Cherokee Nation Adds Sixth Grade and iPads to Bolster Language Education

From http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/09/cherokee-nation-adds-sixth-grade-and-ipads-to-bolster-native-american-education

Cherokee Nation Adds Sixth Grade and iPads to Bolster Native American Education
September 25, 2011

Some changes are happening this year at the Cherokee Nation’s Sequoyah Schools. The nation has added the sixth grade to its immersion school and provided iPads to seventh and eighth grade classrooms to expand they way subjects are taught.

For the first time since 1956, students attending the Cherokee Nation’s Immersion School—part of Sequoyah’s school district—can complete 12 consecutive years in the same school system.

The immersion style classroom started in 2001 at Cherokee Nation Head Start. Immersion means that all classes are conducted in Cherokee; no English is spoken or written during class time. This is an important way for Native American students to retain their culture and language.

Read the full article at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/09/cherokee-nation-adds-sixth-grade-and-ipads-to-bolster-native-american-education

Read a blog post about the immersion school on the Spoken First blog at http://falmouthinstitute.com/language/2011/09/students-continue-cherokee-tradition-of-merging-language-and-technology