Kugluktuk High School
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Kugluktuk High School is a high school
in Kugluktuk
, Nunavut
, Canada
. The school, which serves a town of some thirteen hundred people has about 160 students from grades seven to twelve. It is the furthest west high school in the new territory of Nunavut.
The high school, through the "Kugluktuk High School Athletics Association" also known as the "Kugluktuk Grizzlies", has created a non-profit, stay-in-school organization that uses sport and recreation opportunities as incentives for staying in school, and making healthy lifestyle choices. Currently, the membership has over 100 students. Through a variety of fundraisers, they provide the youth in Kugluktuk with opportunities in various things such as sport and employment. They are the largest youth employer in Kugluktuk.
Next door to the school is the Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik elementary school serving the younger students.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Kugluktuk
Kugluktuk, Nunavut
Kugluktuk is a hamlet located at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island...
, Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
, Canada
Canada
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. The school, which serves a town of some thirteen hundred people has about 160 students from grades seven to twelve. It is the furthest west high school in the new territory of Nunavut.
The high school, through the "Kugluktuk High School Athletics Association" also known as the "Kugluktuk Grizzlies", has created a non-profit, stay-in-school organization that uses sport and recreation opportunities as incentives for staying in school, and making healthy lifestyle choices. Currently, the membership has over 100 students. Through a variety of fundraisers, they provide the youth in Kugluktuk with opportunities in various things such as sport and employment. They are the largest youth employer in Kugluktuk.
Next door to the school is the Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik elementary school serving the younger students.