Netsilik School

Netsilik School
Address
Box 9
Taloyoak, Nunavut, X0B 1B0
Canada
Coordinates 69°32′19″N 93°31′55″W / 69.53861°N 93.53194°W / 69.53861; -93.53194Coordinates: 69°32′19″N 93°31′55″W / 69.53861°N 93.53194°W / 69.53861; -93.53194
Information
Motto Culture, Tradition and Learning
Founded 1972
School board Kitikmeot School Operations
Superintendent Jonathan Bird
Principal Gina Pizzo
Vice principal George Hill
Grades Kindergarten to 12
Enrollment approx. 315 (August, 2010)
Language Inuktitut and English
Colour(s) Blue and White
Mascot Seal
Team name Seals
Website www.polarnet.ca/~netsilik/

Netsilik School in Taloyoak, Nunavut, Canada, serves a population of about 300 students from Kindergarten up to grade 12, as well as a preschool program funded by Aboriginal Headstart Canada which has approximately 40 students.[1] The school was built in the 1970s[2] and the current principal, Gina Pizzo, was named as one of Canada's outstanding principals in 2012.[1] The preschool program, up to grade 3, provides Inuktitut immersion, and a 60/40% Inuktitut/English program in the higher grades.

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