News For SD GEARUP staff, 
parents, families, teachers and friends. 

Top Stories and Upcoming Events 
            April 10, 2015
 


In This Issue
Greeting
School Activities and Staff
Science Scholarship
Lower Brule and Crow Creek Free Tilling


 

 

 

 

Juniors Should be Checking Out Scholarship Opportunities NOW!

 

Summer is coming up and most students look forward to a summer filled with academics and good friends at the SD GEARUP Summer Honors session.

 

Other students are getting ready to kick back and relax a bit, but not so fast. If you are going to be a Senior next year, this is the time to start looking for the scholarships to pay for the education of your dreams.

 

Break out your SD GEARUP student planner and check out the numerous opportunities to get money for college.

 

Begin with the FAFSA information on page 109 and read through all of the scholarship information listed up to page 126.

 

This is your time! Do the work and get your college education paid for by a school, corporation or Federal grant.


 


 

 

 

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An Evening with:  

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Presented by the
John T. Vucurevich Foundation

 

When - Oct 1
Where- Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Theatre, Rapid City
Cost - Adults $7
Students with I.D. $3

10 ticket limit

Tickets on sale by - August 24

www.gotmine.com 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Greetings SD GEARUP Staff, Administrators, Teachers, Students and Friends, 
 
 

 

Here we are in April already. If you are like me, you are wondering when the grass started turning green and when did these flowers bloom? I may have to get the lawn mower out soon.


 

Admittedly, we had a mild winter and that seems to keep the winter months a little easier to bear.


 

As the days grow longer, everyone involved in schools is in the middle of major testing. The SD GEARUP staff wishes you the hoped for results in this yearly educational success measuring effort.  


 

Thank you for all the work from students, teachers and families in submitting incredible applications for the SD GEARUP Summer Program. The staff is in the process of scoring all the applications. Be watching for  a published list of accepted students in this eblast and in our newspaper.


 

If you have not submitted your list of your schools 8th graders or Seniors please do so immediately for their inclusion in the last SD GEARUP newspaper of the year. 
 
  

Until next time, live smart!

  

Darla Drew Lerdal

Regional Coordinator and Community Media Outreach

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Activity Report


 

Mac Attack Update 

 

Mackenzie Casey visited over 16 schools during the school year, some of them twice! I know there are teachers reading this and saying to themselves "I didn't know we could ask him to come back for an encore!"

During his visits he worked with over 1150 students. Sports and college awareness go hand in hand, at least when Casey is leading the class.


        Mackenzie Casey readies a group of students for the Mac Attack.


 

Soaring to Greatness, Aviation Workshops

 
Private pilot, Brinda Kuhn, worked with 143 students to provide a hands on science and airplane flight experience. Kuhn gives the students a quick tutorial on drag and lift, balance and velocity before the students get to the main event, a trip in her airplane.

"By the time the students board, they are working through weight distribution to determine who should sit where. It's really an exciting way to learn basic aviation principles."


 Brinda Kuhn and students take to the skies.

Family Nights

 

Depending on your school site coordinator, SD GEARUP activities take on a different spin with each school. Regardless of the approach, the SD GEARUP staff is at the events to inform students and families about the many "need based" funding sources available to students who are considering state universities, private colleges, tribal colleges or technical institutes.
SD GEARUP staffers also introduce young students to the SD GEARUP Summer Honors programs with a video of the summer camp.  There is a mission for the regional coordinators while visiting schools. They are there to collect surveys from parents and students to be included in annual APR required by the US Department of Education. So help out by filling out a short survey next time you see our booth.


      Students and parents fill out the SD GEARUP survey. Thank you!


 

Free Books For Adults

 

Rockyford School  and Wounded Knee District School were recent recipients of books for adult level readers. The concept, from Community Relations Coordinator Darla Drew Lerdal, is to donate books to the schools and pass books on to the community in a "Take Home Library".  A parent or community member comes into the school to grab a book with no expectations of returning the book. Easy for everyone!

If you are interested in a "Take Home Library" there is only one requirement to get the books. You need to have shelves to display the books. How many shelves depends on your space and funding.

Other than that, the books are free. Contact Darla at:
ddrewlerdal@gmail.com to talk about getting books for your community today.

 

          Yaimey Nunez and Darla discuss Rockyford's Take Home Library.    

  

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Science Scholarship Opportunity

 

AISES has partnered with the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) to manage, develop, and further new and existing educational partnerships between the Department of Defense and other organizations in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  The Navy STEM Scholarship Program (Scholarship Program) is designed to reach out to the next generation of scientists and engineers. This program strives to address decreasing numbers of science and engineering graduates by providing financial assistance to students pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) degrees. 

As tuition, cost of living and other related college expenses continue to rise, the program helps students focus on academics instead of mounting financial debt.

NAVSEA was listed as one of the Top 50 Workplaces for Native STEM Professionals in the Spring 2015 issue of the Winds of Change magazine!  Click Here to read the article! NAVSEA

 

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Are you thinking garden yet? If not ... time to start!

 

National Relief Charities, an organization based in Rapid City, will be on the Lower Brule and Crow Creek reservations in early May to till garden plots - at no cost to participants.

 

If you or someone you know is interested, complete the attached application and return it to Lower Brule Community College by NOON on Thursday, April 30. Hunkpati Investments in Fort Thompson is also collecting applications.

 

Feel free to ask with any questions and share with others who might be interest - print applications to share or send the email out.

 

Thank you & enjoy the day,

Jessica
jessicag@lowerbrulecc.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for taking your time to read this SD GEARUP Newsletter. Please feel free to call with comments, questions or story ideas.
Phone 605-341-5940  or ddrewlerdal@gmail.com