Kisêwâtisiwin School

kisêwâtisiwin School is a junior high school in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, located in the Knottwood community.

kisêwâtisiwin School
Address
1434-80 Street

Edmonton
,
Alberta

Canada
Coordinates53.445°N 113.453°W / 53.445; -113.453
Information
Former nameDan Knott Junior High
School typePublic
School boardEdmonton Public Schools
PrincipalClinton Preeper[1]
Grades7-9
Enrollment500+
LanguageEnglish
Team namekisêwâtisiwin Wolves
Budget$3,251,426 (2021)[1]

In 2006, Today's Parent named the school one of the top 40 elementary and junior high schools in Canada.[2]

Name

kisêwâtisiwin School was formerly named after former Edmonton mayor Dan Knott. In 2017, Edmonton Public Schools promised to debate changing the school's name due to Dan Knott's association with the Alberta branch of the Ku Klux Klan.[3]

In early September 2020, after a petition was put forward by a community member, the school board voted unanimously in favour of a motion that "recommended the school division seek input from the community" before renaming the school.[4] In May 2022, it was announced that the school would be renamed to kisêwâtisiwin, a Cree term meaning kindness or the act of being kind. The new name took effect at the beginning of the 2022–23 school year.[5][6]

Athletics

kisêwâtisiwin School is also well known for its athletics program. The following teams were, or have been active at kisêwâtisiwin:

  • Sr. Boys & Sr. Girls Volleyball
  • Boys & Girls Indoor Soccer
  • Sr. and Jr. Badminton
  • Jr. Boys & Jr. Girls Volleyball
  • Sr. Boys & Jr. Boys Basketball
  • Sr. Girls & Jr. Girls Basketball
  • Track Team
  • Flag Rugby
  • Cheer

References
  1. "Dan Knott School 2021-2022 Revised Budget" (PDF). Edmonton Public Schools. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  2. "Dan Knott School: About Us - Vision". Archived from the original on 2006-08-31. Retrieved 2006-10-12.
  3. "Next public school board trustees to debate policy on renaming schools after election". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  4. "Edmonton Public School Board moves forward with renaming 2 schools - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca". Globalnews.ca. 2020-12-19. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  5. "kisêwâtisiwin: Dan Knott junior high given new Indigenous name". edmontonjournal. May 17, 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  6. Gibson, Caley (May 17, 2022). "Southeast Edmonton junior high school renamed to kisêwâtisiwin School". Global News. Archived from the original on 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-07-12.


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