Paul William Kaeser High School

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Paul William Kaeser High School
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Paul William Kaeser High School
97 Conibear Crescent

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Canada
Coordinates 60°00′17″N111°53′28″W / 60.00472°N 111.89111°W / 60.00472; -111.89111
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Funding typePublic
School boardFort Smith District Education Authority,
South Slave DEC
SuperintendentSouhail Soujah [1]
ChairpersonConnie Benwell
(Fort Smith DEA) [2]
PrincipalChristy MacKay [3]
Staff30
Grades 7-12
Enrollment240 (2025)
LanguageEnglish, French, Chipewyan
Website sites.google.com/a/ssdec.org/pwk-high-school/

Paul William Kaeser High School is a high school in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada. The school, along with Joseph Burr Tyrrell Elementary School, is overseen by the Fort Smith District Education Authority and administered by the South Slave Divisional Education Council. [3] It provides secondary education services to students from Fort Smith as well as the nearby Salt River First Nation and Smith's Landing First Nation.

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The school is named after Paul William Kaeser, a Fort Smith entrepreneur who opened a grocery store in Fort Smith in 1947.

Recognition

Clubs

As of 2023, there are three main clubs that remain throughout the school year, which are the Newspaper Club, Rainbow Sage, and the Astronomy club. The Astronomy club began this year, and is the only club started by a student.

References

  1. "South Slave Divisional Education Council (SSDEC)" . Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  2. "District Education Authorities" . Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Joseph Burr Tyrrell Elementary School" . Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  4. "Congratulations to Al Karasiuk on his induction into the 2023 NWT Education Hall of Fame!". 2 June 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2025.