"the People's Paths!" Cherokee News Path - Sequoyah Schools Offers Summer Learning Program

TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma – Sequoyah Schools will once again offer a variety of classes as part of the Sequoyah Schools’ Summer Learning Program. Classes will be held July 6 – July 17, from 8:25 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. for any student in the fifth through twelfth grades. Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided.

“We added a summer learning program a few years ago to keep the focus on academics during the summer,” said Gina Stanley, Sequoyah Schools’ superintendent. “We are providing an option for students in the area to keep their minds focused, and maybe, give them a head start on the next school year.”

Classes that will be offered at Sequoyah this summer include Cherokee culture, Cherokee language, storytelling, robotics, leadership, digital photography, Cherokee games, Cherokee cooking, Cherokee art, drama, media production and freshman orientation. High school students will also have the option to earn high school credits in Algebra I and Algebra II. Other courses may be added on an as-needed basis to help students earn extra high school credits or make up credit as needed. Non-credit students will be able to choose three classes to participate in during the two-week class period. Structured recreation time will be offered everyday and will include activities like swimming, bowling and roller skating.

The Sequoyah Schools’ cafeteria will provide breakfast, lunch and a snack. There is no charge for participation and enrollment is open to any student in the fifth grade and up, but class size is limited so students are encouraged to enroll early. The absolute deadline for enrollment is June 12.

“I encourage any student who is planning to attend Sequoyah in the fall to come to the Summer Learning Program,” Stanley said. “They can meet their teachers and learn their way around the campus before everyone gets here. It really helps to ease some of those first day jitters.”

For more information on the Sequoyah Schools’ Summer Learning Program or to request an application, call Tera Shows, phone: 918-453-5542 or send e-mail to: tshows@cherokee.org.

Sequoyah Schools, a boarding school for Native American students, originated in 1871 as an orphan asylum to care for children who were orphaned by the Civil War. Now known as Sequoyah Schools, it is named for Sequoyah, the scholar who developed the Cherokee syllabary. The school is regionally and state accredited for grades 7-12 and has become the school of choice for more than 400 Native American students every year. Sequoyah Schools is located five miles southwest of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. For more information call 918-453-5400 or visit the Sequoyah Schools’ web site.