Awards

Blackwater Community School received a Title VII Indian Discretionary Grant . . .
from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Indian Education to fund a preschool program. The grant is a three year grant, with the first year funding at $116,000.

Vicki Vasques, Deputy Director for the Office of Indian Education presented the check to the school.

National Elementary Principal of the Year for the Office of Indian Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs - Jaquelyn Power

National Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year - Gwendolyn Paul

National Indian School Board Association School Board of the Year - Blackwater Community School Board of Trustees

Arizona State Department of Education STAR Award - Jacquelyn Power and Gwendolyn Paul

National Family and Child Education Program of the Year for the Office of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affiars - Blackwater Community School

Arizona Teacher of the Year - Phi Delta Kappa/Wal-Mart - Johanna Chess

National Elementary Teacher of the Year for the Office of Indian Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs - Noreen Lasiloo

Mountain Plains Adult Education Award of Excellence for Arizona - Jacquelyn Power
Received the National Parent Educator of the Year Award for the Office of Indian Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs in 2000 - Edwardine Thomas
Other noteworthy items include the honor of representing the BIA in 1998 at the International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect in Auckland, New Zealand. The Family and Child Education Program (FACE) staff presented at this international conference and participated in a cultural exchange with the Maori people of New Zealand.
In February 2003, Barbra Hauke from the Navajo Agency and Principal Jacquelyn Power the International Reading Association Conference in Guatemala City, Guatemala. They presented on the FACE model as part of the literacy theme for the conference.