The Public Schools Branch of the Yukon Department of Education provides elementary and secondary education to 4,638 students in 10 urban and 16 rural schools, and provides loans and grants to postsecondary students. In the 1983-84 academic year, major initiatives included development of gifted programs and alternate programing for secondary students with special needs, expansion of the early French Immersion program, and continued development of native language curricula. This paper notes internal reorganization plans and major changes to facilities, and outlines the major accomplishments of curriculum services and projects for teaching French, Tutchone, Tlingit, Han, Loucheux, and Kaska. A statistical appendix covers: (1) enrollment by school in March, 1983 and March, 1984; (2) kindergarten enrollment by school and year from 1979/80 to 1984/84; (3) enrollment by grade and school in March, 1983 and March, 1984; (4) enrollment by grade and percentage of enrollment by grade for five years; (5) rural, urban, and overall pupil/teacher ratios for five years; (6) a bar graph of Yukon school population changes for five years; (7) teaching staff numbers and salaries by school; (8) rural and urban teacher qualifications; (9) tutors' experience and salary by school; (10) French language enrollments; and (11) departmental expenditures. (SV)