Our Location

 

The Saskatchewan Learning map of the Provincial and Seperate School Divisions to the left shows the location of the North East School Division. The Saskatchewan Learning map of the Provincial and Seperate School Divisions to the leftshows the location of the North East School Division. The area enlarged above shows the communities with elementary schools in North East School Division. Red Earth First Nation, Shoal Lake Cree Nation and Kinistin Saulteaux Nation are also located in this geographic region.

The participating communities in the North East Understanding the Early Years project are located in northeastern Saskatchewan. Our boundaries extend to the Manitoba border in the east, Smeaton and Melfort in the west, Red Earth First Nation in the north and Naicam in the south. A "Community of Communities" Population and geography The northeast region of Saskatchewan is a ‘community of communities’, sporting a rich, culturally diverse population of Cree and Saulteaux First Nations communities, Métis, French, Hutterite, small rural communities to small urban communities. The North East Understanding the Early Years study involved three (3) First Nations Communities, ten (10) small rural communities with under 500 population, five ( 5) rural urban communities of 500 to 4000 people, and two (2) small urban centers of 4000 to 6000 people. The area of the northeast region is approximately 40,000 square kilometers with a population of about 45,000.  A kindergarten population of 400 students participated. Approximately 2100 children between the ages of 0- 5 years reside in the Northeast.
Participating School Boards The following schools under the administration of the North East School Division participated: Arborfield School, Arborfield Bjorkdale School, Bjorkdale Broadway School, Melfort Brunswick School, Melfort Carrot River Elementary School, Carrot River Central Park Elementary School, Nipawin Gronlid Central School, Gronlid Maude Burke Elementary, Melfort Naicam School, Naicam Porcupine Plain Elementary Reynolds Central School, Melfort Smeaton School, Smeaton Star City School, Star City Stewart Hawke Elementary, Hudson Bay Sylvania School, Sylvania Tisdale Elementary School, Tisdale White Fox School, White Fox William Mason School, Choiceland Zenon Park School, Ecole  Zenon Park, Zenon Park
The following three First Nations Schools, each managed by its own Education Council and respective First Nations community participated: Nipwakawigamig – Kinistin Education Centre, Kinistin Saulteaux Nation Ki-Waytinok School, Red Earth First Nation Wacihk Education Complex, Shoal Lake Cree Nation

For more information on the Government of Canada’s Understanding the Early Years Initiative visit:   http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/hip/sd/300_UEYInfo.shtml