A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
Native North American Travelling College – Travel Troupe, Karakwino Square, Donovan Thompson and Satekaronioton Fox, sing a Round Dance for the ABGC members and the Academia Avance students and staff. Photo credit: MJKS.
Tribal Chiefs Ron LaFrance, Eric Thompson and Beverly Cook, along with Sub-Chief Shelley Jacobs and students and staff of Academia Avance.
Jessica Cree-Jock receives several gifts from two students from Academia Avance. Many Avance students will be first generation gradates of high school. Avance prepares each student in many ways for the challenges faced by high school and college. Photo by MJKS.
From the look on their faces, all students and staff thoroughly enjoyed the cultural, academic exchange. Academia Avance has three components to their curriculum and real-life experiences play an important role. These particular students have visited Standing Rock, Kanesatake, and Akwesasne – all centering on concerns and issues about, "water". Photo by MJKS.
Avance Associate, Mr. Banter, (center) enjoys the Round Dance. Avance's School Core principals are Consciousness, Reason, Synergy, and Action. Photo by MJKS.
Second from left, Executive Director, Mr. Ricardo Mireles dances with his students and ABGC members. The school focuses on preparing students with real-world experiences in a professional setting. Photo by MJKS.
AKWESASNE - On Onerahtohkó:wa/May 18, 2017; the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council had the pleasure of concluding Academia Avance's visit to Akwesasne, a Latin college preparatory charter school located in Los Angeles, California. The class traveled to Flint, Michigan; Montreal, Quebec; as well as to the First Nation's communities of Kahnesatake and Kahnawake, to learn about water rights and pollution as they prepare for a presentation at Bennington College. They stopped at Akwesasne to meet with the Tribe's Environment Division's Water Resources Program, Akwesasne Cultural Center, Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club, Akwesasne Freedom School, and Thompson Island Cultural Camp. Tribal Chiefs Ron LaFrance, Eric Thompson and Beverly Cook, along with Sub-Chief Shelley Jacobs welcomed and wished them safe travels as they make their way to Albany, New York to learn about water contamination at Hoosick Falls.
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