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Education of our young is an investment that will continue to pay off for generations of our people. But consider – if they could be educated while immersed in their native language, the return would be beyond measure.
The numbers of Ojibwe people that can converse in the language is rapidly declining. Other Ojibwe reservations in the Great Lakes region are facing the same situation. Lac Courte Oreilles is where children are immersed in Ojibwe language as a strategy of saving an endangered Native language. The K-8 school is the first and only Wisconsin Indian language immersion school where Native language is the medium of instruction.
The school organizes its curriculum around common core learning standards, including experiences in English language arts, mathematics, and fundamentals of other subjects. Instruction is conducted entirely. in the Ojibwe language with sequenced coursework provided to students that simultaneously offers an academic and authentic cultural elementary middle education.
Waadookodaading was publicly chartered by the Hayward Community School District from 2001-2014. As a non-instrumentality Charter School of the District, Waadookodaading designed its own instructional program while meeting Wisconsin education performance standards. Since the beginning of 2015, Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute has worked with the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School to provide and Ojibwe language medium track for students enrolled at the LCO Ojibwe School.
Education of our young is an investment that will continue to pay off for generations of our people. But consider – if they could be educated while immersed in their native language, the return would be beyond measure.
The numbers of Ojibwe people that can converse in the language is rapidly declining. Other Ojibwe reservations in the Great Lakes region are facing the same situation. Lac Courte Oreilles is where children are immersed in Ojibwe language as a strategy of saving an endangered Native language. The K-8 school is the first and only Wisconsin Indian language immersion school where Native language is the medium of instruction.
The school organizes its curriculum around common core learning standards, including experiences in English language arts, mathematics, and fundamentals of other subjects. Instruction is conducted entirely. in the Ojibwe language with sequenced coursework provided to students that simultaneously offers an academic and authentic cultural elementary middle education.
Waadookodaading was publicly chartered by the Hayward Community School District from 2001-2014. As a non-instrumentality Charter School of the District, Waadookodaading designed its own instructional program while meeting Wisconsin education performance standards. Since the beginning of 2015, Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute has worked with the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School to provide and Ojibwe language medium track for students enrolled at the LCO Ojibwe School.
Education of our young is an investment that will continue to pay off for generations of our people. But consider – if they could be educated while immersed in their native language, the return would be beyond measure.
The numbers of Ojibwe people that can converse in the language is rapidly declining. Other Ojibwe reservations in the Great Lakes region are facing the same situation. Lac Courte Oreilles is where children are immersed in Ojibwe language as a strategy of saving an endangered Native language. The K-8 school is the first and only Wisconsin Indian language immersion school where Native language is the medium of instruction.
The school organizes its curriculum around common core learning standards, including experiences in English language arts, mathematics, and fundamentals of other subjects. Instruction is conducted entirely. in the Ojibwe language with sequenced coursework provided to students that simultaneously offers an academic and authentic cultural elementary middle education.
Waadookodaading was publicly chartered by the Hayward Community School District from 2001-2014. As a non-instrumentality Charter School of the District, Waadookodaading designed its own instructional program while meeting Wisconsin education performance standards. Since the beginning of 2015, Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute has worked with the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School to provide and Ojibwe language medium track for students enrolled at the LCO Ojibwe School.
At Waadookodaading, our mission is to create proficient speakers of the Ojibwe language who are able to meet the challenges of our rapidly changing world. Learn More:
At Waadookodaading, our mission is to create proficient speakers of the Ojibwe language who are able to meet the challenges of our rapidly changing world. Learn more:
At Waadookodaading, our mission is to create proficient speakers of the Ojibwe language who are able to meet the challenges of our rapidly changing world. Learn more:
Linguists define a language which has no native speakers (people who grew up speaking the language as a child) as “dead” or “extinct.” A language that has no native speakers in the youngest generation is called “moribund.” A language that has very few native speakers is called “endangered” or “imperiled.”
A review of research literature on language loss and language revitalization quantifies the status of Ojibwe language at Lac Courte Oreilles. According to Dr. Joshua A. Fishman’s Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale for Threatened Languages, Ojibwe language at Lac Courte Oreilles falls between Stages 7 and 8. An endangered language can be revitalized through extensive well-defined efforts.
The Ojibwe language at Lac Courte Oreilles is in a revitalization stage. Less than a handful of first language elders are left. But there is a window of opportunity with the Waadookodaading Language Immersion School that provides language instruction to young children ages 5-11, a prime stage level of learning languages. However, the challenges are many and include funding, development of curriculum, employment/retention of certified Native teachers with the requisite language abilities, and lack of classroom space.
Linguists define a language which has no native speakers (people who grew up speaking the language as a child) as “dead” or “extinct.” A language that has no native speakers in the youngest generation is called “moribund.” A language that has very few native speakers is called “endangered” or “imperiled.”
A review of research literature on language loss and language revitalization quantifies the status of Ojibwe language at Lac Courte Oreilles. According to Dr. Joshua A. Fishman’s Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale for Threatened Languages, Ojibwe language at Lac Courte Oreilles falls between Stages 7 and 8. An endangered language can be revitalized through extensive well-defined efforts.
The Ojibwe language at Lac Courte Oreilles is in a revitalization stage. Less than a handful of first language elders are left. But there is a window of opportunity with the Waadookodaading Language Immersion School that provides language instruction to young children ages 5-11, a prime stage level of learning languages. However, the challenges are many and include funding, development of curriculum, employment/retention of certified Native teachers with the requisite language abilities, and lack of classroom space.
Linguists define a language which has no native speakers (people who grew up speaking the language as a child) as “dead” or “extinct.” A language that has no native speakers in the youngest generation is called “moribund.” A language that has very few native speakers is called “endangered” or “imperiled”.
A review of research literature on language loss and language revitalization quantifies the status of Ojibwe language at Lac Courte Oreilles. According to Dr. Joshua A. Fishman’s Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale for Threatened Languages, Ojibwe language at Lac Courte Oreilles falls between Stages 7 and 8. An endangered language can be revitalized through extensive well-defined efforts.
The Ojibwe language at Lac Courte Oreilles is in a revitalization stage. Less than a handful of first language elders are left. But there is a window of opportunity with the Waadookodaading Language Immersion School that provides language instruction to young children ages 5-11, a prime stage level of learning languages. However, the challenges are many and include funding, development of curriculum, employment/retention of certified Native teachers with the requisite language abilities, and lack of classroom space.
Waadookodaading was founded in 2000 by a group of elders, language activists, and community memners who shared a concern about the loss of Ojibwemowin at Lac Courte Oreilles.
Waadookodaading was founded in 2000 by a group of elders, language activists, and community memners who shared a concern about the loss of Ojibwemowin at Lac Courte Oreilles.
Waadookodaading was founded in 2000 by a group of elders, language activists, and community memners who shared a concern about the loss of Ojibwemowin at Lac Courte Oreilles.
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Waadookodaading was founded in 2000 by a group of elders, language activists, and community memners who shared a concern about the loss of Ojibwemowin at Lac Courte Oreilles.
Waadookodaading was founded in 2000 by a group of elders, language activists, and community memners who shared a concern about the loss of Ojibwemowin at Lac Courte Oreilles.
We are always looking to add talented, qualified, and inspiried individuals to our team.
We are always looking to add talented, qualified, and inspiried individuals to our team.
We are always looking to add talented, qualified, and inspiried individuals to our team.
