Schools
Community Schools
Yellowknife Education District No. 1 is proud to provide Superintendency
Services to two dynamic First Nations Schools, which deliver Aboriginal language
and culture-based education in the nearby communities of N'dilo and Dettah.

KTW has lots to offer...
- Small class sizes
- Dedicated staff committed to on-going professional learning
- Strong focus on developing and strengthening literacy skills across the curriculum
- Guided Reading Program
- Culturally relevant programming following Dene Kede
- Culture Camps
- Specialized hands-on science education programming
- Up-to-date student assessment, including DRA, DWW, CAP and AAT's
- Virtues Education Program
- Effective behaviour supports system
- Winter outdoor education programs
- Current technology
- Updated student-centred library
- Cost-free Nutritious Lunch and Snack Program
- Trips and learning experiences outside of the classroom
- Cost-free Pre-School Program
Click here for Kaw Tay Whee School Newsletter
Visit us online: www.ktw.yk1.nt.ca

KDS 2009-2010 School Year Calendar
KDS has lots to offer...
- Cultural focus: heritage and tradition of the Dene People
- Learning experiences based on Dene Kede curriculum
- On-the-land activities
- Fall, winter, and spring culture camps
- Dogrib language classes
- Elder-in-residence expertise
- Dene Laws and Virtues education
- School and community celebrations and feasts
- Full-day Kindergarten
- School-wide reading and writing activities
- After school programs: boys’ and girls’ group; skiing
Click here for K'alemi Dene School Newsletter
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Dettah lies southeast of the Yellowknife,
across Yellowknife Bay.
Ndilo is located on northern end of Latham
Island, within Yellowknife.
For more information about the communities of Dettah
and Ndilo visit: http://www.northernfrontier.com/10_Explore/dettah.html
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