/27/2014)


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