Deninu School
Fort Resolution, NT
Deninu School is a K-12 school with a student population of 105 located in Fort Resolution on the south shores of Great Slave Lake. This innovative school follows the nine Dene Laws closely and is always looking for new ways to combine traditional and modern learning.
Details
Population of Fort Resolution
410 (2021)
Languages Spoken
Chipewyan
Michif
English
Grades
Kindergarten - Grade 12
About Deninu School
Deninu School is located in Fort Resolution, NWT, Canada on the south shores of Great Slave Lake and is a part of the South Slave Divisional Education Council (SSDEC).
There is a student population of approximately 100, complemented by a staff of 25. The school offers educational programs from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 and is in partnership with the Northern Distanced Learning Program.
The mission of Deninu School is to provide a safe, healthy, nurturing atmosphere. We strive for quality of education, cultural integrity, acceptance, and individual growth within the school community, thus ensuring the development of productive citizens prepared to meet the challenges of the future.
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.
