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Cree School Board (CSB; french: Commission scolaire Crie; cr, ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᒑᐧᐃᓐ) is a school district in northern The Education Reform
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* James Bay Eeyou School (JBES; french: École Eeyou De La Baie James; cr, ᒉᐃᒥᔅ ᐯᐃ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᒑᐅᑭᒥᒄ) ( Chisasibi)
** Previously the school provided boarding services for high school students for students from other villages of the
Cree School Board
School districts in Quebec Cree governments 1978 establishments in Quebec Educational institutions established in 1978 {{Quebec-school-stub
Cree School Board (CSB; french: Commission scolaire Crie; cr, ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᒑᐧᐃᓐ) is a school district in northern Quebec
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, headquartered in Mistissini, with an additional office in the James Bay Eeyou School in Chisasibi.
While most Quebec school boards are categorized by language, CSB is categorized as a "special-status school board"."
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. Saturday November 29, 1997. Retrieved on September 22, 2017French version
/ref> It offers education in Cree, French, and English.
History
In 1978 the CSB had been established.Badabin Eeyou School" Cree School Board. Retrieved on September 22, 2017. Initially the headquarters was in
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but they later moved to Mistissini.MacLeod, Roderick and Mary Anne Poutanen. ''A Meeting of the People: School Boards and Protestant Communities in Quebec, 1801-1998''. McGill-Queen's Press, 2004. , 9780773527423. p393
Schools
PreK through high schools: * Wabannutao Eeyou School (ᐧᐋᐸᓅᑖᐤ ᐄᔨᔫ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Eastmain
Eastmain ( ; cr, ᐄᔅᒣᐃᓐ/Îsmein) is a Cree community located on east coast of James Bay at the mouth of the Eastmain River, Quebec, Canada. It is a small coastal Cree village with a population of 924 people in the 2021 Canadian Ce ...
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* Luke Mettaweskum School (ᓘᒃ ᒣᑕᐧᐁᔥᑲᒻ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) ( Nemaska)
* Waapihtiiwewan School (ᐧᐋᐸᐦᑏᐧᐁᐧᐊᓐ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) (Oujé-Bougoumou
Oujé-Bougoumou (; cr, ᐆᒉᐳᑯᒨ / Ûcêpukumû, the linguistic basis for the name of the nearby town Chibougamau, which in the Cree language refers to the narrows of a body of water, and was where Cree people gathered seasonally) is the n ...
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* 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.
** Includes the Meeyow Bee Nooquow School
Grade 5 through high schools:
* Wiinibekuu School (ᐧᐄᓂᐯᑰ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᒉᐅᑲᒥᒄ) ( Waskaganish)
High schools:
* James Bay Eeyou School (JBES; french: École Eeyou De La Baie James; cr, ᒉᐃᒥᔅ ᐯᐃ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᒑᐅᑭᒥᒄ) ( Chisasibi)
** Previously the school provided boarding services for high school students for students from other villages of the James Bay
James Bay (french: Baie James; cr, ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, Wînipekw, dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost par ...
region: Eastmain, Whapmagoosui, and Wemindji as at the time all high school classes in the region were in Chisasibi.
* 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)
References
External links
Cree School Board
School districts in Quebec Cree governments 1978 establishments in Quebec Educational institutions established in 1978 {{Quebec-school-stub