Inuksuk High School

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name= Inuksuk High School


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streetaddress= Box 487
city= Iqaluit
province= Nunavut
postalcode= X0A 0H0
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areacode= 867
phone= 979-5281
fax= 979-4380
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schoolboard= Qikiqtani School Operations
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superintendent=Hughie Butt
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principal= Terry Young
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grades= 9 to 12
language= Inuktitut and English
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Inuksuk High School is the high school of Iqaluit, the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It offers grades 9 through 12 to a student population of about 450. The focus of the school is on teaching Inuit language and culture. The original name of the school was the Gordon Robertson Education Centre, or GREC. In the early 1990s it was renamed for the Inuksuk monuments that dot the region and are a symbol of the territory.

The school, with its large gymnasium, is one of only a handful of public structures in the territorial capital. A number of important events have been held there, including a visit by Queen Elizabeth. The gymnasium was also the first temporary home of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut after the territory was created in 1999.

Other schools in Iqaluit include three elementary schools, Nakasuk School, Joamie Ilinniarvik School, and the French-language Ecole de Trois-Soleils. Also located in the capital is Nunavut Arctic College, the only postsecondary school in the territory.

External links

* [http://mailhub.edu.nu.ca/~inuksuk/ Official site]