School type Public, high school Principal Bernadette Marie Language English / Haida Number of students 109 (30 September 2014) Funding type State school | School number 5050001 Grades 8-12 Phone +1 250-626-3226 Staff 17 | |
Enrollment 109 (September 30, 2014) Address 1647 Cook St, Masset, BC, Canada District School District 50 Haida Gwaii School board School District 50 Haida Gwaii Similar Tahayghen Elementary, Chief Matthews School, Port Clements Elementa, Old Massett Village C, George M Dawson Secondary | ||
George Mercer Dawson SecondaryNow called Gudangaay Tlaats'gaa Naay Secondary School is a public high school in Masset, British Columbia. It is one of three secondary schools and one of six schools in School District 50 Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte. George Mercer Dawson Secondary officially opened on October 19, 1970, and was named after George Mercer Dawson CMG FRS FRSC, (August 1, 1849 – March 2, 1901) a Canadian scientist, surveyor and eminent authority on ethnology and archeology who undertook the Canadian Governments Geological Survey of Haida Gwaii, formerly named Queen Charlotte Islands.
Having grown up in Old Massett (aka Haida) some internationally renowned Haida Artists such as Robert Davidson, Reginald Davidson and Jim Hart attended Masset High School prior to its renaming in 1970.