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The Forest Home School was established in January 1950 on the northeast quarter-section of 4-14-12 West of the Principal Meridian, located on the Riverdale Hutterite Colony in what is now the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone. It was designated as a Special School by the Manitoba Department of Education and, in February 1968, the district joined the Pine Creek School Division.
Period
Principal
1997
Barbara Karaz
1997-2016
?
2016-2018
Randy Chambers
School Year
Teachers
1950-1951
Matilda McColl
1951-1952
Matilda McColl
1952-1953
Matilda McColl
1953-1954
Matilda McColl
1954-1955
Matilda McColl
1955-1956
Matilda McColl
1956-1957
Maureen V. Benson (grades 1-3), Helen Viola Izzard (grades 1-9)
1957-1958
Shirley Selkirk (grades 1-3), Catherine Morrison Boughton Sly (grades 4-8, daughter of M. E. Boughton)
1958-1959
Esther Grace Patterson (grades 1-3), Catherine Morrison Boughton Sly (grades 4-9)
1959-1960
Esther Grace Patterson (grades 1-4, 1959-1960; grades 1-9, 1960), Catherine Morrison Boughton Sly (grades 4-8)
1960-1961
Esther Grace Patterson (grades 1-8)
1961-1962
Esther Grace Patterson (grades 1-8)
1962-1963
Esther Grace Patterson (grades 1-8)
1963-1964
Esther Grace Patterson (grades 1-8)
1964-1965
Terence Milton Napper, Catherine Morrison Boughton Sly (substitute, 1965)
1965-1966
Phyllis Meloney (grades 1-8)
1966-1967
Janet Lorena Vogt Teichrib, Esther Grace Patterson (substitute, 1966)
1967-1968
Karolyn Homoki, Dianne Decrosse
1968-1969
Arthur Neilson (grades 4-9), Martha Elizabeth Neilson (grades 1-3)
1969-1970
Arthur Neilson (grades 4-9), Martha Elizabeth Neilson (grades 1-3)
1970-1971
Thelma Roberta Carefoot (grades 1-3), Arthur Neilson (grades 4-8)
1971-1972
Thelma Roberta Carefoot (grades 1-3), Arthur Neilson (grades 4-8)
1972-1973
Thelma Roberta Carefoot (grades 1-3), Arthur Neilson (grades 4-8)
1973-1974
Thelma Roberta Carefoot (grades 4-8), Marlene Sandra Wetherill (grades 1-3)
1974-1975
Thelma Roberta Carefoot (grades 1-8)
1975-1976
Thelma Roberta Carefoot (grades 1-8)
1976-1977
Thelma Roberta Carefoot (grades 1-8)
1977-2016
?
2016-2017
Mary Hofer, Marilyn Hofer, Tammy Kruse (resource)
2017-2018
Mary Hofer, Marilyn Hofer, Tammy Kruse (resource)
Blueprints of Forest Home School and planned expansion (1964)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, E 0166,
GR1206, File 2321 - Forest Home School District - Permanent File.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.16477, W99.05045
denoted by symbol on the map above
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
Obituary [Catherine Morrison Sly (c1897-1981)], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 May 1981, page 57.
“Pine Creek School Division No. 30,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 June 1997, page 36.
Trustee records regarding geographically remote schools directly administered by Department (E 0166), File 2321 - Forest Home, GR1206, Archives of Manitoba.
Trustee records regarding geographically remote schools directly administered by Department (E 0166), File 2321 - Forest Home School District - Permanent File, GR1206, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Forest Home School District No. 2321 Daily Registers, GR3152, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Forest Home School, Pine Creek School Division.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 14 May 2021
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