| Kickapoo Nation School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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400 1st Street ,, 66527 United States | |
| Information | |
| NCES School ID | 590010300102[1] |
| Website | kickapoonationschool.org |
Kickapoo Nation School is a K-12 tribal school inPowhattan, Kansas, United States. It is affiliated with theBureau of Indian Affairs (BIE).[2] It is the sole tribal school in the state.[3] The school is 6 miles (9.7 km) north of theKickapoo Indian Reservation.[4] The school serves, in addition toKickapoo people, thePotawotami tribe and theSac and Fox tribe.[5]
In 1981 it moved into its current facility, which was formerly used by another school.[4]
In 2004 Brent Wasko of theSt. Joseph News-Press reported that area residents did not positively perceive the school, and that the school community was working to fight that perception.[5]
TheKansas Department of Education considers Kickapoo School a "nonpublic" school.[3] TheNational Center for Education Statistics (NCES) counts it as a public school.[6]
As of 2006[update] it admits students not registered in Native American tribes but charges them tuition for them as the BIE only gives money for enrolled members of tribes; a non-tribal family price as of that year was $200 per semester or $100 for one student.[3]
It has a bilingual English-Kickapoo language program, the only such program in Kansas for an indigenous American language.[3] The school made efforts to preserve the language.[4]
According to theTopeka Capital-Journal, by 2006 there was positive attention on the school's BIE-funded Family and Child Education (FACE) program which has home-based education for both parents and children.[3]
As of 2006[update] the school did not have funds to have laptops for their students compared to public schools that received more funding. However beginning in fall 2006 it planned to establish avirtual learning program to make up for subject matters in which it lacks on-site teachers.[3]
In 2004 it had 91 students, all of them being Native American.[5] In 2016 it had 58 students. Many students come from the Kickapoo reservation and a number reside inTopeka.[4]
In 2016 it had eight teachers.[4]
As of 2006[update] because of relatively low enrollment numbers, athletic programs often struggled to find enough students.[3] In 2004 the track team had seven members.[5] By 2016 it was making an attempt to form a track team but it had no athletic teams at all at the moment.[4]
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