Historic Sites of Manitoba: Cypress River Consolidated School No. 2357 (Cypress River, RM of Victoria)

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Built in 1958 for the Cypress River Consolidated School District No. 2357 by contractor Mr. G. Peterson, the school was located in Cypress River in the Rural Municipality of Victoria. It was opened in January 1959 with elementary students transferring from their former school building nearby, which then became the local high school. This school was expanded with a gymnasium in 1976 and continued in operation until its closure in June 2009. In 2011, it was purchased for $100 by the Cypress River Resource Centre from the Prairie Spirit School Division, and for a period from 2012 to 2014 it was used by the Licensed Practical Nursing Program of Assiniboine Comunity College. The building houses the community library and hosts periodic activities and events.

Principals

Period	Principal
Before 1958	See Cypress River Consolidated School
1958-1959	?
1959-1966	Violet Adeline Palmer
1966-1967	Jessie Ellen Metcalf
1967-1968	Dennis Paul Kozak
1968-1970	Rosalie Sigurdson
1970-1971	Jessie Metcalf
1971-1972	John Giesbrecht
1972-1985	Phyllis Skoglund
1985-1988	Ken Storie
1988-2000	Bruce Craig
2000-2009	?

Teachers

Period	Teachers
Before 1958	See Cypress River Consolidated School
1958-1959	Violet Adeline Palmer (grades 7-8), Dan W. Sawatsky (grades 5-6), Grace Mary Smith (grades 3-4), Esther Ruth Young (grades 1-2)
1959-1960	Edith May Davidson (grade 2, 1960), Lorette Mary Devos (grades 3-4), Edmae Leonie Hogue (grades 5-6), Violet Adeline Palmer (grades 7-8), Mintie Barkman Reimer (grade 2, 1959), Esther Ruth Young (grade 1)
1960-1961	Lorette Mary Devos (grades 3-4), Florence Lillian Christiansen (grades 5-6), June Evelyn Hayward (grade 7), Violet Adeline Palmer (grade 8), Esther Ruth Young (grades 1-2)
1961-1962	Florence Lillian Christiansen (grades 3-4), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Violet Adeline Palmer (grade 8), Esther Ruth Young (grades 1-2)
1962-1963	Flora Mae Faaren (grades 3-4), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Violet Adeline Palmer (grades 7-8), Haraldine Gurdun Webb (grades 1-2)
1639-1964	Flora Mae Faaren (grades 3-4), Margaret Fehr (grades 1-2), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Violet Adeline Palmer (grades 7-8)
1964-1965	Margaret Fehr (grades 1-2), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Sandra Rae Oakes (grades 3-4), Violet Adeline Palmer (grades 7-8)
1965-1966	Margaret Fehr Goodon (grades 1-2), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Sandra Rae Oakes (grades 3-4), Violet Adeline Palmer (grades 7-8)
1966-1967	Margaret Wilson Hay (grades 1-2), Robert Byng Hay (grades 7-8), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Joanne Morlyne Schenk (grades 3-4)
1967-1968	Evelyn Corinne Jones (grades 1-2), Dennis Paul Kozak (grades 7-8), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Joanne Morlyne Schenk (grades 3-4)
1968-1969	Hansena Sigried Johnson (grade 7), Evelyn Corinne Jones (grades 1-2), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Joanne Morlyne Schenk (grades 3-4), Rosalie Sigurdson (grades 7-8)
1969-1970	Rosalie Sigurdson (grades 7-8), ?
1970-1971	?
1971-1972	Alice Ballantine (kindergarten), John Giesbrecht (grades 5-6), Jessie Metcalf (resource)
1972-1973	Sigrun Johnson, Evelyn Jones, Vi Palmer, Morlyne Schenk, Diane Sharp (kindergarten), Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), Fern Stevens
1973-1974	Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1974-1975	Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1975-1976	Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1976-1977	Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1977-1978	Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1978-1979	Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1979-1980	Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1980-1981	Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1981-1982	Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1982-1983	Marilyn Nash, Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1983-1984	Marilyn Nash, Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1984-1985	Marilyn Nash, Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ?
1985-1986	Rod Campbell, Evelyn Jones, Marilyn Nash, Donna Rawlings, Ken Storie
1986-1987	Ken Storie, ?
1987-1988	Lenore Berry, Evelyn Jones, Donna Rawlings, Ken Storie, Linda Truelove
1988-1989	Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash, Donna Rawlings (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove
1989-1990	Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash, Donna Rawlings (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove
1990-1991	Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Ellen Law (grades 3-4), Marilyn Nash, Linda Truelove
1991-1992	Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Ellen Law (grades 3-4), Marilyn Nash, Linda Truelove
1992-1993	Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Ellen Law (grades 3-4), Marilyn Nash, Linda Truelove
1993-1994	Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Ellen Law (grades 3-4), Marilyn Nash, Linda Truelove
1994-1995	Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Ellen Law (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash, Irene Plaetinck (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove
1995-1996	Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Ellen Law (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash, Irene Plaetinck (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove
1996-1997	Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Ellen Law (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash, Irene Plaetinck (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove
1997-1998	Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Ellen Law (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash, Irene Plaetinck (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove
1998-1999	Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 4-6), Ellen Law (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash, Irene Plaetinck (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove
1999-2000	Lenore Berry (grades 2-3), Bruce Craig (grades 4-6), Bonnie DePauw (kindergarten), Ellen Law (grades 2-3), Marilyn Nash, Linda Truelove
2000-2009	?

Photos & Coordinates

Cypress River Consolidated School (November 1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 64 Cypress River. Former Cypress River Consolidated School building (April 2019) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55762, W99.09389 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Cypress River Consolidated School No. 2357 / Cypress River Museum (Cypress River, RM of Victoria)

Sources:

“Cypress River,” Glenboro Gazette, 18 December 1858, page 11.

Pioneers Perseverance & Progress: Cypress River Addendum 2000 by Cypress River History, 2000, pages 46-49.

“Former elementary school opens as nurse training facility,” by Lorraine Stevenson, Manitoba Co-operator, 17 September 2012.

Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in Manitoba - Volume 2, Cypress River Consolidated School - File 64, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Cypress River School District No. 342 Daily Registers, GR2049, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Cypress River Consolidated School District No. 2357 Daily Registers, GR2049, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Georgette Hutlet for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 May 2021

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