Shonto Boarding School - Shush Yearbook (Shonto, AZ)

Page 80 text:

RECOGNITION FOR YEARS SERVICE :viable Grass, Head cook CAct,l Some 31 years ago in a little hogan school in Shonto Canyon, Mable Grass began her long career of working with Navajo children. Times and working conditions in 1943 were far dif- I ferent from those of today. Mrs. Grass did the cooking, baking and washing for the children, tending to their needs throughout the day. There were no shifts - only needs to be met. Mrs. Grass must often think of her experiences when she traveled by team and wagon or on horse-back to Tuba City Boarding School. This trip required two days with a camp out at Red Lake. After six years at Tuba City, Mable made the long trip by truck on the dirt road to Flagstaff where the train would take her to Ft. Wingate. After completing four years at Ft. - Wingate she returned home. In 1913, Mable was born, close by the place where she now works in 1974. Her mother was Mary Manygoats of the Bitterwater clan. Her father's name was Tsayutcissi of the Edgewater clan. During her early years, she learned the vital life lessons of hard work and responsibility from her parents and relatives. She has applied these values to her work as a federal employee, discharging her responsibilities capably and faithfully. One indicator is the 2500 hours of sick leave that Mrs. Grass has to her credit. Mable Grass must be remembered, respected and numbered among those on the honor roll of school employees which includes Jack Harjadene and Lynda Voltz, who contributed their best to the Shonto Boarding School. V

Page 79 text:

DEPARTMENT HEADS Arlie Anderson - Academic Royce Davis - Academic James Roth - Education Specialist, 89-10 Jerry Diebel - Guidance Nw .e A ln Laurence Smith - Education Specialist, Reading Randy Hiner - Student Activity Director S 1

Page 81 text:

Jean Snow, Department Head, Guidance. What does a new teacher have left to do after her first class locks her in the classroom closet? She becomes a Guidance Supervisor! This is the life story of our Miss Snow who left a shel- tered life in Salt Lake City for the SiouxReservation roughly twenty-five years ago, and according to Miss Snow, it was rough, Q Q With ten years of experience in guidance, both enlightening and delighting Sioux children, Miss Snow, feeling that she had done all that she could to the Sioux, moved in on the Navajo at Intermountain. One thing led to another until her presence was noticeable at the Chinle Boarding School, at that time the largest school on the Navajo reservation. There Miss Snow's professional skills and survival instincts were honed to a fine point. This training, structured by her supervisor, a Mr. Smith, I believe, was to serve her well, especially in her late, late years, From Chinle Miss Snow then moved on to Tuba City where her efforts were aided and abetted by her counterpart there, a Miss Anderson who some people at Shonto may also recall. Two years of unstinting devotion to duty at Tuba were justly rewarded with a promotion to Shonto. At Shonto, after 25 years in the B.I.A., Miss Snow finally reached the apex of her career, working long and hard for a program and a people. Actually, few if any have done as much for the safety, well-being and development of Navajo children as Miss Snow has done. She devoted the best years of her life to the children, working unceasingly to provide for their needs and wants. It has been said no one person is indispensable to an organization. Miss Snow is the exception to this saying. There is no other Miss Snow. She will certainly be remem- bered by generations of Navajo children and their parents. Written by Principal Arthur Smith who has worked with Miss Snow for 15 years at Chinle, Tuba City and Shonto.