About Many Nations Academy
The NAYA Many Nations Academy (MNA) serves 9th–12th graders in a culturally relevant, student-centered learning environment with a blended high school and college and career readiness curriculum.
What We Offer
- Small class sizes
- Integration of local Native traditions
- Wrap around services for our students and their families
- Credit recovery options for students who are credit deficient
- Electives to enrich our students’ learning
- Partnerships with PCC and post-secondary institutions
Student Opportunities
- Unique electives offered such as robotics, cooking, regalia-making, two spirit club. Electives are rotated based on interest
- Hands on learning with project based lessons and relevant content supplemented with a robust credit recovery program
- Culturally relevant curriculum and programming with wrap around services
Mission
The NAYA Many Nations Academy is committed to creating a positive education that emphasizes student empowerment and academic excellence. We value the integrity of core American Indian and Alaska Native values in partnership with parents, families, elders, and community members.
Office Hours
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
503.972.2461
MNAinfo@nayapdx.org
Enrollment Information
Can be found here.
NAYA Scholarship Fund
Financial hardship is often cited as the reason why Native students do not enter college even when they are accepted. Also, financial hardship can cause students to drop out once they have enrolled. The Many Nations Academy Scholarship Fund allows students to concentrate on their education, free of financial worries. You can help our students’ achieve their educational goals with a donation today.
STUDENT WELLNESS THROUGH NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
NAYA Family Center is committed to providing an environment, both for the Many Nations Academy and community that use a cultural and integrated approach to wellness. We strive to promote and protect the health and wellness of our children and the community, by supporting behaviors that include healthy eating and physical activity, including Native Games.
Obesity rates have doubled among young children and tripled adolescents over the past 25 years, becoming a national epidemic. Sedentary lifestyles, lack of physical activity and excessive caloric intake are some causes of childhood obesity. Schools and the school system are a pragmatic means to partner with students, their families, and the community to decrease the likelihood of obesity and eating disorders. Offering healthy choices on campus; and providing the knowledge and resources to make healthy choices off campus will strengthen our community.
There is a strong link between nutrition, physical education, and academic achievement. Poor nutrition and hunger interfere with cognitive function. Research on the benefits of healthy school breakfast programs found improvements in the students’ ability to concentrate in the classroom and increases in test scores. Physical education has also been linked to improved academic performance. Results of physical fitness testing have shown that higher levels of fitness were associated with higher achievement in mathematics and reading. The motor learning that occurs in a quality physical education program can support reading readiness, increase cognitive responses, and lengthen attention spans. Both nutrition and physical activity have a positive effect on student attendance by strengthening the immune system and helping to prevent illness.
The purpose of this policy is to help students learn, establish, and maintain lifelong healthy eating and physical activity patterns. To accomplish this, NAYA will implement procedures that:
1. Set goals to promote student wellness through nutrition education, health education, physical activity, Native Games, and other school-based programs.
2. Establish nutrition guidelines for all food available on campus, to promote student health, and reduce childhood obesity.
3. Provide assurances that school meals meet or exceed standards established by state and federal law.
4. Establish a plan for measuring policy implementation.
5. Designate one or more persons to be responsible for ensuring that the Many Nations Academy complies with this wellness policy.
a. The Early Head Start, After School, and Summer Camp programs receives age-appropriate nutrition
b. All school activities, including fundraisers and celebrations are consistent with our health and nutrition goals.
6. Appoint a Wellness Committee that involves staff and seeks input from students and our community. This committee will be responsible for producing an annual report. Reports should include recommendations and updates on wellness issues, as well as progress towards wellness goals.
7. Provide an annual report to NAYA’s Board of Directors on NAYA’s compliance, implementation, and impact of the wellness policy.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email: Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.