Holy Spirit College - Edmonton

The Cooktown Campus is the main campus of Holy Spirit College. It is situated on the corner of Hope and Burkitt Streets. While young people from all areas and backgrounds are welcome at the College the present cohort is 100% Indigenous young people from Cooktown, Hopevale and Wujal Wujal. The campus offers programs for day and boarding. The boarders have a choice of being in residence on a full-time or weekly basis. The weekly basis works for young people from Hope Vale as they can catch a bus in on Monday mornings and return home on Friday. The purpose of weekly boarding is to allow young people the opportunity to concentrate on their learning and develop friendships during the week, while keeping in close contact with their families and communities on weekends. Also, weekly boarding appeals especially to young people who wish to join a school but who live too far away to be day pupils. Families often choose weekly boarding to enable their children to concentrate better on their studies by reducing the time spent travelling to and from school.