White Cone High School was a high school in
Keams Canyon, Arizona
Keams Canyon (Hopi: Pongsikya or Pongsikvi; nv, ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 304 at the 2010 census.
Pongsikya is a narrow box canyon that is named after a plant of edible gre ...
, and the only high school in the
Cedar Unified School District
Cedar Unified School District is a school district based in Navajo County of northeastern Arizona.
The school district serves some unincorporated areas of Navajo County, including:
*Hopi Reservation communities of First Mesa, Hotevilla-Bacavi, ...
. which also includes the Jeddito elementary school. It was created in 2005 to offer a public district school in the area, as the closest public district high school is one hour away in
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, and
Hopi Junior/Senior High School
Hopi Junior Senior High School (HJSHS) is a tribal junior high and high school in Keams Canyon, Arizona. It is operated in cooperation with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) as a grant day school.
Administration
* Superintendent – Steven B ...
, located within the Hopi reservation and not the Navajo Nation, is filled to capacity.
In May 2012, White Cone High School was closed, as the district's governing board voted 3–2 in February to shutter the school due to continuing financial difficulties;
2012: The Year in Review
Arizona Journal the facility now houses an online school known as White Cone Academy.
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Public high schools in Arizona
Former high schools in Arizona
Education on the Navajo Nation
Schools in Navajo County, Arizona
Educational institutions established in 2005
Educational institutions disestablished in 2012
2005 establishments in Arizona
2012 disestablishments in Arizona