2019-04-04

OSPRA CHARTER SUSPENDED



WAKPAMNI LAKE – Following a failed vote to table the issue, the OST Council voted 12-5 to suspend the charter and remove the board of directors of the Oglala Sioux Parks and Recreation Authority during the council’s regular March session on Tuesday at the Wakpamni Lake community building. “The land and natural resources committee met and were concerned about the […]

NEW LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD VISITOR CENTER

CROW AGENCY, MT – The National Park Service recently finalized its plan to approve a new visitor center and 7,000-square-foot curation facility for Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. The next step, before construction can begin, will be to secure funding. “This is the first big step of many for a new visitor center and curation facility that will improve interpretive […]

FIRST GRADE NEWS

AMERICAN HORSE SCHOOL



This month is first grade we have had many visitors. Our school celebrated Read Across America Week by having some special guests come read to students. First grade initially saw a firefighter from the nearby town of Martin. He very patiently listened to all of their questions about his gear. After this he read them the story, Mr.Brown Can Moo […]

FUN WITH SCIENCE

AMERICAN HORSE SCHOOL


Students also wanted to have fun. And as much as I wanted them to enjoy learning, I always incorporate it with games and simple experiments like in Science. This month, they had the chance to make their own vanilla ice cream with simple ingredients using their bare hands. Since it was a new experience for them, they were not fully […]

MARCH OF THE FACE

During the month of March the Face students have been busy preparing for the Spring Science Fair. They started earlier with how to make homemade ice-cream by shaking the ice-cream mixture with salt and ice. The students with the help of their parents mixed together cream, milk and vanilla. They shook the mixture in bags of ice and salt until […]

MARCH SAFETY


This month, The Falcons learned about safety and why it is important to follow safety rules and tips. We started the month off by having the Wildland Firefighters from the Pine Ridge Fire Department speak to us about what to do in the event of a fire, how to carefully handle fireworks, who to call when there is a fire, […]

MIDDLE SCHOOL HAPPENINGS

AMERICAN HORSE SCHOOL

American Horse School students are going mad for math. Currently the 8th grade Buffalo are finishing up their unit on Functions and will soon be starting their Geometry Unit. The 7th grade Eagles are using proportional relationships to solve simple interest, tax, gratuity, markup, and commission problems. Both 6th grades, Hawks A and Hawks B, just finished working on multiplying […]

SCIENCE FROM PARK RANGERS

AMERICAN HORSE SCHOOL

What does a scientist look like? This is what park rangers from the Badlands National Park asked American Horse School middle school students during their visit on March 20th. Many students drew pictures of crazed men in lab coats holding bubbling potions. By the end of the presentation, this image had changed. Instead of drawing nerds with wacky hairdos, students […]

8TH GRADE – BUFFALO


8th grade Buffalo are getting anxious as the year is quickly approaching its end. They are picking their class colors, class moto, class flower, and graduation song. They are still fundraising for their class trip and their excitement grows every day. Before you know it, they will be walking across that stage and moving onto the next steps in their […]