New Kituwah Academy
| New Kituwah Academy ᎠᏤ ᎩᏚᏩ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
60 Waterdam Road , , 28719 United States | |
| Coordinates | 35°30′04″N 83°18′37″W / 35.501071°N 83.310233°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | "Kituwah First" |
| Opened | 19 April 2004 |
| Status | Open |
| Authority | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians |
| NCES School ID | A1302201 |
| Principal | Crystal Carpenter |
| Enrollment | 98 (2018) |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Website | https://ebcikpep.com/ |
The New Kituwah Academy (Cherokee: ᎠᏤ ᎩᏚᏩ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ, Atse Kituwah Tsunadeloquasdi; gi-DOO-wah), also known as the Atse Kituwah Academy, is a private bilingual Cherokee- and English-language immersion school for Cherokee students in kindergarten through sixth grade, located in Cherokee, North Carolina, in the Yellow Hill community of the Qualla Boundary. It is owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), and operated by the Kituwah Preservation and Education Program (KPEP).
The school is part of a larger effort by the EBCI to save and revitalize the endangered Cherokee language by creating immersion and other language-learning opportunities; it also instills Cherokee cultural pride.
The word kituwah (ᎩᏚᏩ) is used by the Eastern Cherokee to refer to both themselves and their language; it can also mean "center" or "mother town" depending on context. New Kituwah is independent from the Cherokee Central Schools at Qualla Boundary.