Kickapoo Nation School

Kickapoo Nation School is a K-12 tribal school in

Sac and Fox tribe.^[4]

History

In 1981 it moved into its current facility, which was formerly used by another school.[3]

In 2004 Brent Wasko of the St. Joseph News-Press reported that area residents did not positively perceive the school, and that the school community was working to fight that perception.^[4]

Operations

The

Kansas Department of Education considers Kickapoo School a "nonpublic" school.^[2] The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) counts it as a public school.^[5]

As of 2006 [update] it admits students not registered in Native American tribes but charges them tuition for them as the BIE only gives money for enrolled members of tribes; a non-tribal family price as of that year was $200 per semester or $100 for one student.^[2]

Curriculum

It has a bilingual English-

Kickapoo language program, the only such program in Kansas for an indigenous American language.^[2] The school made efforts to preserve the language.^[3]

According to the

Topeka Capital-Journal, by 2006 there was positive attention on the school's BIE-funded Family and Child Education (FACE) program which has home-based education for both parents and children.^[2]

As of 2006 [update] the school did not have funds to have laptops for their students compared to public schools that received more funding. However beginning in fall 2006 it planned to establish a

virtual learning program to make up for subject matters in which it lacks on-site teachers.^[2]

Student body

In 2004 it had 91 students, all of them being Native American.[4] In 2016 it had 58 students. Many students come from the Kickapoo reservation and a number reside in Topeka.^[3]

Staff

In 2016 it had eight teachers.^[3]

Athletics

As of 2006^[update] because of relatively low enrollment numbers, athletic programs often struggled to find enough students.^[2] In 2004 the track team had seven members.^[4] By 2016 it was making an attempt to form a track team but it had no athletic teams at all at the moment.^[3]