Please contact the Youth Coordinator; Jamie La Chappa at: jamie@mesagrandeband-nsn.gov.
It is the mission of the Mesa Grande Y outh Program to promote healthy living, wellness, and knowledge; and build a culture that embraces education, recreation, and tribal traditions. Tribal members use of activities helps develop the community with the visitation to improve the quality of life for all Tribal Members.
The Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians are very proud of our youth and their achievements throughout the years and would like to celebrate these achievements. It truly does take a village to raise and encourage today’s young ones as they prepare to enter the modern era through accomplishments in education, athleticism, and the arts. While continuing to practice our traditional ways.
The Youth Program is open to all enrolled members and verified pending enrollment. The applicant must provide a letter of enrollment verification or pending enrollment verification from the Enrollment Committee.
All youth requesting sponsorship from the Y outh Program will be required to attend hours of classes or volunteer hours during the calendar year. The number of hours required is based on grade level. Pre-K – 3rd graders are required to attend 20 hours per calendar year. 4th graders-6th graders are required to attend 30 hours per calendar year. 7th graders-12th graders are required to 40 hours per calendar year. Required hours can be accounted for by attending cultural classes or events put on by the Youth Program, such as beading class, sewing class, gourd class, bird singing class, language class, art class, volunteering at the annual Tekamuk Gathering, etc. If the required hours are not accounted for after the calendar year, parents will be responsiblefor the repayment of the sponsorship.
The Youth Program is proud to contribute to Mesa Grande Youth’s education, such as providing funds for tutoring, AP classes, SAT and ACTs, field trips, and schooling supplies. The Youth Program also provides funds for enrolling and providing equipment in extracurricular activities such as school band, school clubs, school sports, and travel sports. The Youth Program is continuing to encourage participation in Culture-based programs, such as language classes, basket weaving classes, sewing classes, art classes, and bird singing and dancing classes.
Youth Sponorship form, link below
RSVP: https://forms.gle/FeawyQj2eRZNgfy59
The Youth Program is working on a notification center to help notify and remind parents of upcoming events and classes that the Youth Program will be holding. Please help me by following this link, adding the parents name, email, cell phone number and your children’s name and age. Please follow the link below:
Happy New Year!! The Youth Program wants to start off strong in 2023! I would like to take this time to remind Tribal Members how the Youth Program can help our kids! The Youth Program can help pay for extracurricular activities, equipment for those activities, tutoring, SAT & PSAT tests, driving school, band, extra supplies for school, field trips. If you have any questions or curiosity’s, please do not hesitate to contact me. I’d also like to get suggestions of classes/activities the kids would be interested in. In 2022, we had a language class, basket weaving class and sewing class. We are looking forward to continuing those classes and adding additional classes such as a gourd making class. But I would like to hear from you!! We also would like to plan a youth only gathering. We are also looking into handing out gas gift cards to help our members who attend that live off of the reservation to ensure that our kids don’t miss out. Please contact me by message on here or by email jamie@mesagrandeband-nsn.gov
Mesa Grande Youth Classes
All classes are held at the Mesa Grande Tribal Office, if you need a ride to any class you can contact Jamie @ jamie@mesagrandeband-nsn.gov
Sewing Class with Tasheena Kitchen: remaining class Saturday 11/26 2:00 – 6:00 pm
Language Class with Anthony Trujillo: remaining classes, every Wednesday 5:00 – 7:00 pm. 11/30, 12/07, 12/14, 12/21, & 12/28
Basket Weaving Class with Tasheena Kitchen: remaining class, Tuesday 12/6 4:00 – 6:00 pm.
Summer Language Class
Introduction to Iipay Aa
Class to start June 20th – August 1st
10:30 am start, Lunch 12:00 – 1:00, class ends 2:00 pm
For on Reservation children only, we can offer transportation. Please call the Tribal Office to coordinate.
The Youth Program is working with Anthony Trujillo to create a language class for our Youth to attend during summer. Please take this survey below to help us prepare for participation.