Power did national consulting in education and was the former Arizona State Director of Adult Education.Īkimel O’Otham Pee Posh Charter School and Blackwater Community School is located on the Gila River Indian Reservation southeast of Phoenix, AZ. The reservation is 583,748 square miles and consists of seven distinct districts with a population of 11,257 (2000 Census). The reservation has two distinct tribes the Akimel O’Otham (River People – Pima Indians and Pee Posh (Maricopa Indians). More importantly, is the historical status of this tribe which traces its ancestry to the Hohokam Indians which inhabited the Gila River Basin beginning in 300 B.C. Prior to coming to Blackwater Community School, Ms. in Anthropology from Arizona State University. Power has a M.ED from the University of Arizona in Elementary Education and a B.A. In addition, she received the Arizona State Department of Education’s STAR award for her national contributions to education in 2002.In addition, Ms. Power has been honored at the Bureau of Indian Affairs 2002 National Elementary Principal of the Year. Power was name the Outstanding Superintendent for the Gila River Indian Reservation. In 2006, she was named a Presidential National Fulbright Scholar and did an international exchange in London, England. In 2011, Akimel O”Otham Pee Posh was named Arizona’s National Title I Distinguished School of the Year. Power was named the National Distinguished Principal of the Year by the National Association for Elementary School Principals.
In 2000 she became the current administrator for the school. She began her service at this school in 1994 as a Coordinator for the Family and Child Education Program (FACE).
Jacquelyn Power is the current Superintendent/Principal for Blackwater Community School.
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