School Tour - Welcome to Wahsa!

Wahsa Distance Education Centre has provided secondary education services to northern communities across the Sioux Lookout District for the past 16 years starting in 1991. The Wahsa team consists of the following: Principal, Vice-Principal, 3 Education Counsellors, 1 DEC Liaison, 1 Receptionist, 1 Secretary, 1 Distribution Clerk, 1 Data Base Clerk, 1 IL Clerk, 12 Teachers and 1 DEC Liaison.

Located at 74 Front St. Wahsa has been in existence since 1991.

Wahsa develops, delivers and co-ordinates courses, training and support services in consultation with participating First Nations. Students receive instruction, instructional packages, tutoring, and academic and personal counseling through local and central support systems. This year Wahsa offered courses from Grades 9 to 12 under the new Ontario Secondary School (OSS) curriculum. Outdoor education students participated in an emergency first aid course and a canoe trip in the summer. Staff and students experienced discovering, interpreting, and paddling the traditional Ojibway territories of Quetico Park.

Teacher, Bonnie Osmond teaching radio courses.

The Ministry of Education inspection of the program was successful and Wahsa shall be aiming to enhance the cultural and literacy components of the program in the future. Through in-house course development and formal partnership with ILC Toronto, Wahsa now offers a total of 57 OSS courses and 2 non-credit transition courses (Science and Computers) through the IL department. Wahsa has developed two Locally Developed Compulsory Credit Courses in the Grade 9 English and Mathematics disciplines for the 2006/2007 school year. Senior radio course offerings have expanded to include Grade 11 Workplace Preparation and Grade 12 College Preparation English courses. Wahsa is seeking a partnership with E-learning Ontario to enable federally funded students to access provincial online Grade 9-12 courses. For the 2006/07 School Year, there were 952 students registered in Wahsa courses.

Math Teacher, Wendy Espana tutoring students at the Slate Falls learning centre.