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He is also the founder of an organization called Running Strong for Native American Youth. The students gave an opening prayer in the Wopanaak and Lakota language in honor of him. The Indian Education program also hosted an end -of- year sendoff cultural social. All community members were welcome. The turnout was wonderful. The families and community members shared an unforgettable experience that covered various aspects of indigenous culture. There was drumming by "Eastern Suns", and the food was exceptionally delicious and prepared by "Lady Slipper Cuisine". They shared the experience of a native social with the entire school and included different tribes in the process. The event was one not to be forgotten. The Indian Education program had 7 graduating seniors. The graduates are presently attending, or planning shortly to attend, the following colleges: Cape Cod Community College, Mount Ida College, Emmanuel College, University of Rhode Island, American International College, and the University of New England. The staff was also proactive with being advocates for sobriety education, and adhering to our cultural ties. The staff had a large focus on the cultural aspect of the program this year. By working with the Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project, it provided the Native students with the opportunity of learning Algonquian linguistics (the Wampanoag language that has not been fluently spoken for approximately 150 years). The merge helped fulfill the student's cultural -based knowledge in the program's journey of interactive learning of the W6panaak language. The Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project (WLRP) volunteered to work in conjunction with the Indian Education program this year. The WLRP staff worked with students in the Kenneth C. Coombs School (grades k-2) twice a week and provided them with lunch bunch activities while providing the Native students with W6panaak language instruction. WLRP also worked with the Native students at the Quashnet School (grades 3-6) once a week and provided the Indian Education students with after -school activities and provided the students with W6panaak language instruction. The WLRP staff plan to continue volunteering their services to the Indian Education Program and has future plans on expanding their services to reach the Mashpee Middle/High School students (grades 7-12). Report of the Cape Cod Regional Technical High School Cape Cod Regional Technical High School will provide an opportunity to acquire high quality technical, academic, and social skills preparing our students for success in our changing world. Cape Cod Regional Technical High School (CCRTHS) was established in 1973 as a public technical high school. The CCRTHS district draws students from 12 towns extending from Mashpee to Provincetown. For our school year 2015-2016, we had 618 students enrolled in 17 different technical programs with an operating budget of $14,532,300. The Town of Mashpee had 56 students enrolled at CCRTHS as of October 1, 2015. The assessment for Mashpee in FY16 was $1,166,386 (based on previous October 1 enrollment.) Mashpee had 57 students enrolled at CCRTHS as of October 1, 2016. Notably 22% of the 24 eligible Mashpee Junior and Senior students are enrolled in the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) which speaks to the excellent education they received at Cape Cod Tech and the Mashpee Middle School. Currently, the President of the NTHS is a Mashpee student. Mashpee has 14 ninth graders enrolled in the exploratory phase of shop selection while the other 43 upper class students are enrolled in 16 different shops. Nine of those students are enrolled in Health Technologies, with 4 each in Graphic Arts, Auto Collision, Cosmetology, and Information Technologies. The remaining 18 students are enrolled in other shops. While some of these students will elect to continue their education in college, all will be able to walk directly into well paid jobs upon graduation. By comparison, getting a certificate in cosmetology after high school typically costs $10,000. Duplicating just the facilities available in the Auto Tech shop would require a capital investment of over $200,000. Cape Cod Tech's enrollment fractions of English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged, and High Needs students are even higher than in the Mashpee School District. Sharing the cost of a vocational technical education in a regional vocational technical high school makes good sense. 155