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As the August days pass, the inevitable reality of school starting up again begins to set in. 

Kwe, welcome back to another Summer Student Scoop column! Before I talk about the main topic, I want to talk about two movies I’ve seen recently. Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen both the new Superman and the new Fantastic 4.

At 5:45 a.m., while most of Kanesatake is still waking up, Sterling Mallette is already behind the mic at Reviving Kanehsatà:ke Radio (RKR) 101.7 FM, preparing his morning broadcast. He checks the weather, finds local stories, cues music, and lines up interviews all before the first cup of coffee for many in the community.

Like many who apply for the Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program, Ieniehtisákhe’ Kaycee Diabo had been in a Mohawk immersion environment for elementary school.

The Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program has always been in Ionhiarò:roks McComber’s blood. As a child, she remembers her mother, Holly Pinsonneault, spending spare moments studying, and later her sister, Tekawennanoron McComber, graduated from the program too.

After months of early mornings, school sports, field trips, and exams, students at Kahnawake Education Center (KEC) schools are finally on summer vacation - and so too are KEC staff.

Recent Ratiwennahní:rats graduate Tióhrhano Zack Diabo says that his cohort of learners isn’t just special, they’re like “lightning in a bottle.”

It was a long road to launching a local media program for aspiring Kanesatake journalists - much longer than it took for the first cohort to complete the program - but the efforts of administrators, teachers, and students alike have paid off.

When Katsi'tsohrónkwas Jacobs decided to apply to the Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR)’s two-year Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program she knew that it often takes applicants many tries to be accepted to study.

When Tahothorátie’ Cross was a little boy, he attended Karihwanó:ron, growing up in an immersion environment until he reached grade four.