Stories tagged with YEP

Grace Gonzales, Youth Employment Prrogram – SunUte Community Center

Fri Aug 27th, 2021

Working at SunUte: Grace Gonzales

Cyrus Naranjo catches some air, as he comes out of the bowl at the SunUte Skatepark

Fri Jul 30th, 2021

Working ‘hands on’ with Bridge the Gap

Sophia Romero baiting her hook with Sommer and Jada Cloud on the dock counting minnows.

Fri Jul 16th, 2021

SunUte’s popular Bridge the Gap initiative is back

Tribal youth gather around the Village Plaza at Purgatory Ski Resort during their annual Youth Employment Program (YEP) appreciation day field trip hosted by the Southern Ute Education Department. Each summer the program puts tribal students into positions with SUIT departments to gain work experience and earn paychecks while school is out of session. This year’s YEP appreciation day activities included: Purgatory’s roller-coaster rides, go kart racing, paddle boarding and mini golf.

Fri Aug 2nd, 2019

YEP at Purg

In an expedition to Farmington’s skate park, hosted by SunUte Recreation, Demetrius Adams enjoys some practice while in the dry pool on Thursday, June 21.

Fri Jul 6th, 2018

When skating is life…

Youth Employment Program (YEP) workers Kruz Pardo, Gibran Silva, Woody Pena, Alana Watts and Daniel Weaver look over an Ute Language handout during the YEP Ute Language class Thursday, June 16 hosted by Hanley Frost, Culture Education Coordinator.

Thu Jun 23rd, 2016

Youth employees report to work

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