Window Rock Unified School District (WRUSD) is a school district within
Apache County, Arizona
Apache County is in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. Shaped in a long rectangle running north to south, as of the 2020 census, its population was 66,021. The county seat is St. Johns.
Most of the county is occupied by part ...
, United States. The district comprises seven schools within a 65-mile radius.
WRUSD serves several
unincorporated areas
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
, including
Fort Defiance,
Oak Springs,
St. Michaels,
Window Rock
Window Rock ( nv, , ) is a census-designated place that serves as the seat of government and capital of the Navajo Nation, the largest territory in North America of a sovereign Native American nation. The capital lies within the boundaries of the ...
, and most of
Sawmill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensi ...
.
Schools
* Window Rock Elementary School
* Sawmill Primary Learning Center
* Tse Ho Tso Primary Learning Center
* Tse Ho Tso Intermediate Learning Center
* Tse Ho Tso Middle School
* Tséhootsooí Diné Biʼóltaʼ
** The Navajo Nation operates Tséhootsooí Diné Bi'Ólta', a Navajo language immersion school for grades K–8 in Fort Defiance, Arizona. Located on the Arizona-New Mexico border in the southeastern quarter of the Navajo Reservation, the school strives to revitalize Navajo among children of the Window Rock Unified School District. Tséhootsooí Diné Bi'ólta' has thirteen Navajo language teachers who instruct only in the Navajo language, and no English, while five English language teachers instruct in the English language. Kindergarten and first grade are taught completely in the Navajo language, while English is incorporated into the program during third grade, when it is used for about 10% of instruction.
*
Window Rock High School
Window Rock High School is a public high school in Fort Defiance, a census-designated place in unincorporated Apache County, Arizona. WRHS is the only high school in the Window Rock Unified School District.
WRUSD, and therefore the high school, ...
References
External links
WRUSD Official Web Page
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School districts in Apache County, Arizona
Education on the Navajo Nation