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