Funding type Public Grades K-12 Language English, Chipewyan Number of students 84 | Principal Dan Summers Enrollment 84 (2013/2014) Phone +1 867-394-4501 | |
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Area trustee Bess Ann McKay (Chair, Fort Resolution DEA) Address Fort Resolution, NT, Canada District South Slave Divisional Education Council School board South Slave Divisional Education Council Similar Deninoo Community Office, Akaitcho Territory Governm, Fort Resolution Income S, Deninu Kue Develop, Fort Resolution Fire Dept | ||
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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).
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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.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.
Recognition
Deninu School and its staff have received a number of awards for their success helping to improve education in Fort Resolution: