Serving the Skatin Nation

Skatin Community School serves the youth and families of the Skatin Nation and adheres the to First Peoples’ Principles of Learning

• Learning ultimately supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits, and the ancestors.

• Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational (focused on connectedness, on reciprocal relationships, and a sense of place).

• Learning involves recognizing the consequences of one‘s actions.

• Learning involves generational roles and responsibilities.

• Learning recognizes the role of Indigenous knowledge.

• Learning is embedded in memory, history, and story.

• Learning involves patience and time.

• Learning requires exploration of one‘s identity.

• Learning involves recognizing that some knowledge is sacred and only shared with permission and/or in certain situations.