Cree School Board

Cree School Board (CSB; French: Commission scolaire Crie; Cree: ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᒑᐧᐃᓐ) is a school district in northern Quebec, headquartered in Mistissini,^[1] with an additional office in the James Bay Eeyou School in Chisasibi.^[2]

The administrative centre neighbours the Mistissini town hall.

While most Quebec school boards are categorized by language, CSB is categorized as a "special-status school board".^[3] It offers education in Cree, French, and English.

History

In 1978 the CSB had been established.^[4]

Initially the headquarters was in Val-d'Or but they later moved to Mistissini. The school board also established a high school in Chisasibi, with boarding services for students from some distant communities.^[5]

Schools

PreK through high schools:

• Wabannutao Eeyou School (ᐧᐋᐸᓅᑖᐤ ᐄᔨᔫ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Eastmain)
• Luke Mettaweskum School (ᓘᒃ ᒣᑕᐧᐁᔥᑲᒻ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Nemaska)
• Waapihtiiwewan School (ᐧᐋᐸᐦᑏᐧᐁᐧᐊᓐ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Oujé-Bougoumou)
• Maquatua Eeyou School (ᐧᒫᑯᐧᑖᐤ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᑑᑭᒥᒄ) / Joy Ottereyes Rainbow Memorial School (Wemindji)
• Badabin Eeyou School (ᐹᑖᐱᓐ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᑑᑭᒥᒄ) (Whapmagoostui)
  • In 1982 the school building was constructed, and in 1989 the first class of high school students graduated.^[4]
  • Includes the Meeyow Bee Nooquow School

Grade 5 through high schools:

• Wiinibekuu School (ᐧᐄᓂᐯᑰ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Waskaganish)

High schools:

James Bay Eeyou high school in Chisasibi.

Voyageur Memorial high school in Mistissini.

• James Bay Eeyou School (JBES; French: École Eeyou De La Baie James; Cree: ᒉᐃᒥᔅ ᐯᐃ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᒑᐅᑭᒥᒄ) (Chisasibi)
  • Previously the school provided boarding services for high school students for students from other villages of the James Bay region: Eastmain, Whapmagoosui, and Wemindji as at the time all high school classes in the region were in Chisasibi.^[5]
• Voyageur Memorial High School (ᕛᔨᒐᕐ ᑳ ᐃᔥᐹᒡ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Mistissini)
• Willie J. Happyjack Memorial School (ᐧᐃᓖ ᒉᐄ ᐦᐋᐲᒑᒃ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Waswanipi)

PreK/Elementary schools:

• Waapinichikush Elementary School (ᐙᐱᓂᒋᐦᑯᔥ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᑑᑭᒥᒄ) (Chisasibi)
• Voyageur Memorial Elementary School (VMES; ᕛᔨᒐᕐ ᑳ ᐃᔥᐹᒡ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Mistissini)

Elementary schools:

• Rainbow Elementary School (ᐲᓯᒧᔮᐲ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Waswanipi)

PreK-Grade 4:

• Annie Whiskeychan Memorial Elementary School (ᐋᓃ ᐧᐄᔥᑲᒑᓐ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Waskaganish)

PreK-Kindergarten:

• Jolina Gull-Blacksmith Memorial School (Waswanipi)

Other:

• Sabtuan Regional Vocational Training Centre (Waswanipi)

See also

Indigenous school boards in Quebec:

• Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education
• Kativik Ilisarniliriniq