Three new schools with names in Indigenous languages and a focus on Indigenous cultures and learners have opened in Saskatchewan. Awâsisak Kâ-Nîmîhtocik St Francis School, which opened in the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools board, is a bilingual English and Cree school with space for up to 700 students from pre-Kindergarten to Grade 9. Nįtélazёtúë Elementary School opened in the Northern Lights School Division. It was built next to Dene High School and can accommodate 475 students from pre-kindergarten to Grade 6. The Tawâw School, in the Regina Public Schools board, welcomed 470 students from pre-kindergarten to Grade 8 this Fall. It is following a curriculum that combines “Cree, Michif, and other Indigenous languages and traditions with modern equitable pedagogy,” according to RPS Trustee Cindy Anderson.
