Native American Parent Advisory Committee

Greetings Parents/Guardians,

I hope you are all off to a wonderful school year during this unique time as we are all navigating through sending our children to school during a pandemic. I hope this letter finds your family healthy and happy. We are excited for another wonderful year of ISD 196 Indian Education programming. I am Nicole Lonetree Brovold, I am the chair of our Native American Parent Advisory Committee. I am an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and a descendent of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. I am a graduate of Eagan High School and an alumni of the ISD 196 Indian Education Program. I have three children in the district and enjoy being involved in our district and the Indian Education Program.  

Our Native American Parent Advisory Committee (NAPAC) membership consists of Indigenous parents who are actively involved in consulting with ISD 196 in many different areas as well as providing guidance to our Indian Education Program. We work closely with the Indian Education staff to help them meet the needs of our Indigenous students. Our students are our number one priority and we want to make sure that each student is being supported. 

The mission of the American Indian Education program is to meet the unique cultural and academic needs of our American Indian learners. Our program explores the rich indigenous heritage, history and narratives of the many American Indian tribes, and strives to restore and promote the innovation and importance of the culture. We are fortunate to have an amazing Indian Education staff who can support our students during their school days as well as providing cultural and academic programming outside of school. 

Each year, we send out a parent survey. We utilize this survey in our planning and implementation process for the Indian Education Program. We want to hear from all of our families to help guide our programming. We depend on the survey results to continue to support the needs of our students. Our deadline to collect our survey results is December 31, 2021. 

We encourage everyone to participate in the survey prior to our deadline. We would also love to have more parent involvement in our Indian Education Program and NAPAC. Please visit our NAPAC page on the district website for our monthly meeting dates. We encourage you to attend our meetings throughout the school year. Thank you for taking the time to help support our Indian Education Program and our Indigenous students.

Pinigigi,

Nicole Lonetree Brovold

ISD 196 NAPAC Chair

Parent / Guardian Survey: https://district196.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7PNIJNCrEZMLLsG