Nakasuk School

Nakasuk Elementary School
Address
Box 1179 - near Queen Elizabeth and Sinaa
Iqaluit, Nunavut, X0A 0H0
Canada
Coordinates 63°44′48″N 68°30′55″W / 63.74667°N 68.51528°W / 63.74667; -68.51528Coordinates: 63°44′48″N 68°30′55″W / 63.74667°N 68.51528°W / 63.74667; -68.51528
Information
School type Public Elementary School
School board Qikiqtani School Operations
Principal Tracey MacMillian
Grades Kindergarten-Grade 5
Enrollment 300+ (2013)
Language Inuktitut and English

Nakasuk School is one of 4 elementary schools in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

The school design is distinctive, consisting of a two storey fibreglass ice block.

The school is named after Nakasuk, the founder of Iqaluit, and is located near Inuksuk High School.

In 2008 the Nakasuk school community produced a music CD "Songs from the Children of Nunavut", published through Leopard Frog Studio in Kingston ON. The album includes contributions by the Nakasuk School Choir, in English, French and Inuktitut.[1]

Notes

  1. Northern News Services. "Children's voices captured on CD". Nnsl.com. Retrieved 2011-03-15.

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