New Star School was formally established in January 1935, with a school building erected in the southwest quarter of 29-22-1W, in the Rural Municipality of Fisher. It operated until 1960 and the district was dissolved in April 1967.
The teachers of New Star School included: Kathleen Kolopenuik (1935-1941), John Zurbyk (1941-1942), Sonia Lisowecki (1942-1943), Jane Grushka (1943-1944), Muriel Yakimischuk (1943-1944), Peter Lisowecki (1944-1945), Tena Dymeterko (1945-1946), Olga Persoage (1946-1947), Lydia Chreptyk (1947-1948), Angela Hogue (1948-1949), Helen Swedlo (1949-1950), Olga Hnatuik (1950-1952), Henry Kolakowski (1952-1953), Anne Wallach (1953-1955), Eileen Dutkywich (1955-1957), Olga Sobietkewich (1957-1958), Sonia Leochko (1958-1959), and Tina Leochko (1959-1960).
New Star School commemorative sign (May 2011)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.91964, W97.55639
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church and Cemetery (Poplarfield, RM of Fisher)
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.
The Poplarfield and District Millennium Album, 1900-2000 by Ed Ledohowski, 2000.
Obituary [Eileen Kathleen Mazur], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 March 2021.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 March 2021
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