Programs

The Title VI Indian Education program will work to ensure Indian students’ success in Frontier Public Schools and beyond, connect them to their tribal cultures and communities, and increase the cultural awareness of all students within the school district.

Through the Peer Mentor and Tutor Program (PMTP), students who are identified as being in “at-risk” situations will be paired or put in groups with peers who will act as mentors and/or tutors, i.e. students in school org. leadership or advocacy roles, academically successful, or involved/knowledgeable of their tribal language(s), culture(s), and traditions. Through these mentorships and academic support (both of which are strategies for drop-out prevention) as well as family/parent involvement, PMTP’s objective is to increase support for at-risk students in middle school through high school.

The College and Career Readiness program will target two objectives: (1) increase academic achievement in students beginning in middle school using culturally-responsive college preparation activities and (2) increase career readiness skills in students beginning in middle school using culturally-responsive career preparation activities.

Lastly, Native Reclamations is a program that targets the objective of increasing knowledge of cultural identity and awareness for pre-kindergarten students through high school. This program will provide cultural enrichment activities (coordinated with local tribes), culturally-responsive early childhood activities, Indian education activities (including languages and histories of all students’ tribes if available), Native American Studies elective at the HS level, Otoe-Missouria Language Instruction at the HS level, Otoe-Missouria Culture and History at the MS level, and Otoe-Missouria Language instruction at the ES level through our partnership with the Otoe-Missouria Language Department.