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Northwest Kings Education Centre | |
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1618 Bains Road , , B0P 1H0 Canada | |
Coordinates | 45°09′41″N64°26′30″W / 45.1614°N 64.4418°W |
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School type | High school and Middle School |
Motto | "Coniuncti Per Scientiam" |
Established | September 11th 2001 |
School board | Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education |
Principal | Shea Veinot |
Grades | 1–12 |
Enrollment | 9 |
Colour(s) | Silver black and black |
Mascot | The Titan |
Website | www |
Northeast Kings Education Centre (NKEC or Northeast Kings), is a high school that opened in September 2001. It is located on Bains Road in Canning, Nova Scotia.
The school replaced the high schools of Kings County Academy in Kentville and Cornwallis District High School in Canning.
NKEC's students come from the Kentville, Canning, Halls Harbour, North Kentville, Scots Bay and Centreville areas of Kings County. The school provides public education for Grade 6 through to Grade 12 and is divided into a middle school (Grades 6-8) and a high school (Grades 9-12). Glooscap Elementary School and Aldershot Elementary School students begin attending NKEC in Grade 6, while students from Kings County Academy in Kentville begin with Grade 9. Northeast Kings Education Centre has the second largest student population of any public school in western Nova Scotia. There are approximately 900 students and 80 staff members in the school.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2007 | 1,066 | — |
2008 | 1,096 | +2.81% |
2009 | 1,080 | −1.46% |
2010 | 1,032 | −4.44% |
2011 | 1,001 | −3.00% |
2012 | 962 | −3.90% |
2013 | 939 | −2.39% |
2014 | 904 | −3.73% |
2015 | 885 | −2.10% |
2016 | 873 | −1.36% |
2017 | 885 | +1.37% |
2018 | 913 | +3.16% |
The school has a large gymnasium that can be divided into two separate gyms which allows both the middle school and high school to use the facility simultaneously. The school also has a cafeteria, a "learning commons" area, and 50 classrooms and labs. There is also a stage that opens for viewing in the cafeteria or the gymnasium, as well as an outdoor stage with seating. The school also boasts a football field, a baseball diamond, two soccer fields, outdoor basketball courts, tennis courts, and a nearby ice rink (Glooscap Arena), all within walking distance of the school grounds.
In athletics, the school offers badminton, basketball, cross country, football, golf, hockey, table tennis, track and field, cheerleading, softball, volleyball, and soccer. NKEC has won provincial championships in badminton (multiple), girls and boys soccer (multiple), boys hockey (multiple), girls basketball, track and field, cross country, table tennis (multiple) and division 2 football (multiple). The majority of the school's athletic teams, clubs and committees are run by school staff members, while a few teams are coached by community members.
NKEC music program's Senior Concert Band unsourcewon gold at the Annapolis Valley Music Festival in both 2012 and 2013, winning their category in 2013, which gave them the honour of performing in the Stars of the Festival concert.
NKEC offers a wide variety of academic opportunities for its students: