East Three Secondary School
Inuvik, NT
Atitu and Welcome to East Three Elementary School,
East Three Secondary School operates under the Beaufort Delta Divisional Education Council and provides education from Grade 7-12. The school has approximately 52 staff and about 300 students. In the fall of 2022, East Three Secondary School celebrated 10 years of service to the community of Inuvik! Located on the traditional territories of the Gwich’in and Inuvialuit Peoples, the school was named after the original survey section (East Branch, Site 3) used for determining the final location for the town site of Inuvik.
East Three Secondary School offers a full course package suitable for all graduation pathways, with local Indigenous language classes, French Immersion, auto and carpentry shop, physical education program and on the land learning opportunities. ETSS is also home to the Northern Distance Learning (NDL) program, a virtual teaching network that services online learning opportunities for 20 different communities within the Northwest Territories.
In September 2018, Connected North was launched in East Three Secondary School, providing two way connections between educational experiences that interconnect the child’s community and the world at large in order to help children acquire the skills, knowledge and strength to enable them to assume productive roles as adults.
Details
Population of Inuvik
Total: 3,137 (2021)
1,990 people identified as Indigenous
Languages Spoken
Inuinnaqtun
Gwich’in
English
Grades
Grades 7 - 12
About East Three Secondary School
East Three Secondary School operates under the Beaufort Delta Divisional Education Council and provides education from Grade 7-12. The school has approximately 52 staff and about 300 students. In the fall of 2022, East Three Secondary School celebrated 10 years of service to the community of Inuvik! Located on the traditional territories of the Gwich’in and Inuvialuit Peoples, the school was named after the original survey section (East Branch, Site 3) used for determining the final location for the town site of Inuvik.
East Three Secondary School offers a full course package suitable for all graduation pathways, with local Indigenous language classes, French Immersion, auto and carpentry shop, physical education program and on the land learning opportunities. ETSS is also home to the Northern Distance Learning (NDL) program, a virtual teaching network that services online learning opportunities for 20 different communities within the Northwest Territories.
In September 2018, Connected North was launched in East Three Secondary School, providing two way connections between educational experiences that interconnect the child’s community and the world at large in order to help children acquire the skills, knowledge and strength to enable them to assume productive roles as adults.
Students love and respond well to hands-on activities, especially building, painting, creating, dancing, singing and movement.
You can keep up with the students, teachers and staff of East Three Secondary School by following them on Facebook.
We look forward to you connecting with the students!
Simple Gwich’in Vocabulary
Good day - Drin gwiinzii
Yes - Aaha’
No - Akwaa
Sunshine - Sree nii'ęįh
Thank you - Mahsi’
Winter - Khaii
