Congratulations to Ashley Mulders, an accomplished student at École Sir John Franklin High School, for receiving the Queens University Chernoff Family Award, valued at $60,000.00. Ashley plans to study engineering at Queens University in Kingston,... (read more)
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)
This weekend, there will be a fundraiser activity for the École J.H. Sissons Track and Field team: THE SUPER ZUMBA FUNDRAISER! There will be a Zumba fundraiser for adults only on Friday night (February 10th), between 7-8 p.m. Tickets are... (read more)
The Not Our Youth Film Festival is Yellowknife's very own Youth Oscar Awards for students who submitted films created around the dangers of drug use, harm reduction and healthy lifestyles. This event will be taking place February 15 at 6:30 p.m. at N... (read more)
The monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of Yellowknife Education District No. 1 is coming up. Please see below for details and the agenda. Date: February 14, 2012 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Yk1 District Of... (read more)
The RCMP are advising the public of an extremely dangerous drug which could find its way to the North. This drug has caused up to 10 deaths in the last month in Alberta alone. Ecstasy, or "E", is not new, but in the latest mixtur... (read more)
The Minister’s Awards are presented by the NWT Minister of Education, the honourable Jackson Lafferty, to the NWT student achieving the highest grade on a Departmental Exam in an academic year. We are thrilled to announce that 6 Minister’s aw... (read more)
Every year the YK1 Chapter reviews proposals to fund extra-curricular and out-of-school activities. The Board is excited to financially support projects from the various French Programs. To view recipients please click here. (read more)
With the new year comes property tax notices from the City of Yellowknife. Included in these notices is a form for the allocation of school taxes. Yellowknife Education District No. 1 uses the annual funding allocated to them to fund programs for... (read more)
Independent since November 25th 2011, the Collège des Terroires du Nord-Ouest, a postsecondary school, proposes his Winter Program 2012. Click here to view the course offerings. (read more)
YK1 is pleased to announce the release of the 2010-2011 Annual Report. Please click the below link to read it. 2010-2011 Annual Report (read more)
This Fall, CDTNO is proud to offer several additional courses to its regular programming. These programs include courses in continuing education for health professionals, people working in fields of eduation and early childhood and the general public. Th... (read more)
École J.H. Sissons, the only 100% French Immersion school in the NWT, has just opened their third French Immersion Kindergarten classroom! If you would like to join them for quality French programs, or more information please phone École J.... (read more)
Mark your calendars! The NWT Branch of Canadian Parents for French are offering the following FREE family swims: October 2, 1 - 3 pm November 6 1 – 3 pm December 4 1 – 3 pm Januar... (read more)
YK1 is happy to announce another successful Pancake Breakfast! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us this past Saturday. There is nothing more fun and exciting than celebrating education and the start of a new school year with students, sta... (read more)
