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Girls Fly Too! Aviation Career Event for Girls

  International Women of Aviation Week is Mar 5 - 11, 2012.  Saturday, March 10, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Trinity Helicopters, in conjunction with local businesses, is sponsoring a women in aviation career information event for g... (read more)

Safety Challenge Winning Numbers!

The winning numbers for this week are: 0223600 0223616 0223645 0223637 0223497 0223536 0223531 0223650 0223462 0223444 Please drop by the office to collect your prizes. (read more)

Family Literacy Day

Thank you to all the families who came to celebrate Family Literacy Day with us.  We celebrated the day with poems, a family lunch, reading, cake and an assembly. The classes were challenged to wear as many words as possible. 4/5 Hans too... (read more)

Focus on Safety

  Safety This month we will be focusing on safety.  The RCMP school liaison constable, Amanda McGillivray, came to the school and taught the students about crosswalk safety, reflective clothing, and general road/parking lot safety. We... (read more)

Winning Numbers forSafety Draw for January 13th, 2012

Check your tickets for the following numbers.  You can claim your prize at the office as of  Monday, January 16th. If you did not win, please keep your ticket as we complete more draws for the next two Fridays.  Have a safe week-end.... (read more)

December Dates

 Important Events ¨     NJ’s Winter Concert Dec. 7th -1:30 and 7 pm ¨    Pizza Sale   Dec. 2nd ¨    Used Book Exchange Dec. 9th ¨  &nbs... (read more)

Playground Pathway completed!

The first phase of the 'All Accessible Playground' pathway was completed today! Check our the new easier access for wheel chairs and strollers to the main section of our playground. Thank you YK1  for your help with this project. (read more)

Walk for Hope Tomorrow & Toonies for Terry!

Wednesday, September 28th is National School Run Day.   Our school will join together with other schools across Canada to honour Terry Fox. At 1 pm we will hold a  mini Walk for Hope. We will be raising money for cance... (read more)

Canadian author visits the school!

Canadian author, Ted Staunton visited our school on Monday.  He entertained the students and staff with his books, motivated us about writing, and taught us about his writing process. It was an amazing presentation! (read more)

Open House Tomorrow night

Students and families are invited to visit the school tomorrow night from 7 to 8 pm for our annual Open House. Come meet the staff and tour the school. (read more)

Welcome to the 2011-2012 School Year

I hope everyone had a safe and restful summer.  This is a brief note to let everyone know that our school administration has returned (early) from holidays and school starts for grade 1-6 students on September 6th. Kindergarten stud... (read more)

Camping Trips for 5W and 4/5R

It's the end of the year and the camping trips the Grade 5's have been looking forward to are coming up very soon!  The camping trip dates are as follows:   5W:  June 23 - 24 Location:  Walsh Lake   4/5R: ... (read more)

NJ Wins Recycling Award

Congratulations go out to Ms. Lee’s grade 4 class, Catherine Trice, Helen Hoeve and the NJ Macpherson recycling team, for winning a city wide recycling award.  Ms. Lee’s class collected covers from various containers and created a beauti... (read more)

YK1 Strategic Priorities

Yellowknife Education District No.1 works to ensure that all students are challenged to reach their highest level of learning and engage in healthy lifestyles, ensure students and staff are engaged in and value Aboriginal language and culture, and e... (read more)

2011/12 Kindergarten Parent Information Night

2011-2012   Kindergarten Registration If your child is turning 5 on or before December 31st, 2011 you can register your child now for kindergarten at NJ for the 2011-2012 school year. You will need  your child’... (read more)