The Yellowknife Education District No. 1 approved its 2018-2019 school calendar at a board meeting on March 13.
Teachers and administrators will report back to the classroom on Aug. 24 whereas students will begin learning on Sept. 4.
The calendar includes information on winter and spring vacation. The Yk1 holiday season begins on Dec. 22 with students expected back in their classrooms by Jan. 6, 2019.
Spring break will run from March 15 to March 31, 2019.
The calendar includes new Strengthen Teachers Instructional Practices (STIP) days which were announced by superintendent Metro Huculak in 2017.
Six of those days have been incorporated in next year's calendar.
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Folk On The Rocks announces second wave of performers
Music group Major Funk and The Employment is one of the latest act to join Folk On The Rocks 2018.
The Whitehorse based R&B performers were one of 11 artists added to the concert list on Friday by FOTR executive producer Carly Bradley.
Other performers include: Partner, William Prince, Rock The Arts, JB the First Lady, Lonesome Ace String B, Silla and Rise, The Rainbow Coalition of Yellowknife, Andrea Bettger, The Highest Order and Nuela Charles.
Bradley said the lineup for the July 20–22 festival will be finalized in two weeks
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Preteen art journaling to happen in Spring
New art classes are giving pre-teens the chance to practice their creativity during the spring said instructor Tracey Bryant.
Bryant, who has been instructing spring art classes for five years, said this will be the first time she is offering classes to children ages 11 to 14.
Bryant said her art journaling course will include four themes: abstract art, surrealism, symbolism and "art nouveau."
The preteen course will span for six weeks beginning on Apr. 16. The course will finish on May 28. Art journaling is offered at saxifrage studio and will run from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Bryant said early registration is available at: saxifragestudio.com.