American Indian Education
For more information contact Moana Miller at (619) 445-8676, or via e-mail at moanamiller@alpineschools.net
The Alpine Union School District receives federal funding through Title VII to support the needs of the American Indian students in our district. The district works collaboratively with the Viejas Education Center and the Viejas Indian School to provide educational support to students.
The purpose of the Title VII program is to support the efforts of local educational agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, postsecondary institutions, and other entities to meet the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students, so that such students can meet the same challenging State student academic achievement standards as all other students are expected to meet.
Programs authorized by Title VII must:
- Identify American Indian students most at-risk of not meeting state standards
- Assess the needs of students and their families
- Support research-based, comprehensive educational programs to help reduce the educational barriers that result from cultural and linguistic needs
- Ensure that students receive appropriate coordinated educational services, including support services that address their special needs
- Help American Indian students achieve the same standards as developed for other students
An elected parent committee of American Indian parents meets throughout the school year to monitor student progress and program implementation. The goal of this committee is to work collaboratively to provide for the needs of the American Indian students. At the beginning of each school year, parents of identified American Indian students are invited to nominate themselves and be elected to the committee. Agendas for the American Indian Parent Committee for Education (AIPC) meetings are posted throughout the district at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. All meetings are held in the District Office Conference Room, located at 1323 Administration Way.
Defined by federal law (NCLB, Title VII, Subpart 5, Section 7151), an Indian is an individual who is:
1) A member of an Indian tribe or band, as membership is defined by the tribe of band, including:
- Any tribe or band terminated since 1940; and
- Any tribe or band recognized by the State in which the tribe or band resides;
2) A descendent, in the first or second degree, of an individual described in subparagraph (1)
3) Considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian for any purpose;
4) An Eskimo, Aleut, or other Alaska Native; or
5) A member of an organized Indian group that received a grant under the Indian Education Act of 1988 as in effect the day preceding the date of enactment of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994.
Parents of students who meet the above guidelines will be asked to complete a 506 Form which will be kept on file at the school.