The Cherokee Immersion School (ᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ, Tsalagi Tsunadeloquasdi) is a Cherokee language immersion school in Park Hill, Oklahoma, with a Tahlequah post office address.[1][2] It is for children during pre-school to grade 8.
It was founded by the Cherokee Nation in 2001 for the purpose of preserving the heavily endangered Cherokee language.[3] Students must be members of a federally recognized tribe, and an application process is used as class size is limited.[4] After finishing at the Cherokee Immersion School, students typically transfer to an affiliated school for grades 7 and 8. Attending the immersion school can help students enroll into Sequoyah High School (grades 9 through 12).[5] Total enrollment was reported to be 141 in August 2018.[5]
- ^ "Cherokee Immersion Charter Sch 11T001". Oklahoma Department of Education.
16951 W Cherokee St, Tahlequah, OK, 74465
- Compare the address to the U.S. Census Bureau maps. Please note the school is not (as of 2020) in the Tahlequah city limits. The city of Houston stated in 1996 that the US Postal Service does not match city names of postal addresses to actual municipal boundaries. - ^ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Park Hill CDP, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/3). Retrieved 2022-07-20. - Compare to the physical location indicated by the postal address.
- ^ Overall, Michael (Feb 7, 2018). "As first students graduate, Cherokee immersion program faces critical test: Will the language survive?". Tulsa World. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ^ "Immersion School". Cherokee Nation. Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
- ^ a b Crawford, Grant (August 15, 2018). "Cherokees learning the language". Tahlequah Daily Press. Archived from the original on January 30, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.