Kugluktuk High School
Kugluktuk, NU
Kugluktuk High School, known commonly as 'KHS', is in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada. The school, which serves a town of some 1,500 people, has about 200 students from Grades 6 to 12. It is the furthest west in the territory of Nunavut.The high school, through the "Kugluktuk High School Athletics Association" also known as the "Kugluktuk Grizzlies", has created a non-profit, stay-in-school organization that uses sport and recreation opportunities as incentives for staying in school, and making healthy lifestyle choices. Currently, the membership has over 100 students. Through a variety of fundraisers, they provide the youth in both schools with opportunities largely centred around sport and travel.Next door to the school is the Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik elementary school serving the younger students.
Details
Population of Kugluktuk
1,600
Languages Spoken
Inuinnaqtun
English
Grades
Grades 7 - 12
About Kugluktuk High School
We are a fascinating people who live in a dynamic environment characterized by extreme variations! In April, the community holds the Nattiq Frolics, a week-long spring celebration with traditional Inuit games, dancing, feasting, seal hunting contests and snowmobile races. Kugluktuk lies in the area where the form of Inuit language used is Inuinnaqtun, a western dialect that uses Roman orthography instead of Inuktitut syllabics. However, English is the first language at home for 89% of the people in Kugluktuk, even if their mother tongue is another language. Only 10% say they use Inuinnaqtun regularly in the home, either as a first or second language, and 5% claim Inuinnaqtun as their mother tongue. Kugluktuk also has an unusually high proportion, for Nunavut, of people who say their mother tongue is a language other than English, French, or an Inuit language, at 19%. Many homes are multilingual. You can expect most public events and meetings to be conducted in English and Inuinnaqtun. Inuktitut dialects vary widely across Nunavut, so if you have been speaking Inuktitut in another community, be prepared to learn dialectal differences and to have local residents correct your usage. The Inuit language (Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun), English and French are all official languages of Nunavut.
Basic Phrases:
Uplaatkut [ooh-blat-kuut] - Good morning
Uplutkut [ooh-bloo-kuut] - Good Afternoon
Quanaqqutitu [ qua-na-kuut-teet] - Thank you
Tunngahuktunga [too-na-ook-ta-ma]
