Title VI Program
Title VI is a grant program from the federal government that provides funds for programs which hope to "support and empower American Indian/Alaskan Native students, embrace positive native values, and honor and affirms their past, present, and future contributions to our global society"
Title VI programs help to support a position that provide after school programs for Native American Clubs at each of our schools.
Learn more about our state level program here
Native American Clubs
Each week one Native American Club is held at HMK, MLHMS and GCHS
These clubs:
- Help students connect with and understand native culture, language, traditions, and history
- Create school district spaces that are welcoming and representative of native peoples
- Help to build pride, connection, confidence, for Native American, Alaskan and Hawaiian students
- Provide fun, educational, and connective family events
- Create fundraisers for student opportunities
- Help connect students and their families with resources
- Help to connect native students across the district with one another
- Empower students to feel ownership of their education
- Prepare for their futures by providing college visits, career introduction, field trips, and new experiences
- Advocate for student academic success alongside parents, principals, counselors and teachers.
(NEW!) See the advertisements for 3rd Quarter Clubs Here
HMK Clubs have started! - Check out more information here!
Native American Parent Committee
Grand County School District and the Title VI Coordinator provide space and help facilitate a Native American Parent Committee whose purpose is to set goals, objectives, and purposes for how Title VI grant funds are spent and what the priorities are for Title VI programs.
Meetings are held every Third Thursday of the Month at Margaret L. Hopkin Middle School at 5:15 p.m. All parents, or guardians of Native American, Alaskan, and Hawaiian students are welcomed to participate and contribute to the parent committee.
Contact Title VI Coordinator Jeremy Spaulding for more information - [email protected] or at his office at 435-259-4765
(NEW!) Elections are coming up! At the December 19th Meeting
If you are interested in being our Chair; Vice-Chair, and Secretary we would love to have you email or call at the number and email above.
Job descriptions for the positions are within the Bylaws on page 8 - please read more about them by following this link - This is an important job and we'd love to have more help with our parent committee. It is not a huge commitment, at one hourly meeting a month, and some help with occasional events. Please consider joining our group! If you don't want to be an officer, we are still looking for more parents to join the group as a whole and would love for you to join us for a meeting - every Third Thursday of the month!
Grand County Schools Native News
Every quarter the Title VI Program shares a newsletter with all Native families in the district. See our quarter 2 newsletter by clicking the link below.
(NEW!) Monthly Club Newsletters
- Check here for monthly updates from our club leader Ricky Begaye
(NEW!) 506 Forms - Fill it now and share it!
The 506 Form is the primary way our title vi grant is funded. Students that are registered with a 506 form on file help us to fund programming for clubs and other activities offered for indigenous students and their families.
506 Forms must be filled out only once for each student once they are in our district and are kept in their file.
You can fill out your form online and share it:
1. Follow this LINK
2. Fill out the fillable PDF Form
3. Click Print and choose "Save as PDF"
4. Send the form to [email protected]
Contact Title VI Coordinator at 435-259-4765 and he can answer any questions you have
(NEW!) Scholarships and Financial Aid For Indigenous Students
Keep an eye here for updated information - this section will build out with more resources over time!
The ONFFSA Spring/Winter Application opened on Sep. 25th and closes Nov. 25th - if you have a graduating senior Navajo student, take the time to fill out your ONNFSA Application and ensure you have the best chance for assistance with any ongoing education they choose after high school.
Need more help? - Contact Sally Sederstrom - her office is located in the library at GCHS.
Sally Sederstrom, MBA, MS
Grand County High School
Moab, Utah
Utah College Advising Corps
541-357-9382
(NEW!) Family Nights
Family nights are happening every Third Friday Night at 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.! We hope you'll join us! Check out recent updates below!
