Kugluktuk High School

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Kugluktuk High School
Address
Box 273
Kugluktuk, Nunavut, X0B 0E0, Canada
Coordinates 67°49′35″N 115°05′46″W / 67.82639, -115.09611Coordinates: 67°49′35″N 115°05′46″W / 67.82639, -115.09611
Information
School board Kugluktuk District Education Authority
School district Kitikmeot School Operations
Superintendent Margaret Joyce
Grades 7 to 12
Language Inuinnaqtun and English
Mascot Grizzly bear
Team name Kugluktuk Grizzlies
Colours Purple and gold
Enrollment approx. 160

Kugluktuk High School is a high school in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada. The school, which serves a town of some 1,200 hundred people has about 160 students from grades seven to twelve. It is the furthest west high school in the new territory of Nunavut.

The high school, through the "Kugluktuk High School Athletics Association" also known as the "Kugluktuk Grizzlies", has created a non-profit, stay-in-school organization that uses sport and recreation opportunities as incentives for staying in school, and making healthy lifestyle choices. Currently, the membership has over 100 students. Through a variety of fundraisers, they provide the youth in Kugluktuk with opportunities in various things such as sport and employment. They are the largest youth employer in Kugluktuk.

Next door to the school is the Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik elementary school serving the younger students.

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