 Can you tell me your name and what this program is that you're here at? Madeleine Kotel, Naps Valley First Nation School. What age groups do you know that comes here in this school? All grades. Do you know what age is approximately? 11 to 18. What is the aim of the program? To help kids learn a better way and learn how they know. What programs are offered here? Not everything, but anything that they can help you with. Can you give me a few examples of what programs might be here that you know of? Like what did you take? Oh, I took English, Global, Science, Math. Did you take any in-digit discourse here? Yes. How do you like it here? Good, it was really helpful. How do you measure the success in the program? Did you find a successful coming here? Yes, I did, because they go at your pace and they let you learn how you want to learn. Do you have a success story that you'd like to share? That I graduated, I guess. And when did you graduate? In December. I've been working at a daycare and taking online courses for early childhood education. What challenges have you faced and how have you overcome them through this program? I guess they showed me how I learned, because I really didn't know how I learned. What is in-digit education to you? It's very special, I guess. You have a lot of opportunities and I guess you can travel with the opportunities you get. That's one thing I like about it. If you had input into what goes on here in the future for next year or in the future, what would you like to see different here? Bigger space. And not really change anything about the people who teach, because... It's like this, is there anything added? No. Do you think it's well publicized? Do you think many people know about this program? No, I don't. I think they need to get it out there more. In what ways would you suggest? I'd post it on the internet. Like maybe a video? Yeah. Maybe on Facebook? What is your vision for the indigenous education for the next 10 years? What would you like to see here for the next 10 years? I like to see kids go to school. And them have success like I did. Do you think students are successful here? Yes, they are. Why do you think it's important to have this program? I think it's because I don't think kids on this reserve like to go to public school. Because in our public school they get bullied a lot. So I think that having this school here makes it a better place because they understand you. They treat you right. They don't treat you differently than anyone else. What about like for the cultural stuff that you learned? Like how was that incorporated into the community? Well it was my grade 12 year in September actually. And we just started coming up with a course of wearing our language and trying to bring the language back to our community. It was pretty cool. Did that have any impact on you? I learned a lot of stuff, our language and a lot of it. Would you suggest other children to come here? Yes, I would. Did they struggle to learn? Yeah, I had the hardest time of years struggling in school and I came to this place and I succeeded here so.