Yellowknife Education District No. 1

The first meeting of the district was held 24 August 1939 when three people were elected making it the first democratically elected government body in the territory. Prior to the creation of the board a provisional school board had been established in 1938.{{cite web|url=http://www.yk1.nt.ca/documents/general/School%20Book%20-%20complete%20for%20printing%201.pdf |title=Yellowknife Education District No. 1 ~ A History of Public Schooling ~ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104231859/https://www.yk1.nt.ca/documents/general/School%20Book%20-%20complete%20for%20printing%201.pdf |archive-date=4 January 2021}}

The first school in Yellowknife was the Log School House and Mildred Hall, of Fort Fitzgerald, was the first teacher. However, freeze up of the Slave River prevented her from arriving in Yellowknife until February 1939. Prior to her arrival classes were taught by D. A. Davies but he was not an accredited teacher. The building was {{cvt|16|by|16|ft|order=flip}} and was unable to accommodate all the students at one time, thus classes were split into a morning and afternoon session. Mildred Hall was reappointed as teacher for 1939/40 and was paid $100 a month. This was her last year as a teacher in Yellowknife but she was later to sit on the school board. The school she originally taught in was designated a Yellowknife Heritage Site in 1988 and the building was moved from the Old Town to its current location next to Mildred Hall School and the board offices.{{cite web|url=http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2008-11/nov3_08sh.html |title=Little schoolhouse in the city |first1=Ben |last1=Morgan |publisher=Northern News Services |date=3 November 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222100356/http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2008-11/nov3_08sh.html |archive-date=22 December 2015}}

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|File:Old Log Cabin School, Yellowknife, NT.jpg|The original Log School House{{ref|map 2|map 2}}

|File:JH Sissons School.jpg|J.H. Sissons School{{ref|map 3|map 3}}, now École Įtłʼǫ̀

|File:Mildred Hall School 1.jpg|Mildred Hall School{{ref|map 4|map 4}}

|File:N J Macpherson School 1.jpg|N.J. Macpherson School{{ref|map 5|map 5}}

|File:Range Lake North School 1.jpg|Range Lake North School{{ref|map 6|map 6}}

|File:Sir John Franklin High School.jpg|Sir John Franklin High School{{ref|map 7|map 7}}

|File:William McDonald Middle School.jpg|William McDonald Middle School{{ref|map 8|map 8}}

|File:Kaw Tay Whee School.jpg|Kaw Tay Whee School{{ref|map 9|map 9}}

|File:New K'àlemì Dene School compleated.jpg|New K'àlemì Dene School{{ref|map 10|map 10}}

|File:K'àlemì Dene School.jpg|Old K'àlemì Dene School}}

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• List of schools in the Northwest Territories
• Education in Canada

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• {{note|map 1}}YK No. 1, {{coord|62|27|08|N|114|22|36|W|region:CA-NT_type:edu|name=Yellowknife Education District No. 1}}
• {{note|map 2}}Old Log Cabin School, {{coord|62|27|07|N|114|22|36|W|region:CA-NT_type:edu|name=Old Log Cabin School}}
• {{note|map 3}}J.H. Sissons School, {{coord|62|26|49|N|114|22|32|W|region:CA-NT_type:edu|name=J.H. Sissons School}}
• {{note|map 4}}Mildred Hall School, {{coord|62|27|07|N|114|22|45|W|region:CA-NT_type:edu|name=Mildred Hall School}}
• {{note|map 5}}N.J. Macpherson School, {{coord|62|26|22|N|114|24|59|W|region:CA-NT_type:edu|name=N.J. Macpherson School}}
• {{note|map 6}}Range Lake North School, {{coord|62|27|02|N|114|24|56|W|region:CA-NT_type:edu|name=Range Lake North School}}
• {{note|map 7}}Sir John Franklin High School, {{coord|62|27|09|N|114|21|42|W|region:CA-NT_type:edu|name=Sir John Franklin High School}}
• {{note|map 8}}William McDonald Middle School, {{coord|62|26|31|N|114|23|28|W|region:CA-NT_type:edu|name=William McDonald Middle School}}
• {{note|map 9}}Kaw Tay Whee School, {{coord|62|24|41|N|114|18|29|W|region:CA-NT_type:edu|name=Kaw Tay Whee School}}
• {{note|map 10}}K'àlemì Dene School, {{coord|62|28|28|N|114|20|14|W|region:CA-NT_type:edu|name=K'àlemì Dene School}}

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• [http://www.yk1.nt.ca Yellowknife Education District No. 1 website]
• [http://www.pwnhc.ca/timeline/index_winIFix.asp?forward=http%3A//www.pwnhc.ca/timeline/1925/1939_MildredHall.htm 1939 Mildred Hall, 1st School Teacher in Yellowknife] NWT Timeline, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
• [https://gnwt.accesstomemory.org/270 Yellowknife Education District No. 1 fonds. Northwest Territories Archives]

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Category:School districts in the Northwest Territories

Category:Education in Yellowknife