Deninu School

Deninu School
Location
Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, X0E 0M0
Canada
Information
Funding type Public
School board Fort Resolution District Education Authority,
South Slave Divisional Education Council
Area trustee Bess Ann McKay (Chair, Fort Resolution DEA)
Principal Dan Summers
Grades K-12
Enrollment 84 (2013/2014)
Language English, Chipewyan
Website www.ssdec.nt.ca/schools/Deninu.htm

Deninu School is a K-12 public school located in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Canada. The school currently represents the only public education option for youth in the hamlet and serves a student population of approximately 84 students. The administration of the school is the responsibility of the South Slave Divisional Education Council (SSDEC).[1]

Background

From the website of the SSDEC:

This newly renovated school is located in Fort Resolution on the south shores of Great Slave Lake. There is a student population of approximately 84 students, complemented by a staff of 14. The school offers academic programs from Kindergarten to grade 12.[2]

Dene Kede

The school makes extensive use of Dene Kede, a curriculum developed in the Northwest Territories designed specifically for use in small Dene communities such as Fort Resolution. The goal of the curriculum is to develop "capable Dene" and has a strong focus on developing student relationships with the spiritual world, the land, other people, and themselves. Compared with their peers elsewhere in Canada, students in Fort Resolution spend more significant amounts of educational time on the land and learning about their cultural heritage.[3]

Recognition

Deninu School and its staff have received a number of awards for their success helping to improve education in Fort Resolution:

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