Education Department
The Skidegate Education Committee consists of members from the Band Council and volunteer members of our community. There are 10 active members on the Education Committee. Most committee meetings are held in the evenings or weekends. The committee meets on a ‘as needed’ basis, which could be anywhere from once every two months to two times a month.
This is an open committee, and the Skidegate Band Council welcomes all interested individuals. If you are interested in volunteering for this committee, please contact Marci Piercey, the Education Coordinator for more information.
Post-Secondary Funding
Post-Secondary Application Deadlines
Fall Semester – June 15th
Summer Semester – February 15th
Winter Semester – September 15th
Documents
Skidegate Nursery School Program
The Skidegate Nursery School provides a program for 4 year olds to help prepare them academically, emotionally and socially for a successful start to Kindergarten. The school year runs from September through June.
- Katie McKee
Skidegate Daycare Program
Skidegate Early Childhood Development Center is a licensed childcare facility. We have:
- 3-5 year old daycare center
- Multi-age center
- Infant and Toddler center
- 3 year old preschool
- After school care center
- Aboriginal Headstart Program
- Susan Ellis
Sk’aadgaa Naay Elementary School
Sk’aadgaa Naay Elementary School is a provincial-run school (School District #50) for children from Kindergarten through Grade Seven.
Goals:
1. To reduce the academic disparity between Haida and non-Haida students.
2. To improve Literacy achievement levels for all students.
3. To increase student social responsibility
- Sue Ellis
Skidegate Inlet Adult Day Program
The Adult Day Program provides a pleasant and safe environment that assists individuals to live independently within the communities of Sandspit, Queen Charlotte, Skidegate and Tlell area. The program is jointly funded by the Ministry of Health and the Skidegate Band Council and maintains strong links with the Skidegate Health Centre. Our staff members include a Registered Nurse, Cook, Driver, and Activity Workers.
- Katie McKee
Skidegate Haida Immersion Program (SHIP)
The Skidegate Haida Immersion Program (S.H.I.P.) was founded in 1998, following a ten day extremely popular Skidegate Haida Immersion Summer Session.
We have grown into a viable community program, and are able to attract a few new students each year. Adults who previously had never thought that they could learn to speak Haida have become an inspiration to others.
We also participate in many community events, and often we are asked to contribute to research of Haida traditions and names. We continue to maintain a high profile among community members and organizations Gwaii Haanas – Parks Canada , Haida Gwaii Museum and School District #50. Whenever possible, we send a representative to First Nations Language conferences to glean new methodologies of language preservation and revitalization, and to share with other programs what we have found to be working well at the community level.
S.H.I.P. has been recording the Skidegate Haida Language, and has produced over 120 instructional CD-ROM’s for use at home, in the S.H.I.P. Program, in schools in the community, and Haida’s living off island. Within the S.H.I.P. Program there are 10 very committed and dedicated Elders who are fluent speakers of the Skidegate Haida Language. The average age of our Elders is 80 years of age. The Elders attend S.H.I.P. five days a week, ten months of the year. They represent approximately 50% of today’s fluent Skidegate Haida speakers. Their efforts to revitalize the Skidegate Haida Language are genuine, and from the heart. Respect for their ancestors, the language, and its many dialects have been of utmost importance.
The goal of the Skidegate Haida Immersion Program is to preserve and revitalize Skidegate Haida Language, and to have it once again become the language spoken in the households of Skidegate and in Haida families living off island, and that future generations of Haida people will be able to speak the Skidegate Haida Language, and pass their language on to their children.
- Denver Cross