Indian Education Services

The SPPS Indian Education Program's mission is to assist American Indian students in graduating from high school with a quality education and a positive cultural personal identity.

Indian Education staff visit Creative Arts Secondary School to provide unique cultural services to Native American students and to collaborate with staff on programming.  Below is the current schedule of services:

Once a month on Mondays - School Year 24-25 (9th through 12th grade)

Kerrie Troseth, the Indian Education School Counselor, facilitates the Catching a Dream programming for Native youth at SPPS.  She will be available to students and offer the following services:

• Post-Secondary Planning (11th & 12th grade only) or Short-term Student Counseling or Community Resource Referral Sessions- click here to schedule an appointment

Please note that students must have a SmartPass to access the Indian Education space.  When students schedule a time to meet, Kerrie will generate a SmartPass for students to show their teacher to order to leave class.

Addtional Information:

• Schoology Group: SPPS AIE: Catching a Dream (Indian Education High School Counseling Program - check your Schoology for this group and receive program updates, event notifications, and more.
• Smore e-Newsletter: Kerrie sends out a weekly newsletter to students and primary parents/guardians with updates every Friday.  Please check your emails to review information and opportunities.

Additional Resources

• Nicole Other Medicine, Indian Education School Social Worker assigned to Creative Arts Secondary School
• Kay Urich, Indian Education Chemical Health Counselor
• Indian Education District-wide activities, events, Graduation Eagle Feathers, fees or school-related expenses, and speaker requests, please call the Indian Education main office for assistance at 651-293-5191.