| Quileute Tribal School | |
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 47°54′30″N 124°38′17″W / 47.90833°N 124.63806°W |
| Information | |
| Type | K-12 school |
| Established | 1979 |
| NCES School ID | 590012700127[1] |
| Gender | co-ed |
| Age range | 5-18 |
| Mascot | Wolves |
Quileute Tribal School (QTS) is a Quileute, Native American school located in La Push, Washington. It is a K-12 school, serving students in grades kindergarten – 12. QTS is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).[2] It has a compact with the state of Washington and receives a grant from the BIE.[3]
The school is accredited by AdvancED.[4]
The school was founded in 1979.[5]
There were ten elderly speakers of the Quileute language in 1977,[6] and "a few" in 1999. The Quileute Nation is attempting to prevent the loss of the Quileute language by teaching it to students in the Quileute Tribal School, using books written for the students by the tribal elders. The Quileute Tribal School is the most common way that Quileutes spread their language that (as of 1992) only 3 people, two in their 80s, speak fluently.[7]
- ^ "Search for Public Schools - Quileute Tribal School (590012700127)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "Quileute Tribal School". Bureau of Indian Education. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Types of Tribal Schools". Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ Institution Summary, AdvancED, Retrieved 2012-07-10
- ^ Nee-Benham, Maenette K. P.; Cooper, Joanne E. (2000). Indigenous Educational Models for Contemporary Practice. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. p. 169-170. ISBN 1-4106-0542-6.
- ^ "Quileute". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ^ "Indian Elders Save Dying Language Only Three People Still Are Fluent in Quileute". The Rocky Mountain News. E. W. Scripps Company. 1992-05-31. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 3 January 2009.