KO team presents programs at Chiefs of Ontario Education conference in Thunder Bay
Cheryl Chukra, Administrative Assistant and Martina Kanakakeesic, Youth Worker with KORI, were at the Kuhkenah Network display at COO's Education conference - "Our Children, Our Future, OurWay!" in Thunder Bay.
K-Net is the Ontario Regional Management Organization with INAC's First Nations SchoolNet program. See http://firstnationschools.ca and http://ned.ca for more information about the services and programs available under this project.
On the first day of the conference, Darrin Potter, Principal of the Keewaytinook Internet High School - http://kihs.knet.ca, and Cathy Rodger, KiHS teacher in the Fort William First Nation classroom hosted a workshop entitled "Alternative High School Programming for at-risk students.
Then on the second day, Brian Beaton, K-Net Coordinator is scheduled to do a presentation on Best Practices in First Nation Communities: Celebrating Successes. The K-Net presentation is about Technology in the Classroom.