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Students earn some extra summer cash Hamlet of Kugaaruk hires more than 12 students for summer monthsCasey Lessard Northern News Services Published Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012
The 19-year-old is one of at least a dozen summer students the Hamlet of Kugaaruk has hired this summer. He has already worked two weeks and has about one week to go. The summer job with the hamlet has been a positive experience so far, he said. "I just wanted something to do for the summer besides staying home and doing nothing. I've learned a lot of things right now," said Nartok, adding he learned to communicate with others. Born in Yellowknife and raised in Kugaaruk, Nartok is a Grade 12 student at Kugaaruk School. This is not his first summer job, he said, and he likes being around people. "I like a lot of jobs. I like doing a lot of things. I like every job I get," he said. Nartok said he will save the money he earned this summer but will likely spend some during a trip he's planning to Yellowknife and Kugluktuk. Gordon Dinney, acting senior administrative officer, said the hamlet wanted to create summer employment for the high school students, so they started off with grades 10 to 12. He added the students are helping out clean the community as well as help staining, painting and repairing things around the hamlet. "It gives the students some practical experience in working at these types of jobs," said Dinney. "It gives them some money as well, some pocket money to spend. There are doing some useful work for the community as well that needs to be done." The summer employment might also give them an opportunity to look at other choices they would have with an education aside from manual labour, he added. "It gives them interaction with supervisors and they understand the importance of working with other people and getting work done in groups of people," said Dinney.
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