| Orange County Schools' Native American Parent | | | | to meet Orange County Schools' performance |
| Advisory Committee | | | | standards; by ensuring that Native American students |
| Orange County Schools have taken an active role in | | | | partake in their school's Federal, State and local |
| the developing quality programs for all their members | | | | programs as considered necessary; by providing |
| of their diverse student population. One program that | | | | recruitment activities and family liaison services to |
| has been developed is aimed at aiding student | | | | meet the culturally related academic needs of Native |
| performance and improving instructional opportunities | | | | American students; and by providing professional |
| for students of Native American heritage. In order to | | | | development opportunities to ensure that staff are |
| better achieve these aims the Orange County | | | | properly trained and prepared to do work with Native |
| School's Native American Parent Advisory Committee | | | | American students. |
| was created. The Native American Parent Advisory | | | | Native American Parent Advisory Committee's Senior |
| Committee acts under Title VII federal guidelines. It is | | | | Recognition Night |
| composed of eight members; six elected members | | | | Every year the Native American Parent Advisory |
| and two non-elected positions. | | | | Committee recognizes graduating seniors from |
| The elected positions of President, Vice President, | | | | Orange County Schools. The event includes |
| Treasurer, Secretary, Teacher Representative, and | | | | refreshments, speakers, donations, community |
| Student Representative are elected at the beginning | | | | sponsorship and a Native American dance |
| of each school year and a nominated by parents of | | | | demonstration. A new sponsor for this year's |
| Orange County Schools. The non-elected positions | | | | program is the L.A. Dodgers baseball team. Senior |
| currently are Chris Eslick Coordinator, Title VII-Native | | | | Recognition Night honors those students of Native |
| American Program and Oryden Gould, Title VII | | | | American heritage who have worked to excel in |
| Community Liaison/Secretary, who is of Cherokee | | | | academic achievement within Orange County Schools. |
| decent. | | | | Senior Recognition Night is also a way for the Native |
| The program is intended to support Native American | | | | American Parent Advisory Committee to recognize |
| students in attaining high marks in reading, language | | | | the families of these students and connect to the |
| arts, and mathematics. It meets this goal: by | | | | community. |
| providing services in helping Native American students | | | | |