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Welcome to the ASSIST page!
ASSIST is the American Indian Student Special Issues Strategic Team. The team is an ad hoc task force developed primarily to address the achievement scores of Native American students in the Bismarck Public Schools. The ASSIST is made up of school personnel and community individuals who are interested in these issues and is open to anyone. Meetings are held on an as-needed basis but at least quarterly. Meeting dates and minutes will be posted here.
The ASSIST is working to address the various needs of American Indian students, whether it is academic, social/behavioral, cultural or other. There are several initiatives that comprise an overall strategy that include tutoring, parent/community liaisons, essential understandings and others. This website is one such strategy that seeks to accomplish several goals:
- To assist teaching professionals in connecting with Native American students in order to increase student motivation and achievement.
- To assist teaching professionals in accessing Native American content to incorporate into classroom subject matter and learning outcomes in order to increase Native American student interest, motivation and achievement.
- To better connect parents, schools, students and communities in order to strengthen support systems for Native American students, enabling them to achieve scholastically.
- To provide a forum for culturally appropriate and accurate information about Native American populations, challenges and resources in the school district.
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