Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School Staff Host Open House

By CHRIS C. JENKINS
Staff Reporter

BRIGHTON — Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School students, faculty and parents geared up for the school’s second school year with an Open House, held Aug. 14.

With approximately 166 students enrolled this year, Principal Russell Brown said he hopes this year will be as successful as the last.

“We wanted to give students an opportunity to meet their teachers and find out what supplies they need and to bring them, as well as give families and parents an opportunity to meet their kids’ teachers and find out what the rules are and procedures et cetera for the school year,” Brown said. “It also gave the families and children a chance to meet all the different departments at one time.”

Mom Carrera Gopher took her son, Justin, one of 17 students starting kindergarten this year, to the Open House.

“It is a new experience for the both of us,” Gopher said. “I am excited and slightly nervous. I am excited because my son is starting his first year of school and all of the new opportunity for him, but nervous because my baby is going to school now and he is growing up.”

Kindergarten through fifth grade Seminole history and Creek Substitute Teacher Jade Braswell said she is looking forward to another year. However, she also admits some of the curriculum poses challenges.

The Brighton resident said she continues to enjoy growing, exploring, and learning the Seminole culture. Dissecting information, making changes and including information as well as tailoring the curriculum based on grade level are all a part of the transition into each new school year.

“I enjoy it all and jump at the opportunity to teach because I feel you cannot really know who you are until you know where you come from,” Braswell said.