Gudangaay Tlaats'gaa Naay Secondary School

Gudangaay Tlaats'gaa Naay Secondary
Address
PO Box 208, 1647 Collison Ave.
Masset, British Columbia, V0T 1M0
Canada
Coordinates 54°00′41″N 132°08′41″W / 54.011339°N 132.144619°W / 54.011339; -132.144619Coordinates: 54°00′41″N 132°08′41″W / 54.011339°N 132.144619°W / 54.011339; -132.144619
Information
School type Public, high school
School board School District 50 Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte
School number 5050001
Principal Bernadette Marie
Staff 16
Grades 8-12
Enrollment 100 (September 30, 2014)
Language English / Haida
Area Masset
Team name GTN Thunder
Website gtnss.sd50.bc.ca

Gudangaay Tlaats'gaa Naay Secondary, formerly George Mercer Dawson Secondary is a public high school in Masset, British Columbia. It is one of two secondary schools and one of six schools in School District 50 Haida Gwaii.[1] George Mercer Dawson Secondary officially opened on October 19, 1970, and was named after George Mercer Dawson CMG FRS FRSC, (August 1, 1849 – March 2, 1901) a Canadian scientist, surveyor and eminent authority on ethnology and archeology who undertook the Canadian Governments Geological Survey of Haida Gwaii, formerly named Queen Charlotte Islands. In September, 2016 the school was renamed to Gudangaay Tlaats'gaa Naay Secondary by unanimous decision of the SD50 School Board.[2]

Having grown up in Old Massett, some internationally renowned Haida Artists such as Robert Davidson, Reginald Davidson and Jim Hart attended Masset High School prior to its renaming in 1970, and again in 2016.

References

  1. ↑ http://sd50.bc.ca
  2. ↑ http://sd50.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/August-2016-Regular-Minutes.pdf

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