Keewaytinook Internet High School (KIHS)
Thunder Bay, ON
KiHS is a program which allows students to remain in their home community while taking a rich variety of ministry inspected courses toward their high school diploma. We are partnered with 16 First Nations across Ontario.
We are an asynchronous online high school serving First Nation communities in Northern Ontario with a full range of 80+ accredited courses.
Details
Population of Thunder Bay
108,843 (2021)
Languages Spoken
Ojibway
Oji-Cree
English
Grades
Grade 9 - 12
About Keewaytinook Internet High School
Keewaytinook Internet High School was created in 2000 at the request of the chiefs of Keewaytinook Okimakanak (Northern Chiefs Tribal Council). The chiefs saw that there were many issues with the practice, at the time, of sending youth out of their communities to attend high school in Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, or Dryden. Many felt these students were too young to be away from their families and communities. Thus, KiHS began as a grade 9 program. In the years since, it has evolved into a full grade 9 to 12 program for on reserve youth and mature students. Since 2006 there have been many graduates of KiHS, both young and mature, and the range of choices offered to students has grown to surpass the choices they have in most urban schools.
