Information for the Parent!!

A strong identity builds self-esteem. The ALRD offers a place where Anishinabe is accepted as a comfortable place where our children can learn their language and cultural heritage. Please read the following excerpt from the Tribal Observer regarding the Immersion Program…

“The Early Childhood Center/Ogemaw School along with the Anishinabe Language Revitalization Department (ALRD) is offering full language immersion classrooms. This is a unique opportunity for our community to revitalize our nearly lost and beautiful language by nurturing and developing it in early learners with supportive determined parents. All classrooms will follow the same curriculum the only difference is immersion classrooms will present in Anishinabemowin and non-immersion classrooms will present in English.

The Early Childhood Center/Ogemaw School will be kicking off a new curriculum called the Creative Curriculum. It is an electronic system which will align information for teachers into age appropriate lessons, activities and assessment tools. It has many wonderful reporting capabilities so the parents will be well informed within a documented process. It is identified by the Michigan Department of Education School Readiness Program, and is used by Central Michigan University in the Child Development and Learning Laboratory.”

(Excerpt taken from the Tribal Observer May 1, 2010, Volume 21, Issue 5, Page 20 by Bonnie Ekdahl, SCA Curriculum Consultant.)

Please call the Language Department at (989) 775-4026 if you have any further questions or concerns. Miigwech!