Getting to know Pelican Falls First Nation High School, NW Ontario
Pelican Falls First Nation High School (Grade 9-12) A FN Residential High School situated 15 mins. outside Sioux Lookout,Ontario. Student population 210.
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Pelican Falls First Nations High School was established in 1992 on the scenic shores of Pelican Lake within the township of the municipality of Sioux Lookout, Ontario and is part of the traditional territory of Lac Seul First Nation.
Being a private First Nation controlled and operated school, PFFNHS offers very unique and culturally relevant educational services to students from 24 First Nation communities within the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation.
Dennis Franklin Cromarty is a very special school. It was established by your parents and elders to give you an opportunity that THEY did not have – to attend a native high school.
Dennis Franklin Cromarty is operated by Northern Nishnawbe Education Council. The NNEC is directed by the Chiefs of the 24 Sioux Lookout District First Nations. It was established in 1978 as an essential part of the movement for First Nations to develop administrative capacity to take over the boarding program for students of the Sioux Lookout District attending grades 9 through 12 outside their communities. NNEC now provides secondary and post-secondary educational services.
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Provides supervised accommodations for students attending the Pelican Falls First Nation High School
Each Pelican Falls Centre house has 2 live-in counsellors and provides:
A safe, secure home environment
Supervision outside school hours
Academic encouragement and individual counselling
Life skills support and training
Social and recreational programs
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Nearly 200 students are enrolled this year. They live in small houses with a live-in house counsellor, at a ratio of 14 students for each counsellor.
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Northern Nishnawbe Education Council
Site: Sioux Lookout – Pelican Falls First Nation High School
Service: High School Services
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Description & Services
Description (Service)Operates a private First Nations high school for students from First Nation communities in the Sioux Lookout District
Offers a full curriculum approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education for students from Grade 9-12
Teaches Native language as a subject course and promotes a sense of pride of heritage
Provides supervised extra-curricular activities
Offers cultural activities and traditional Native teaching as part of regular programs
Participates in the Ontario Secondary Student Literacy Test (OSSLT) program
Produces a monthly newsletter, The Pelican Herald, available in print or online
Hours Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Areas Served Bearskin Lake First Nation ; Cat Lake First Nation ; Deer Lake First Nation ; Fort Severn First Nation ; Kasabonika Lake First Nation ; Keewaywin First Nation ; Kenora District ; Kingfisher Lake First Nation ; Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation ; Koocheching First Nation ; Lac Seul First Nation ; McDowell Lake First Nation ; Mishkeegogamang First Nation ; Muskrat Dam First Nation ; North Spirit Lake First Nation ; Pikangikum First Nation ; Poplar Hill First Nation ; Sachigo Lake First Nation ; Sandy Lake First Nation ; Saugeen First Nation (North) ; Wawakapewin First Nation ; Wunnumin Lake First Nation ; 24 First Nations communities in the Sioux Lookout District including New Slate Falls, North Caribou Lake, Wapakeka
Eligibility First Nations students from any of the 24 First Nations communities within the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN)
Application
Requires a completed high school application form available on website and
A copy of medical/immunization records and
A current transcript of marks or most recent report card (for Grade 8 students)
Deadline for applications:
First semester – Mar 31st
Second semester – Nov 15th
Languages English ; Interpretive Services – Cree, Ojibway, Oji-Cree; available upon request
Fees None
Additional Services at this Site
Pelican Falls Centre Housing Services
Contact Information
Office Phone 807-737-1110
Toll Free Phone 1-800-378-9111
Fax 807-737-1732
E-Mail pelican@nnec.on.ca
Website www.nnec.on.ca
Located In Community Sioux Lookout
Address 650 Pelican Falls Rd
Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1J9
Mailing Address PO Box 4127
Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1J9
Accessibility Not Accessible
Other Details
Legal Status (50) Non Profit
Established 1992
Funding Federal – Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
School becomes symbol of hope (Pelican Falls First Nations High School in Sioux Falls, Ontario). (2001)
Elder Henry Ogemah, a former student at Pelican Falls Residential School in Sioux Lookout, Ont., cut the ribbon last fall opening a new high school on the site — a symbol of hope for native communities scarred by boarding school experiences.
Pelican Falls First Nations High School will enable its 200 students “to learn our history, to get our education and to have a successful future,” according to a speech by grade 12 student Leona Kakepetum, as reported by Wawatay News, a local newspaper.
Federal Minister of Indian Affairs Robert Nault, Anglican bishop Gordon Beardy , archbishop Tom Morgan and Grand Chief Stan Beardy attended the opening ceremony.
Native drummers performed and all attended a feast after the ceremony.
Archbishop Morgan represented the primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, and said he walked on the site of the old school while he was in the area. “I found myself profoundly moved,” he said in an interview.
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