History of Le Goff School Prior to 1953 the children received their education by attending the Residential School in Onion Lake and St. Paul. Pierre Metchewais wanted to have his children educated on the reserve. A meeting was arranged with the Indian Agent to discuss the issue. As a result of that meeting, in 1953 Le Goff Day School was established through an agreement between Pierre Metchewais and Indian Agent Knapp. The school was located in the rectory and had three students enroll on the first day. Those students were Maynard Metchewais, Francis Muskego and Bobby Kjenner. By the end of the school year the enrollment had increased to twelve students.

A new school was eventually constructed to house the students. Parents now had a choice from that point to keep their children at home rather then send them to residential school. Five portables were required to handle the increased enrollment in the school.

As attendance increased the school became over crowded. Chief Ralph Blackman petitioned the Department of Indian Affairs to construct a new school. To add their support of the petition, parents agreed to keep their children home from late September 1971. Also, after a year of demonstrations and almost a year of keeping the children home, a sit-in was held at the Indian Affairs offices on the 27th floor of the CN tower in Edmonton. The department finally agreed to build the new school.

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Success starts at home.

The new school opened in the fall of 1974. It was built in two stages. Initially it housed grades four to nine plus kindergarten, grades one to three stayed in the old school. Additional rooms were added to house kindergarten to grade nine. As a result of a drop in enrollment, grade nine was no longer offered but was later re-introduced.

Extracurricular sports activity has also been re-introduced, after a twenty year absence;

students that get involved in extra-curricular activities do better in life