Dorintosh Central School leading land-based learning
Students at a local school are learning a lot from the land, including literacy, mathematics, science, and life skills.
Dorintosh Central School outside of Meadow Lake is leading the way for this learning style in the Northwest School Division. The elementary school implemented the indigenous-based educational model last fall.
“In my first year at the school, we’ve created the culturally courageous land-based leadership program,” Principal Michael Radford said. “We’re recognizing we’re on Treaty Six land and home of the Métis, but also realizing how we can culturally learn from the land, [and] connect that to the curriculum.”
The older students attended a culture camp run by the school division and Meadow Lake Tribal Council earlier this year, Radford said, and afterward, they created a circle of courage, similar to an indigenous medicine wheel, which students say represents the connections between humans and the world.