Huchoosedah Indian Education
Overview
Seattle Public Schools Native Education department works to increase academic success for Native American and Alaskan Native students in Seattle Public Schools district.
Visit our Native Education Fusion Page for more announcements, our calendar and more!
Welcome back to School!
Parents, Students, Relatives, Staff and Administrators,
Here find information on our current program and events. We seek to assist our Native students to excel in academics while creating for them and their families, a sense of welcome, belonging and contribution.
Please see our program page for details on what services we provide. We encourage you to attend our events, so that you can connect with other Native community members and contribute to a Native community that values education.
If you have needs or concerns please contact Arlie Neskahi, the Native Education Program Manager. He or one of our staff will contact you to followup on your situation.
For information on professional development, please contact Arlie to discuss possible topics that may be covered for enhancing your work with our Native students and families.
Goals
- Increase academic success for Native students.
- Utilize resources effectively to serve students across the district.
- Work collaboratively with district parents.
- Build capacity of district to be effective with Native students, parents and community.
- Develop partnerships with community organizations to better support students & their families.Deliver high quality services to Urban Native Learners.
Current Programs & Initiatives
- Cultural Programming, this is woven throughout our programming to build sense of worth, positive identity and contribution.Title VII Indian Education, federal funding to meet the unique academic and cultural needs of Native students.
- Title III, English Literacy support for eligible Native students.
- After School Program, funded by City of Seattle Grant, located at Southshore K8.
- WA Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum, training for district staff on this exciting culturally relevant and rigorous social studies curriculum.
- Native American Education Action Team, collaborative effort to increase academic success.
- Professional Development to build capacity of district to increase academic success.