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I Report of the Report of the Mashpee Public Schools Administrator of Indian Education Program Special Education The Mashpee Public Schools Indian Education Special Education Administrator: Carla Thomas Program was developed in 1972 and is offered through Assistant Special Education Administrator: the United States Department of Education Title VII Joan Collins Indian Education Formula Grant. The Mashpee Public Schools provided special The Indian Education office is based at the education services during the 2010-2011 school year Mashpee High School and services Native American to an average of 343 students ages three through students at the Kenneth C. Coombs,Quashnet,Middle twenty-one, with a total enrollment of 325 special and High Schools. education students as of June 2011. Fourteen special education students graduated from Mashpee High Tribal Nations represented in the current Indian School, while two special education students gradu- Education Program are comprised of Apache, ated from out of district programs in June of 2011.As Aquinnah Wampanoag, Blackfoot, Cherokee, Herring of June 2011, the Special education student enroll- Pond Wampanoag, Mashpee Wampanoag, Navajo, ment by school consisted of the following: Nipmuc, Ojibwe and United Confederation of Taino People. KCC PreK: 29 66 Our program is comprehensive and focuses on KCC Ket: 01 meeting the needs of Native American students M Mashpee et: 101 through tutoring,counseling and cultural awareness to Mashpee Middle School: 38 Mashpee High School: 59 assist Native American students in the achievement of meeting required state standards. Out of District: 31 Homeschooled: 1 Students obtain services by returning the Total: 325 required ED 506 forms establishing their Tribal The continuum of special education services Cultural identity through their Tribal Roll status as signed b provided range from monitoring of a student's well as permission forms si g y parents and/or progress to more substantially separate programs, guardians for program participation. Progress towards the goal of tutoring is measured by analysis of stan- depending on the individual student needs. The Cape Cod Collaborative continues to serve the Mashpee dard state test scores relating to math and language arts achievement. Public Schools by providing programs,transportation, and support services. Additionally, Mashpee collabo- Staff consists of a program coordinator, rates with the surrounding public school districts, chotherapist, cultural advocate and tutors who also human service agencies, private special education possess a cultural awareness of the Native American schools, and with Cape Cod Child Development in Population. The Parent Committee who oversees the providing appropriate programming for Mashpee stu- progress and development of the program includes dents. Mashpee promotes a strong philosophy of school staff, students and parents/guardians of Native including students with special needs in the life of the American students. school. The special education department also pro- motes parent involvement and continues to provide a In June of 2011, there were a total of one hun- parent education program for parents with children on dred and seventy students serviced. Eleven Native the autism spectrum. American students received their diploma from Mashpee High School. During the 2010-2011 school year, 148 children were screened for Kindergarten children resulting in 2 referrals for further evaluation to determine eligibility for special education. Mashpee's preschool program 140