Choice Check for November: Native American Programs

Posted November 1, 2021, 11:25 AM. Updated January 26, 2026, 2:56 PM.

APS provides supplemental instruction for eligible American Indian and Alaska Native students through culturally relevant teaching methods and materials.

During the 2021-2022 school year, APS is highlighting some of our many programs through a monthly feature called Choice Checks. One of the advantages of being a large urban-suburban-rural school district is offering so many choices. The APS Choice Checks webpage, as well as the 2021-2022 wall calendar distributed to families and employees across the district, feature just a few of the many educational opportunities we provide students – from dual language and dual credit, career-based and college-based learning, college prep and marketable job skills, fine arts and competitive sports.

Native Americans make up 5 percent of the APS student body or roughly 3,500 students. The APS Indian Education Department supports more than 100 American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. Resource teachers use multi-sensory and differentiated instruction and Indigenous evaluation and assessments to empower and strengthen student self-esteem and academic skills.

Classes and Programs

The APS Indian Education Department supports more than 100 American Indian/Alaska Native tribes.

Native American Studies
Native American Government and Economics
Navajo Government and History
Reading and Math Intervention
Diné Bizaad (Navajo) and A:shiwi (Zuni) Language Classes
Indigenous Instructional Unit Plans
Back to School Supplies
Distinguished Stoles and Seals Award
Summer Cultural Enrichment
Credit Recovery