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Napinka School No. 829 was established formally in September 1894 and a school building was erected at Napinka in what is now the Municipality of Brenda-Waskada. Construction of the structure is unusual in that it is made locally acquired field stones, assembled under the supervision of stonemason I. J. Phinney. Classrooms on the main floor accommodated students in the lower grades while high school students and a library were situated in the basement.
In 1959, the school became Napinka Consolidated School No. 2369 when it was consolidated with Menota School No. 519 and Tremblay School No. 707. Students from other rural schools in the vicinity came here as they closed in the 1960s. In 1968, the school became part of the Antler River School Division.
The building, a municipally designated heritage site as of 1994, is now used as a drop-in centre for seniors.
Principals
Teachers
School Year |
Teachers |
1894-1895 |
Ida Crowell |
1895-1896 |
Louise Bodkin |
1896-1897 |
Annie B. Jamieson |
1897-1898 |
R. R. Earle, Mary E. Hawthorne |
1898-1899 |
Mary E. Hawthorne |
1899-1900 |
Emily Fraser, Mary E. Hawthorne |
1900-1901 |
Mary E. Hawthorne |
1901-1902 |
J. H. Cunningham, Mary E. Hawthorne |
1902-1903 |
M. H. Jones |
1903-1904 |
? |
1904-1905 |
? |
1905-1906 |
Etta Hawthorne, Rossie M. McKee |
1906-1907 |
Nellie C. Kelty |
1907-1908 |
Margaret McIsaac, Elizabeth McFeteridge |
1908-1909 |
Margaret McIsaac, Elizabeth McFeteridge |
1909-1910 |
Elizabeth McFeteridge, Ruby Moffat |
1910-1911 |
Mary Bodkin, Arthur Wade |
1911-1912 |
Mary Bodkin, Laura A. M. Wallace |
1912-1913 |
Mary Bodkin, Lenore Kaulbach, John Simpson, Annie Swanson, Laura A. M. Wallace |
1913-1914 |
Francis C. Lander, Annie Swanson |
1914-1915 |
Francis C. Lander, Annie Swanson |
1915-1916 |
Francis C. Lander, Annie Swanson |
1916-1917 |
Al Stevens |
1917-1918 |
M. Muldoon, Al Stevens |
1918-1919 |
M. Muldoon, H. B. Norton, Miss Phepackey, Al Stevens |
1919-1920 |
M. Muldoon, Al Stevens |
1920-1921 |
Kathleen Cameron, Miss K. Newcombe, M. Singleton |
1921-1922 |
Kathleen Cameron, Jean Guthrie, Miss K. Newcombe, M. Singleton |
1922-1923 |
Kathleen Cameron, Jean Guthrie, Miss K. Newcombe, M. Singleton |
1923-1924 |
Kathleen Cameron, Miss K. Newcombe, M. Singleton |
1924-1925 |
Miss K. Newcombe, |
1925-1926 |
Miss K. Newcombe, |
1926-1927 |
? |
1927-1928 |
E. M. Dewitt, A. Logan |
1928-1929 |
E. M. Dewitt, A. Logan |
1929-1930 |
Mildred Burnett, E. M. Dewitt, Willemina Yuill |
1930-1931 |
Mildred Burnett, E. M. Dewitt, Willemina Yuill |
1931-1932 |
Mildred Burnett, E. M. Dewitt, Willemina Yuill |
1932-1933 |
E. M. Dewitt |
1933-1934 |
E. M. Dewitt |
1934-1935 |
E. M. Dewitt |
1935-1936 |
E. M. Dewitt |
1936-1937 |
E. M. Dewitt |
Among the other teachers of Napinka School were Marshall Hall-Jones and W. G. Bolton.
Photos & Coordinates
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Sources:
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
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.
Our First Century, Town of Melita and Municipality of Arthur: 1884-1984 by Melita-Arthur History Committee, 1983, pages 250-253.
Bridging Brenda: The History of Brenda Municipality and Area, Volume 1 by Brenda History Committee, 1990, pages 114-116.
Napinka School, Souris Street, Napinka, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 October 2022
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