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The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 will hold its next meeting on April 13, 2021.  Tim...

DEADLINE EXTENSION: The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 (YK1) tabled a draft of its updated S...

The Government of the Northwest Territories is working to modernize the Education Act. This project is one part of the...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 (YK1) tabled a draft of its updated Strategic PrioritiesÂ...

Please take a moment to view the bilingual board bulletin for the regular board meeting held on Tuesday, March 9, 202...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 approved 2021-2022 school year calendars during their...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 will hold its next meeting on March 9, 2021.  Tim...

Are you thinking about registering your child(ren) in junior kindergarten or kindergarten for the upcoming school year?...

Please take a moment to view the bilingual board bulletin for the regular board meeting held on Tuesday, February 9,...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 will hold its next meeting on February 9, 2021. ...

Are you thinking about registering your child(ren) in junior kindergarten or kindergarten for September 2021? Are you c...

To all YK1 families: Attached is a letter from Chairperson Tina Drew announcing the school district's next Superintende...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 (YK1) has called a Special Meeting for Thursday, January 2...

Please take a moment to view the bilingual board bulletin for the regular board meeting held on Tuesday, January 12,...

If you are a property owner in Yellowknife, you will receive your Notice of Assessment from the City soon. All ratepayer...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 will hold its next meeting on January 12, 2021.  T...

YK1's District Office will be closed from Wednesday, December 23, 2020 to Sunday, January 3, 2021 for the holiday season...

Please take a moment to view the bilingual board bulletin for the regular board meeting held on Tuesday, December 8,...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 will hold its next meeting on December 8, 2020. ...

Dear parents and guardians: Thank you for being so diligent in the screening of your children every day. In response t...

Please take a moment to view the bilingual board bulletin for the regular board meeting held on Tuesday, November 10,...

To all YK1 families: Attached is a letter from Superintendent/ CEO Ed Lippert regarding a number of upcoming events, inc...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 will hold its next meeting on November 10, 2020. ...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 will hold its annual Organizational Meeting on November ...

To all staff, students, parents/guardians and stakeholders: Attached is a letter from YK1 Superintendent/ CEO Ed Lippert...

To all YK1 families: As temperatures get colder, more students are wearing masks, balaclavas and scarves on school buses...

Please take a moment to view the bilingual board bulletin for the regular board meeting held on Tuesday, October 13,...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 will hold its next meeting on October 13, 2020.  T...

First Transit is hiring part-time school bus drivers in Yellowknife. The company, which provides busing services for YK...

To all YK1 staff, students, parents/guardians and stakeholders: Attached is a letter from Superintendent/ CEO Ed Lipp...

To all YK1 families: In mid-September we announced that 2020-2021 school pictures would be delayed indefinitely based...

To all YK1 families: In collaboration with other local school boards and First Transit, YK1 has ordered additional scho...

To all YK1 families: First Transit will be selling more bus passes from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. from September 16...

To all YK1 families: Please let us know by Friday, September 18, 2020 if you are planning on purchasing a bus pass fo...

To all YK1 families: 2020-2021 school pictures will be delayed indefinitely following a recommendation from the GNWT’...

Please take a moment to view the bilingual board bulletin for the regular board meeting held on Tuesday, August 11, 2...

To all YK1 families: The company that provides busing services for YK1 students, First Transit, will be open from 4:3...

To all staff, students, parents/guardians and stakeholders: Attached is a letter from YK1 Superintendent/ CEO Ed Lippert...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 will hold its next meeting on September 8, 2020. ...

To all YK1 families: Attached are some important back-to-school resources for YK1 families, including a parent communiqu...

To all N.J. Macpherson School families: Attached is a video created by staff to help students and families familiarize...

To all YK1 families: The company that provides busing services for YK1 students, First Transit, has agreed to extend th...

To all YK1 families: Attached is a document from First Transit containing important bussing information for the 2020-202...

To all YK1 families: Attached is a message from Education, Culture and Employment Minister R.J. Simpson regarding the re...

YK1 school offices have reopened and staff are available to answer back-to-school and registration questions! Offices w...

To all staff, students, parents/guardians and stakeholders: Attached is the 2020-2021 reopening plan for N.J. Macpher...

Dear staff, students, parents/guardians and stakeholders: Attached is a press release regarding YK1's 2020-2021 schoo...

The Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 will hold its next meeting on August 11, 2020.  Ti...

Dear parents: Over the past two years, Yellowknife Education District No. 1 (YK1) and Yellowknife Catholic Schools (YCS...

To all staff, students, parents/ guardians and stakeholders: Attached is a press release from YK1 Superintendent Metro...