School district in Northwest Territories, Canada
The Beaufort Delta Divisional Education Council or Beaufort-Delta Divisional Education Council is the public school board for the Inuvik Region , identical to Region 1 , a census division in the Northwest Territories . Located in Inuvik the education council represents nine schools in eight communities.[ 1]
The board is made up of ten members, one from each District Education Authority (DEA), and one each from the Gwich'in Tribal Council and the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation . The executive is made up of a chair, as of 2024 it is Mina McLeod from Aklavik ,[ 1] a vice-chair and one other member.[ 2]
School population
School programs in the Northwest Territories (NWT) are mandatory to all people between the age of six and sixteen.[ 3] The BDDBE says that they serve over 1,500 students and have 328 staff.
[ 2]
Like other divisional education councils in the NWT they are inclusive[ 4]
Region 1 is predominately Indigenous peoples , made up of Inuvialuit (Inuit ), Gwichʼin (First Nations ), and Métis ,[ 5] and these numbers will be reflected in the school population.
Languages
The main language of instruction throughout the region is English and French immersion is available in both Inuvik schools.[ 1] Indigenous languages , such as Gwichʼin and Inuvialuktun (Inuinnaqtun ), are taught depending on the community.
List of schools
The following are the schools in the BDDEC[ 6]
Community
School
Grades
Principal
Staff[ 7]
Students
Notes / References
Aklavik
Moose Kerr School
JK – 12
Janine Johnson
35
125
Named for Arnold J. (Moose) Kerr, a former teacher.[ 8]
Fort McPherson
Chief Julius School
JK – 12
Cliff Gregory
30
<100 (2019)
Named for Chief Julius Salu who signed Treaty 11 [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Inuvik [ a]
East Three Elementary School
JK – 6
Chauna MacNeil
60
420
[ 12]
East Three Secondary School
7 – 12
Adam Wright
52
300
Named for East Branch, Site 3, a survey section that helped determine the location of Inuvik[ 13]
Paulatuk
Angik School
JK – 12
Kyle Sagert
10
70 (2022)
Named for Angik Rubin, a Paulatuk Elder[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Sachs Harbour
Inualthuyak School
JK – 9
Martin MacPherson
4
Named for Inualthuyak, an Elder from Sachs Harbour[ 17] [ 18]
Tsiigehtchic
Chief Paul Niditchie School
JK – 9
Sonia Gregory
10
33 (2017)
Named for Chief Paul Niditchie who signed Treaty 11 [ 19] [ 20] [ 21]
Tuktoyaktuk
Mangilaluk School
JK – 12
Ephraim Warren
34
240
Named for Mangilaluk who founded Tuktoyaktuk[ 22]
Ulukhaktok
Helen Kalvak Elihakvik
JK – 12
Nicolas Kopot
27
Named for local artist Helen Kalvak [ 23] [ 24]
Notes
References