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Originally known as the Sunnyside School District when it was established in September 1876, a one-room schoolhouse operated at SW27-11-5E in the Rural Municipality of Springfield. A second school site was added in the spring term of 1916, and this original school received an unofficial “A” letter designation to help distinguish it from the “B” school almost two miles to the north. The school was renamed the Oakbank School District in January 1954. The district was dissolved in 1964 and its area became part of the Oakbank Consolidated School District No. 2426. After the school closed, the former schoolhouse was purchased by Robert A. Jacques and converted into a private residence.
Principals
Teachers
School Year |
Teachers |
1938-1939 |
Laurie Elizabeth Bush (grades 1-6, 1938), John Edward Harriott (grades 7-10), Marjorie Frances Somerville (grades 1-6, 1939) |
1939-1940 |
John Edward Harriott (grades 7-11), Janet Stroyan Stewart (grades 1-6) |
1940-1941 |
John Edward Harriott (grades 7-11), Janet Stroyan Stewart (grades 1-6) |
1941-1942 |
Mina Christina Dicks (grades 1-6), John Edward Harriott (grades 7-12) |
1942-1943 |
Mina Christina Dicks (grades 1-6), Mabel Gertrude Williams (grades 7-12) |
1943-1944 |
Mina Christina Dicks (grades 1-6), Mabel Gertrude Williams (grades 7-11) |
1944-1945 |
Alice Edna Diehl (grades 1-6), David Langton MacDonald (grades 7-11) |
1945-1946 |
Catherine M. Bryne (grades 1-6), George Boyer Poole (grades 7-11), Myrtle Rusenel (grades 1-6, 1946) |
1946-1947 |
Mary Marguerite Rodger “Marge” Andrews (grades 9-11), Emily Kirner (grades 1-4), Mary Nettie Neufeld (grades 5-8) |
1947-1948 |
Henry Joseph Grenon (grades 9-11), Annie Marie Mihalchuk (grades 1-4), Mary Nettie Neufeld (grades 5-8) |
1948-1949 |
Nettie Kolodzinski (grades 9-11), Annie Marie Mihalchuk (grades 1-4), Mary Nettie Neufeld (grades 5-8) |
1949-1950 |
Sophie Violet Darushka (grades 5-8), Annie Marie Mihalchuk (grades 1-4), Dennis Nazeravich (grades 9-11) |
1950-1951 |
Annie Marie Mihalchuk (grades 1-4), Dennis Nazeravich (grades 9-11), Nicholas George Odaisky (grades 5-8) |
1951-1952 |
Annie Marie Mihalchuk (grades 1-4), Dennis Nazeravich (grades 9-11), Nicholas George Odaisky (grades 5-8, 1951), Mabel Belle Smithers (grades 5-8, 1952) |
1952-1953 |
Lena Leochko (grades 1-4), Dennis Nazeravich (grades 9-11), Mabel Belle Smithers (grades 5-8) |
1953-1954 |
Michael Dyrda (grades 5-8), Edith Myrtle Hokanson (grades 1-4), Dennis Nazeravich (grades 9-11) |
1954-1955 |
Michael Dyrda (grades 5-8), Mary C. Grapentine (grades 1-4, 1955), Edith Myrtle Hokanson (grades 1-4), Morris Miroslaw Hryhor (grades 9-11) |
1955-1956 |
Wilfred Brian Deering (grades 9-11), Michael Dyrda (grades 5-8), Gwendalene Doris “Gwen” Tod (grades 1-4) |
1956-1957 |
Michael Dyrda (grades 7-9), Dorothy Ellen Swinburne Levine (grades 10-11), Gwendalene Doris “Gwen” Tod (grades 1-3), Susan Zacharias (grades 4-6) |
1957-1958 |
Michael Dyrda (grades 7-9), Lawrence Paul Huska (grades 10-11), Gwendalene Doris “Gwen” Tod (grades 1-3), Susan Zacharias (grades 4-6) |
1958-1959 |
Michael Dyrda (grades 7-9), Lawrence Paul Huska (grades 10-11), Richard Ottenbreit (grade 12), Patricia Sargent (grades 4-6), Katherine Wiens (grades 1-3) |
1959-1960 |
Michael Dyrda (grades 7-9), Patricia Sargent (grades 4-6), Katherine Wiens (grades 1-3) |
1960-1961 |
Michael Dyrda (grades 7-8), Jean Mary Fryza (grades 1-3), Patricia Sargent (grades 4-6) |
1961-1962 |
Michael Dyrda (grades 7-8), Jean Mary Fryza (grades 1-3), ? (grades 4-6) |
1962-1963 |
Michael Dyrda (grades 7-8), Susan Lillian Lentowicz (grades 1-3), Rose Marie Pash (grades 4-6) |
1963-1964 |
Michael Dyrda (grades 7-8), Susan Lillian Lentowicz (grades 1-2), Diane L. McFarlane (grades 3-4), Rose Marie Pash Pratt (grades 5-6) |
1964 onwards |
See Oakbank Consolidated School |
Among the other teachers of Oakbank School were Mr. Newmarch (1881-1883), Elizabeth Beckett Scott (1883-1884), Mr. Bond (1894), Charles Millard Hoar (1915-1916), Brenda MacLean (1918-1919), J. P. Solmundsson (1919), C. Coubrough (1919-1920), Rose Law (1920-1921), Josephine Griffin (1921-1922), Lala Boyd (1922-1924), Maude Boyd (1924-1925), Edith O. Windsor (1925-1926), Mary O. Blackford (1926-1927), Mildred Mary Hammond (1928-1929), Jane Campbell (1929-1935), Lily Annie Gillespie (1935-1936), and Laurie Elizabeth Bush (1936-1938).
Photos & Coordinates
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sunnyside School No. 40 / Oakbank School No. 40 “B” (RM of Springfield)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Oakbank Consolidated School District No. 2426 / Oakbank Elementary School (826 Cedar Avenue, RM of Springfield)
Memorable Manitobans: Robert Aurel “Bob” Jacques (1914-2004)
Sources:
“Sunnyside,” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 22 February 1883, page 2.
“Oak Bank,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 15 August 1894, page 1.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Sunnyside School District No. 40 Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Oakbank School District No. 40 Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
Dugald topographic map, 62H/15, Edition 2, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].
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.
We thank Robert Jacques and George Stewart for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 June 2023
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