Shonto Boarding School - Shush Yearbook (Shonto, AZ)

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SHONTO SCHOOL BOARD Lawrence Isaac-President Herman Williams-Vice-President Hubert Laughter-Secretary Ray Bigman Nlickey Begay Robert Graymountain Gilmore Graymountain Wilder Smallcanyon Owen Jasper Buster Nez Alfred Nelson PARENT COUNCIL James Sonny-President Alfred Nelson-Vice-President Hubert Laughter-Secretary Nora Maloney Joe Smith Kate Davis Owen Jasper Buster Nez Robert Graymountain Gilmore Graymountain Lawrence Isaac, President of the School Board. James Sonny, President of the Parent Council

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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.

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l Standing: Ray Bigman, Gilmore Graymountain, Wilder Smallcanyon, Robert Graymountain, Nora Maloney. Seated: Alfred Nelson, Lawrence Isaac, Herman Williams. r 1 Left to Right: Wilder Smallcanyon, Ray Bigman, Gilmore Graymountain. lf! I .fl 1, Hubert Laughter, Secretary of the Parent Council and School Board. 79