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:

In late August 2012, a committee of elders working out of Deninu School were presented with an Excellent in Education Award by the South Slave Divisional Education Council for their work in compiling and publishing a comprehensive English to Chipeweyan Dictionary^[4]
In June 2012, the entire staff of Deninu was presented with a Premier's Award for Excellence for their work in contributing to education in Fort Resolution^[5]
In 2008, principal Moh Odeen was named one of Canada's Outstanding Principal by The Learning Partnership, a Toronto-based NGO^[6]

References

External links

Lutsel K’e Dene School at the South Slave Divisional Education Council

Schools of the South Slave

South Slave Divisional Education Council	Chief Sunrise Education Centre Deninu School Diamond Jenness Secondary School Harry Camsell K-3 School Joseph Burr Tyrrell Elementary School Lutsel K'e Dene School Princess Alexandra Middle School Paul William Kaeser Secondary School

Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest	École Boréale

See also	List of school districts in the Northwest Territories List of schools in the Northwest Territories

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