The Beaufort Delta Divisional Education Council or Beaufort-Delta Divisional Education Council is the public school board for the Inuvik Region, identical to Region 1, a census division in the Northwest Territories. Located in Inuvik the education council represents nine schools in eight communities.
The board is made up of ten members, one from each District Education Authority (DEA), and one each from the Gwich'in Tribal Council and the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. The executive is made up of a chair, as of 2024 it is Mina McLeod from Aklavik, a vice-chair and one other member.
School population School programs in the Northwest Territories (NWT) are mandatory to all people between the age of six and sixteen. The BDDBE says that they serve over 1,500 students and have 328 staff.
Like other divisional education councils in the NWT they are inclusive
Region 1 is predominately Indigenous peoples, made up of Inuvialuit (Inuit), Gwichʼin (First Nations), and Métis, and these numbers will be reflected in the school population.
Languages The main language of instruction throughout the region is English and French immersion is available in both Inuvik schools. Indigenous languages, such as Gwichʼin and Inuvialuktun (Inuinnaqtun), are taught depending on the community.
List of schools The following are the schools in the BDDEC Community School Grades PrincipalStaffIncludes all support staffStudents Notes / ReferencesAklavikMoose Kerr School JK – 12Janine Johnson 35 125Named for Arnold J. (Moose) Kerr, a former teacher.Fort McPhersonChief Julius School JK – 12Cliff Gregory 30 <100 (2019)Named for Chief Julius Salu who signed Treaty 11InuvikEast Three Elementary School JK – 6 Sonia Gregory 60 420East Three Secondary School 7 – 12Adam Wright 52 300Named for East Branch, Site 3, a survey section that helped determine the location of InuvikPaulatukAngik School JK – 12Kyle Sagert 10 70 (2022)Named for Angik Rubin, a Paulatuk ElderSachs HarbourInualthuyak School JK – 9Martin MacPherson 4Named for Inualthuyak, an Elder from Sachs HarbourTsiigehtchicChief Paul Niditchie School JK – 9Sonia Gregory 10 33 (2017)Named for Chief Paul Niditchie who signed Treaty 11TuktoyaktukMangilaluk School JK – 12Ephraim Warren 34 240Named for Mangilaluk who founded TuktoyaktukUlukhaktokHelen Kalvak Elihakvik JK – 12Nicolas Kopot 27Named for local artist Helen Kalvak
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