- Description
- Operates a public on-reserve school for elementary students
- Administered by Windigo Education Authority (WEA) who acts in an advisory capacity
- Offers a full curriculum for students from Junior Kindergarten (JK) to Grade 8; approved and inspected by the Ontario Ministry of Education
- Provides a special education teacher
- Teaches Oji-Cree language as a subject course
- Provides a daily breakfast program for students
- Offers a school gymnasium and library
- Promotes and supervises cultural and traditional outings such as fishing, hunting, trapping and participates in an annual hunting festival in September
- Supervises extra-curricular activities such as hockey tournaments
- Organizes summer school and camps for children
- Comments
- School student body is approximately 100 students
- Eligibility
- Members of Bearskin Lake First Nation 4 years of age and older
- Application Process
- Registration required
- Must show copy of child's birth certificate/status card and immunization records
- Documents Required
- Child's birth certificate/status card and copy of immunization record required at initial registration
- Office
- 807-363-2570
- Fax
- 807-363-1078
- Mailing Address
- PO Box 78
c/o Michikan Lake School
Bearskin Lake, ON, P0V 1E0
Canada - Languages
- English
- Contact
- Rachelle Ningewance, Education Assistant, Windigo Council
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 807-737-1585 Ext 7721 - Education Director
- Tricia Nothing
Phone: 807-363-1011 - Fees
- None
- Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- September 19, 2025
- Address
- Michikan Lake School
Bearskin Lake First Nation, ON, P0V 1E0- School is located in the community of Bearskin Lake First Nation
- Provides classes for students from JK to Grade 8
Open in Google Maps - Accessibility
- Fully accessible
- Hours of Operation
- School: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4 pmMon0830 to 1600Tue0830 to 1600Wed0830 to 1600Thu0830 to 1600Fri0830 to 1600
Band Office: Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-5 pm - Service Area(s)
- Bearskin Lake First Nation
