Andrew Livingstone
Northern News Services
Published Friday, December 19, 2008

SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - Yk1 has established a committee to offer programs to students who are excelling in their studies and school life.

The Gifted Education Advisory Committee will help develop programs for students in Yk1. "The students will benefit from this," said Yk1 superintendent Metro Huculak. "We always provide a lot of support for those who need it but this will be for students who excel. We are trying to look at programs for those who are excelling in their education."

The committee, which includes Mayor Gord Van Tighem, will be meeting in the new year.

Cosmetology lab at Sir John opening in January

The cosmetology lab being built at Sir John Franklin school is expected to open Jan. 5 for students interested in hairdressing and esthetics.

Superintendent Metro Huculak said construction has been slow-going and they were hoping for a September opening. "The electrician is in this week so hopefully it will be done on time," he said.

The board decided to offer a cosmetology program because of interest from students at the school.

"We felt that we may have been missing some students because we don't offer it and they would seek alternative places to take it," he said. "We're just trying to meet the demands of what students want to take."

The project is on budget, according to Huculak, and the cost of the lab was being covered by the Department of Education, Culture and Employment.

Superintendent cooks turkey dinner for board

Superintendent Metro Huculak cooked dinner for the board of trustees before their monthly meeting on Dec. 9 and demonstrated his impressive cooking skills to produce a turkey dinner with all the fixings. The meal included perogies, cabbage rolls, baby shrimp, a broccoli and snow pea casserole and of course turkey and its sidekick, stuffing. Board chair Duff Spence didn't understand why his kids wanted to stay home and eat leftover lasagne.

"It was probably the thought of having to go out into the cold," he said, speaking of the vicious -30 temperatures that day.

Luckily, there were no cases of tryptophan-induced sleep from turkey served at the meeting.