YK1 School Board briefs
No bids on Suburban from Sir John
Candace Thomson
Northern News Services
Published Wednesday, December 18, 2013
SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE
A 1995 Chevrolet Suburban C1500 that was repaired by Sir John Franklin High School students last year is still up for auction through Yellowknife Education District No. 1.
"We're hoping some will come in," said Tram Do, director of corporate services.
The bidding began in September and was supposed to end on Oct. 31, but was extended due to a lack of bids. Officials at the school are considering whether to lower the opening bid, which began at $4,000, or offering the truck for the best offer.
Money from the sale will be used by the auto shop class for materials and possibly another junk cars.
Parents, traditional food in short supply
The aboriginal education committee is beginning new programs, including having students learn the protocol for inviting elders to participate in activities, and the organization of a caribou hunt in the winter semester.
The board is having difficulty, however, getting traditional food to events organized by the aboriginal education committee of Yk1, according to trustee Blake Lyons.
"The downside is it's getting difficult and expensive to get country food for our activities," Lyons said.
The committee is also continuing, and struggling, to try and find aboriginal parents who can give the committee input on the activities.
Trustee team for Walk to Tuk
The annual Walk to Tuk event will begin in January, and Yk1 chair John Stephenson is hoping school board trustees will band together and form a team.
Anyone can form a team and figuratively walk the distance of the Mackenzie River from Fort Providence to Tuktoyaktuk - a total of 1,658 km. Every hour of walking equals 5 km, and team members work together to complete the trip.
"I'm putting an invitation out to trustees to see if we can collectively walk to Tuk," Stephenson said. "So, we'll be walking the talk on healthy living."
Superintendent invited to national conference
Yk1 superintendent Metro Huculak has been invited to attend a national conference on effective classroom assessment.
He will join 36 other delegates from across the country to learn about international objectives to improve on classroom learning for students. The conference will take place in Fredericton, N.B., in April and will include a day and a half conference with other countries.
Huculak is also going to be representing the Superintendents Association of the NWT while he's there.
