La Loche Community School
| La Loche Community School | |
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 Dene High School  Ducharme School |
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| Location | |
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La Loche, Saskatchewan, S0M 1G0 Canada |
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| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Founded | 1941 |
| School board | Northern Lights School Division #113 |
| Principal | Stephen King |
| Staff | 110 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 900 |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Yellow, Blue and White |
| Team name | La Loche Lakers |
| Website | www |
La Loche Community School is located in the village of La Loche in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The school consists of two campuses. One campus, Ducharme School (56°28′56″N 109°26′18″W / 56.48222°N 109.43833°W), offers kindergarten to grade six; and the other, Dene High School (56°29′18″N 109°26′43″W / 56.48833°N 109.44528°W), offers grades seven to twelve. The school has an enrollment of 900 students and a support staff of 110.
The majority of the students are bilingual and speak both Denesuline and English.
The first school of La Loche was a one-room whitewashed log building set on a loose stone foundation. It was built by Aime Janvier and Little Joe Montgrand in 1940 by the lake on the grounds of the present Ducharme School. The first teacher in 1941 was Mr. Klotz, followed by Alex Sapowski in 1942. Called the La Loche Community Day School, this school had 23 students in 1942 and 47 students in 1944.
The school was renamed Ducharme School in honour of Father J. B. Ducharme O.M.I.. Father Ducharme who was fluent in French, English, and Denesuline, served the La Loche Mission from 1916 to 1949. He taught basic school courses including Dene syllabics and catechism in the rectory until the first school was built.
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