Education
Education
Gadzoosdaa Student Residence
Gadzoosdaa Student Residence is a 38-bed residence in Whitehorse for senior grade secondary school students from communities where there is no senior grade secondary school. These students attend either F.H. Collins Secondary School or Vanier Catholic Secondary School.
Parents also have the choice of making private room and board arrangements for their children to attend secondary school in Whitehorse.
The Gadzoosdaa Student Residence was opened officially on October 4, 1990 and is named in recognition of the many contributions made by Mrs. Virginia Smarch.
Mrs. Smarch, who in Tlingit was affectionately known as Gadzoosdaa, was a distinguished elder of the Teslin Tlingit Council (Wolf Clan) and was the first teacher of the Tlingit language in the Teslin School. Over the years, she gave generously of herself to act as interpreter at meetings and to speak at gatherings of young people. Above all, Mrs. Smarch was a superb teller of legends, complementing her stories with appropriate lessons and insights for present-day conditions and the younger generation.
The goal of the Gadzoosdaa Student Residence is to enable each student to develop his or her full potential and to become a self-assured, self-motivated and responsible citizen, who possesses the intellectual, physical and social qualities needed to lead a fulfilling life. Many prominent northerners have stayed at this student residence while completing their high school education.
Student Handbook and Forms
Gadzossdaa Student Residence Student Handbook 
Form #1 - Application & Health Information Form
Form #2 - Sign Out Permission Form
Form #3 - Transportation Waiver
Form #4 - Internet Use Student Policy
Form #5 - Room Checklist
Contact - Gadzoosdaa
Peter Cassidy, Housemaster
Gadzoosdaa Student Residence
15 Selkirk Street
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 3J5
Phone: (867) 667-8067
Toll free (In Yukon): 1-800-661-0408, local 8067
Fax: (867) 393-6354
Peter.Cassidy@gov.yk.ca