
Waabgon Gamig First Nation School
Waabgon Gamig is a band-operated school located on the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation. Waabgon Gamig currently has two classrooms and students range from kindergarten to Grade 5. Waabgon Gamig First Nation School follows the Ontario Elementary curriculum, however our program has a strong outdoor base and offers students cutting-edge environmental programming through our Land Based Studies. We deliver this program in partnership with the Sticks and Stones Wilderness School.
The school also offers students many cultural programs delivered by Georgina Island First Nation community members. These include, but are not limited to, beading, drumming and singing, ribbon skirt and shirt making, cultural cooking, hide tanning, maple syrup making, food sustainability and Anishinaabemowin classes.

Daily Schedule
- Breakfast Club
8:45 to 9 am - School Starts at
9 am - Morning Recess
11 to 11:30 am - Lunch Recess
12:30 to 1:30 pm - School Ends at
3:30 pm
Waabgon Gamig First Nation Staff:
Dan Gillis: Education Director
Rachel Reimer: JK/SK Teacher and Music Teacher
Amber Lisle: Grade 1 / 2 Teacher and Resource Teacher
Alana Holborn: Grade 1 / 2 and Art Teacher
Jesse Feitler: Grade 2 / 5 Teacher/ Gym Teacher
Skyler Laverock: D.E.C.E
Kait Juneau: E.A.
Glenn Stevens: Student Succes Coach
Shelley Sanders: Education Operations Lead
Darla Trumble: Caretaker
Julie Ross: Land Base Learning: Gardener
Alexis Burnett: Land Base Learning: Outdoor Guide
Kelsey Trivett: Ojibwe Language Teacher
Jake Charles: Culture and Big Drum
Lynn Mooney: Culture and Beading
Hayley Williamson: Culture and Hand Drumming
Mavis Trivett: Cultural Cooking
Alicia Trivett: Cultural Cooking