Keewaytinook Internet High School, commonly known as KiHS, provides a community-based secondary school model that allows students to work toward their Ontario Secondary School Diploma while remaining in their home communities.
KiHS is built on the belief that students are most successful when they are supported academically, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and culturally. Our service model brings together online course delivery, in-person classroom support, Ontario Certified Teachers, community partnerships, and culturally responsive programming to support the whole student.
At the centre of our work is Maamow Ochinaakatwopimitiyaak ᒫᒧᐤ ᐅᒋᓈᑲᑞᐱᒥᑎᔮᐠ, meaning “Looking after One Another, Together.” This teaching guides the way KiHS supports students, staff, families, and communities. It reminds us that education is not only about earning credits, but also about building relationships, supporting wellness, strengthening identity, and walking alongside one another.
KiHS recognizes that the mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional aspects of self are interconnected. Student success is supported when learning is connected to land, culture, language, wellness, family, and community. These connections help students build balance, confidence, belonging, and a stronger sense of who they are as they move through their secondary school journey.
Each KiHS classroom is located within a First Nation community and is supported by an Ontario Certified Teacher. Students attend their local KiHS classroom, where they receive daily guidance, encouragement, academic support, and access to online courses. This model allows students to remain close to home while accessing secondary school programming that can lead to graduation, employment, training, college, university, and other future pathways.
KiHS courses are delivered in a flexible online format, supported by in-person classroom teaching and student-centred planning. Students may access courses from Grade 9 to Grade 12 across a range of subject areas and pathways. Teachers and staff work with students to support credit accumulation, attendance, achievement, graduation planning, transitions, and overall well-being.
Our service model also recognizes the importance of community voice and local context. KiHS works with communities, families, leadership, educators, and partners to support programming that reflects the needs, strengths, and goals of the students we serve. Culture, land-based learning, language, and wellness are not separate from academic success; they are part of what helps students feel connected, supported, and ready to learn.
Through Maamow Ochinaakatwopimitiyaak — Looking after One Another, Together — KiHS continues to provide a secondary school model rooted in relationships, responsibility, community, identity, and student success.