Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Andrews School No. 2 / Central St. Andrews School No. 2 / St. Andrews School (RM of St. Andrews)

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The St. Andrews School District was organized formally in July 1871, although the earliest school in this area of Manitoba dates back to 1851 when a building of logs and stone (designated school #2) was constructed at this site in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, replacing an earlier structure at the St. Andrews Rapids from the 1830s. Situated on two acres of land between St. Andrews-on-the-Red Anglican Church and the Church Rectory, the school #2 was used until it was condemned in 1900 and school #3 was constructed. An addition (school #4) was made in 1907 and the combined structure was used until it was destroyed by fire in 1926. It became the St. Andrews Consolidated School District in 1910.

In the aftermath of the fire, the school #2 was pressed into service while a replacement school was constructed. The original log and stone was covered with clapboards and the roof was reshingled. The fifth school opened in 1927 for classes in elementary grades while the older building continued in use for higher grades. It was divided into two classrooms in 1935, with grades 7 and 8 in one classroom and grades 9 to 11 in the other. School #2 was again condemned in 1942 and stood vacant until 1947 when efforts to have it designated as a historic site failed and it was sold to a local farmer.

A two-classroom addition was made to school #5 in 1942 and more classrooms were built in its basement in 1955 and 1962. Finally, in June 1964, construction of a new ten-classroom school designed by architect Hans Peter Langes began and it opened officially on 19 December 1965. The building featured a large auditorium and the grounds had grown in size to eight acres.

The district, originally known as St. Andrew School No. 2, was renamed Central St. Andrews School No. 2 in early 1885 to better help distinguish it from St. Andrews School No. 6 (itself also renamed as North St. Andrews School No. 6). The Central St. Andrews name stuck around until it became the St. Andrews Consolidated School District in 1910 with the absorbtion of the Parks Creek School, after which mention of Central was generally exchanged for Consolidated as means of differentiation. The usefulness of the distinction waned after North St. Andrews School was renamed Lockport School in 1919, and this location reverted to being known as St. Andrews School.

In 1967, the district was dissolved into the catchment area of the Lord Selkirk School Division.

Principals

Period	Principal
1910-1912	Clara Stuart Stitt Evans (1887-1962)
1912	John A. “Jack” Urquhart (?-?)
1913	Charles M. Brownson
1913-1916	Albert Hill (1882-1941)
1916-1917	Johann Gestur Johannsson (1886-1978)
1917-1918	Benjamin Hodkinson (1864-1948)
1918-1920	John de Bedick Saunderson (c1877-?)
1920-1921	Hugh Clarke Fairfield (1877-1961)
1921-1926	Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (1884-1976)
1926-1934	Omar Ernest Campbell (1868-1936)
1934-1936	Gretta Isabel Cheyne Somerville (1911-1977)
1936-1941	Homer Ross “Mac” McAllister (1910-1999)
1941-1944	George Edgar Haywood (c1902-1985)
1944-1946	Bodvar Jon Skuli Bodvarson (1911-1972)
1946-1948	James Andrew McKaughan (1877-1968)
1948-1949	Peter Jacob Olchowecki (1911-2011)
1949-1951	Nastia Kolodzinski “Nettie” Stadnyk (?-2017)
1951-1952	John William Mosquin (1926-2004)
1952-1956	Michael Richard Firman (1909-1977)
1956-1958	Wilfrid Laurier “Laurie” Tomasson (c1920-1998)
1958-1967	Michael David Kiedyk (1933-2011)

Teachers

The early teachers of St. Andrews School / Central St. Andrews School / St. Andrews Consolidated School / St. Andrews School included Reverend William Cockran, Donald Gunn, Archdeacon James Hunter, Rev. Kirby, Mayhew, George Kennedy, Archdeacon MacKay, Thomas Norquay, James Taylor, A. Hodgson, Bell, White, Wightman, S. E. Smalley (1883 - Spring 1889), Joseph Page (Fall 1889 - Spring 1890), Walter Thomas Gough (Fall 1890 - Spring 1893), Edward E. Law (Fall 1893 - Spring 1895), Evelyn M. Henderson (Fall 1895 - Spring 1896), Daniel [David?] Windsor (Fall 1896 - Fall 1897), George V. Fallis (Spring 1898 - Spring 1899), G. B. Fallis (Fall 1899), A. B. Fallis (Spring 1900), Washburn Van Dusen (Fall 1900 - Spring 1901), Gertrude Douglas (Fall 1901, pt Fall 1907 - Spring 1908), records not available (Spring 1902 - Fall 1904), Alice Sullivan (Spring 1905), Florence A. Barnett (Fall 1905 - Fall 1906, pt Fall 1907), M. Winnifred Tighe (Spring 1907), Eva Shorey [Sharey?] (Fall 1908 - Spring 1909), and Clara Stitt (Fall 1909).

Period	Teachers
1910	Ethel Scott (junior grades, Fall), Clara Stitt (all grades, Spring; senior grades, Fall)
1911	Ethel Scott (junior grades), Clara Stitt (senior grades)
1912	(Spring Term only): Ethel Scott (junior grades), Clara Stitt (senior grades)
1912-1913	Charles A. Brownson (senior grades, Spring), Ethel Scott (junior grades), John Urquhart (senior grades, Fall)
1913-1914	Albert Hill (senior grades), Ethel Scott (junior grades)
1914-1915	Albert Hill (grades 5-9), Ethel Scott (grades 1-4)
1915-1916	Velma Brown (grades 1-2), Albert Hill (grades 6-9), Charlotte Lambert (grades 3-5, January-June), Ethel Scott (grades 3-5, August-December)
1916-1917	Velma Brown (grades 1-2), Johann Gestur Johannsson (grades 6-9), Charlotte Lambert (grades 3-5)
1917-1918	Mrs. A. Brockman (grades 3-5, January-June), Velma Brown (grades 1-2, January-?), Velma Denny (grades 1-2, ?-June), E. Rhena Hicks (grades 3-5, August-December), Benjamin Hodkinson (grades 6-10), W. E. “Winnie” Smallbone (grades 1-2, August-December)
1918-1919	Mrs. A. Brockman (grades 3-5), Velma Denny (grades 1-2), John de Bedick Saunderson (grades 5-10)
1919-1920	Florence Calder (grades 1-2), Esther Liss (grades 3-5, August-December), Olive McRobert (grades 3-5, January-June), John de Bedick Saunderson (grades 6-9)
1920-1921	Florence Calder (grades 3-5, January-June), Isabel Calder (grades 1-2), Hugh Clarke Fairfield (grades 6-10), Olive McRobert (grades 3-5, August-December)
1921-1922	Florence Calder (grades 3-5), Sarah Liss (grades 1-2, ?-December), Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (grades 6-10), Emily Thompson (grades 1-2, January-June), E. M. Underwood (grades 1-2, August-?)
1922-1923	Florence Calder (grades 3-5), Doris Marjorie Forster (grades 1-2), Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (grades 6-9)
1923-1924	Florence Calder (grades 3-5), Doris Marjorie Forster (grades 1-2), Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (grades 6-10)
1924-1925	Florence Calder (grades 3-5), Doris Marjorie Forster (grades 1-2), Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (grades 6-10)
1925-1926	Madge Duncan (grades 1-4), Blanche Margaret [Marguerite] Martin (grades 4-6), Jacob Truthwaite Norquay (grades 7-10)
1926-1927	Omar Ernest Campbell (grades 7-10), Doris Marjorie Forster (grades 1-3), Blanche Margaret Martin (grades 4-6)
1927-1928	Omar Ernest Campbell (grades 7-11), Blanche Margaret Martin (grades 4-6), H. Penrose Merreth? [Merrett?] (grades 1-2, pt Spring), Margaret Herborg Peturson (grades 1-2, Fall - pt Spring)
1928-1929	Omar Ernest Campbell (grades 7-10), Blanche Margaret Martin (grades 3-6), Grace Helena Thompson (grades 1-2)
1929-1930	Omar Ernest Campbell (grades 7-10), Gretta Isabel Cheyne (grades 3-6), Grace Helena Thompson (grades 1-2)
1930-1931	Omar Ernest Campbell (grades 9-11), Gretta Isabel Cheyne (grades 6-8), Mabel J. Harvey (grades 3-5, Spring), Grace Helena Thompson Korski (grades 1-2, Fall), Elizabeth Isabel? Stewart (grades 3-6, pt Fall), Margery Mary “Marge” Watson (grades 3-6, pt Fall; grades 1-2, Spring)
1931-1932	Omar Ernest Campbell (grades 9-11), Gretta Isabel Cheyne (grades 6-8), Mabel J. Harvey (grades 3-5), Margery Mary “Marge” Watson (grades 1-2)
1932-1933	Omar Ernest Campbell (grades 9-11), Gretta Isabel Cheyne (grades 6-8), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 3-5), Margery Mary “Marge” Watson (grades 1-2)
1933-1934	Omar Ernest Campbell (grades 9-11), Gretta Isabel Cheyne (grades 6-8), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 3-5), Margery Mary “Marge” Watson (grades 1-2)
1934-1935	Gretta Isabel Cheyne (grades 6-9), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 4-5), Margery Mary “Marge” Watson (grades 1-3)
1935-1936	Gretta Isabel Cheyne (grades 6-10), Irene Mabel Isabelle Darkes (grades 1-3), Muriel Ethel Florence Sparling (grades 4-5)
1936-1937	Irene Mabel Isabelle Darkes (grades 1-3), Alexandra Krett (grades 6-8, pt Fall), Evelyn Margaret McAllister (grades 6-8, pt Fall - Spring), Homer Ross McAllister (grades 9-11)
1937-1938	Irene Mabel Isabelle Darkes (grades 4-5), Ruth Dorothy Kenway (grades 6-8), Evelyn Margaret McAllister (grades 1-3), Homer Ross McAllister (grades 9-11)
1938-1939	Jennie Haney Bonner (grades 6-8), Mary Louise Bruder (grades 1-3), Evelyn Margaret McAllister (grades 4-5), Homer Ross McAllister (grades 9-11)
1939-1940	Mary Louise Bruder (grades 1-3), Evelyn Margaret McAllister (grades 4-6), Homer Ross McAllister (grades 9-11), Marjory Oliver McGougan (grades 7-8)
1940-1941	Mary Louise Bruder (grades 1-3), Margaret Ekins (grades 4-6 substitute, Spring), Homer Ross McAllister (grades 9-11), Marjory Oliver McGougan (grades 7-8), Edith Ward (grades 4-6)
1941-1942	George Edgar Haywood (grades 9-11), Marjory Oliver McGougan (grades 7-8), Elsie Lorraine Scott (grades 1-3), Edith Ward (grades 4-6)
1942-1943	Jonina Ellen Gunnlaugson (grades 4-6), George Edgar Haywood (grades 9-11), Isabel Smith (grades 7-8), Helen Jean I? Turner (grades 1-3)
1943-1944	Norine M. Campbell (grades 4-6, September-November), Jonina Ellen Gunnlaugson (grades 4-6), George Edgar Haywood (grades 9-11), Sadie Edith Ross (grades 4-6, December), Isabel Smith (grades 7-8), Helen Jean I? Turner (grades 1-3), Phyllis Irene Wagner (grades 4-6, January-June)
1944-1945	Bodvar Jon Skuli Bodvarson (grades 9-11), Isabel Smith (grades 7-8), Helen Jean I? Turner (grades 1-3), Phyllis Irene Wagner (grades 4-6)
1945-1946	Bodvar Jon Skuli Bodvarson (grades 9-11), Isabel Smith (grades 6-8), Clara Agnes Wass (grades 1-2), Phyllis Irene Wagner (grades 3-5)
1946-1947	Eva Lesewich (grades 6-8), James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11), Velma Ruth Schott (grades 3-5), Clara Agnes Wass (grades 1-2)
1947-1948	James Andrew McKaughan (grades 9-11), Mary Sheila Madden (grades 1-2), Velma Ruth Schott (grades 3-5), Eleanor Hick? [Thick?] (grades 6-8)
1948-1949	Olga Kiedyk (grades 3-4), Martha Korolash (grades 6-7), Peter Jacob Olchowecki (grades 9-11), Alice Mary Wehrle (grades 1-2), ? (grades 5 & 8)
1949-1950	Helen Cecilia Black (grades 5-8), Nastia Kolodzinski “Nettie” Stadnyk (grades 9-11), Marie A. Montsion (grades 3-5), Alice Mary Wehrle (grades 1-3)
1950-1951	Helen Cecilia Black (grades 6-8), Olga Kiedyk (grades 3-5), Nastia Kolodzinski “Nettie” Stadnyk (grades 9-11), Alice Mary Wehrle (grades 1-3)
1951-1952	Helen Hunt (grades 6-8), Mary Molinski (grades 1-3), John William Mosquin (grades 9-11), Valerie Josephine Swiderski (grades 4-5)
1952-1953	Irene Gwendoline Blow (grades 1-2, Spring), Annie Chick (grades 6-8), Michael Richard Firman (grades 8-11), Louise Loneegant? Moran (grades 3-5, Spring), Minnie Pearl Onyschuk (grades 3-5, Fall), Olga J. Onyschuk (grades 1-2, Fall)
1953-1954	Irene Gwendoline Blow (grades 1-2), Annie Chick (grades 6-8, Fall), Michael Richard Firman (grades 9-11), Annie Catherine Wilson James (grades 6-8, pt Spring), M. MacKrell (grades 6-8, pt Spring), Louise Loneegant? Moran (grades 3-5)
1954-1955	Irene Gwendoline Blow (grades 1-2), Michael Richard Firman (grades 9-11), Jean Kubas (grades 3-4), Sydney Alexander “Syd” Lecker (grades 7-8), Helen Swedlo (grades 5-6)
1955-1956	Irene Gwendoline Blow (grades 1-2), Anne Chick (grades 7-8), Michael Richard Firman (grades 9-11), Helen Swedlo (grades 5-6), Jean Wilkinson (grades 3-4)
1956-1957	Irene Gwendoline Blow (grades 1-2), Anne Chick (grades 7-8), Sonia Lorraine Demetrioff (grades 3-4), Lily May Nevin (grades 5-6), Wilfrid Laurier “Laurie” Tomasson (grades 9-11)
1957-1958	Irene Gwendoline Blow (grades 1-2), Anne Chick (grades 7-8), Sonia Lorraine Demetrioff (grades 3-4), Lorne Kosack (grades 5-6), Wilfrid Laurier “Laurie” Tomasson (grades 9-11)
1958-1959	Anne Chick (grades 7-8), Mary Elizabeth Hlady (grades 3-4), Elmer Keryluk (grades 5-6), Michael David Kiedyk (grades 9-11), Gwendolyn June Reece (grades 1-2)
1959-1960	Anne Chick (grades 7-8), Mary Elizabeth Hlady (grades 3-4), Elmer Keryluk (grades 5-6), Michael David Kiedyk (grades 8-9), Gwendolyn June Reece (grades 1-2)
1960-1961	Anne Chick (grades 6-7), Mary Elizabeth Hlady (grades 2-3), Joyce Lorraine Horbachenski (grades 1-2), Elmer Keryluk (grades 4-5), Michael David Kiedyk (grades 8-9)
1961-1962	Anne Chick (grades 5-6), Mary Elizabeth Hlady (grades 2-3), Joyce Lorraine Horbachenski (grades 1-2), Elmer Keryluk (grades 4-5), Michael David Kiedyk (grades 7-8)
1962-1963	Anne Chick (grades 5-6), Mary Elizabeth Hlady (grades 2-3), Joyce Lorraine Horbachenski (grades 1-2), Elmer Keryluk (grades 4-5), Michael David Kiedyk (grades 7-8)
1963-1964	Anne Chick (grades 5-6), Mary Elizabeth Hlady (grades 1-2), Joyce Lorraine Horbachenski (grade 1), Elmer Keryluk (grades 4-5), Michael David Kiedyk (grades 7-8), Marilyn K. Woloshyn (grade 3-4)
1964-1965	Anne Chick (grades 5-6), Michele Darlene Fedirchyk (grade 1), Joyce Lorraine Horbachenski (grade 1-2), Elmer Keryluk (grades 7-8), Margot Sara Lane (grade 3), Muriel Laurie Routh (grades 4-5)
1965-1966	Beverley Merle Broadnick (grade 2), Wayne Roy Copeland (grade 6), Juliana Louise Dyck (grade 4), Michele Darlene Fedirchyk (grade 1), Elmer Keryluk (grades 7-8), Russell Nicholas Kopansky (grade 7), Muriel Laurie Routh (grades 5-6), Florence Elizabeth Todd (grade 3)
1966-1967	Beverley Merle Broadnick (grade 2), Juliana Louise Dyck (grade 4), Michele Darlene Fedirchyk (grade 1), John Patrick Grochowich (grade 6), Florence Elizabeth Halderson (grade 3), Elmer Keryluk (grade 8), Russell Nicholas Kopansky (grade 7), Muriel Laurie Routh (grade 5)

Photos & Coordinates

The second St. Andrews School, built in 1851 and demolished in 1946 (no date) by H. D. Cumming Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 1. The fifth St. Andrews School building, constructed in 1927 and demolished in 1973 (no date) by H. D. Cumming Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 1. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.06684, W96.97771 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.

Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.

Board of Education meeting minutes and office files (A 0052), GR1622, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), 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.

Beyond the Gates of Lower Fort Garry 1880-1981: R.M. of St. Andrews by Municipality of St. Andrews, 1982. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.S22 Bey]

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 June 2023

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