Cherokee High School Honor Rolls – 3rd Quarter

For quarter one of 2018, employees at Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos made a strong start to the year by accumulating a total of 27,056 service hours through the companies’ employee community outreach program,

In late February, I traveled to Oklahoma as the Native American ToothFairy for my Dreamstarter Project.

The principal of Cherokee High School recently hit the pinnacle of educational achievement, but she is by no means finished with her education and learning.  Debora Foerst defended her disquisition successfully on Wednesday, March 21 and will have her doctorate in education (EdD) degree conferred upon her from Western Carolina University in May. 

The Purple Warrior Foundation, founded in 2013 by former Miss Cherokee Taylor Wilnoty, started as an avenue to help educate EBCI tribal members about Epilepsy. 

For the first time in the school’s history, the New Kituwah Academy will be represented at the North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair. 

In recent months, Southwestern Community College’s Educational Opportunities department has partnered with the Mother Town Healing Project through the Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) of the Qualla Boundary to provide employability skills training, career opportunities and additional support to tribal members recovering from addiction.

This January has been one for the books. I started my fourth semester at Carson-Newman University, and I have been preparing for my upcoming travel with my board.