Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ashern School No. 1556 / Ashern School No. 1880 (Ashern, Municipality of West Interlake)

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The Ashern School District was established originally as number 1556 in February 1911 but was reformed as number 1880 in April 1917, when number 1556 was reused for the Beatty School District. Ashern became part of the Lakeshore School Division in 1967. A new school building was constructed in 1953, later replaced with the present-day Ashern Central School. The Ashern Primary School (also known as Ashern Elementary) would later be replaced with Ashern Early Years School.

Principals (Ashern School)

Period	Principal
1922-1925	Frederick James “Fred” Hall (1892-1977)
1925-1926	None
1926-1927	Elizabeth Helen Jundt Gillespie (1907-?)
1927-1928	William Fogel (1903-1991)
1928-1930	Norman Ernest Wright (1906-1957)
1930-1937	Joseph Kahana (1900-1993)
1937	Charles Edward Clare Durnin (c1903-1974)
1938-1940	Russel Henry Hayter (1905-1962)
1940-1941	Bodvar Jon Skuli Bodvarson (1911-1972)
1942	Wilfred Brian Deering (1907-2009)
1942-1943	Angus Murray
1943-1944	Kathleen Violet Harkins “Kay” Sample (1922-2018)
1944-1945	Frieda Thordarson
1945-1946	Harold Albert Mouritsen (1917-1969)
1946-1947	George William Leonard (1880-1959)
1947-1949	George Wesley Denstedt (1896-1979)
1949-1952	Joseph Watson Kachor (1923-1985)
1952-1953	Luella Mildred Brown Kernested
1953-1954	Gordon Alexander Henderson (1920-1993)
1954-1955	Henry Robert Sawadsky (1909-1990)
1955-1956	Luella Mildred Brown Kernested
1956-1957	John Ferguson
1957-1958	John Joseph Gisiger
1958	Nicholas Krawchuk
1958-1959	John Joseph Gisiger
1959-1960	Haraldur Asgeir Johannes “Harvey” Benson (1924-2021)
1960-1961	Joseph “Joe” Kerbrat (1921-1978)
1961-1962	James M. “Jim” Richtik
1962-1968	Clarence Armen Koch
1968-1970	Joseph M. Mudry
1970-1974	?

Principals (Ashern High School)

Period	Principal
1962-1964	Rudolf Ewald “Rudy” Mehmel (1918-2013)
1964-1967	Marvin Haldor Sveistrup
1967-1968	William Nowasad
1968-1970	Keith Norman Glover
1970-1974	Joseph M. Mudry

Principals (Ashern Central School and Ashern Primary School)

Period	Principal
1974-1977	Joseph M. Mudry
1977-1978	?
1978-1979	Henry Nick Budnick
1979-1980	?
1980-1981	Louis Herbert Cote
1981-2017	?
2017-?	Darlene Willetts
2019-?	Bobby Ellis

Principals (Ashern Early Years School)

Period	Principal
2019-?	Karen Carmichael

Vice-Principals (Ashern High School and Ashern School)

Period	Vice-Principal
1970-1971	?
1971-1973	Dorrie James Kiesman
1973-1974	Henry Nick Budnick

Vice-Principals (Ashern Central School and Ashern Primary School)

Period	Vice-Principal
1974-1977	Henry Nick Budnick
1977-1980	Louis Herbert Cote
1980-1985	?

Teachers (Ashern School)

School Year	Teachers
1915-1916	Ethel E. Dicks (grades 1-8)
1916-1917	Ethel E. Dicks (grades 1-8)
1917-1918	Anna A. Westman (grades 1-8)
1918-1919	Anna A. Westman (grades 1-8)
1919-1920	Harold B. Brooks (grades 1-8, 1919), John Matthew Nelson (grades 1-8, 1920)
1920-1921	Hilda B. Dalton (grades 1-9, 1920), Frederick James “Fred” Hall (grades 1-9, 1921)
1921-1922	Frederick James “Fred” Hall (grades 1-9)
1922-1923	Frederick James “Fred” Hall (grades 1-9, 1920; grades 5-9, 1921), ? (grades 1-4, 1921)
1923-1924	Frederick James “Fred” Hall (grades 6-11), Leslie L. Langford (grades 1-5)
1924-1925	Frederick James “Fred” Hall (grades 6-11), Leslie L. Langford (grades 1-5)
1925-1926	Nancy Bell Smith (grades 1-9)
1926-1927	Marion Y. Dunlop (grades 1-4), M. G. Fesance (grades 1-4, 1927 substitute), Elizabeth Helen Jundt (grades 5-10)
1927-1928	William Fogel (grades 6-10), Annie Isabell Moffat (grades 1-5)
1928-1929	Annie Isabell Moffat (grades 1-6), Norman Ernest Wright (grades 7-10)
1929-1930	Annie Isabell Moffat (grades 1-6), Norman Ernest Wright (grades 7-11)
1930-1931	Joseph Kahana (grades 7-11), Annie Isabell Moffat (grades 1-6)
1931-1932	Joseph Kahana (grades 7-11), Margaret Edith Mackey (grades 1-6)
1932-1933	Joseph Kahana (grades 7-11), Margaret Edith Mackey (grades 1-6)
1933-1934	Joseph Kahana (grades 6-11), Dorothy Irene Wright (grades 1-5)
1934-1935	Carrie M. Bragg (grades 1-5), Joseph Kahana (grades 6-11)
1935-1936	Katherine A. Aird (grades 1-5), Joseph Kahana (grades 6-11)
1936-1937	Katherine A. Aird (grades 1-5), Joseph Kahana (grades 6-11)
1937-1938	Katherine A. Aird (grades 1-6), Charles Edward Clare Durnin (grades 7-11, 1937), Russel Henry Hayter (grades 7-11, 1938)
1938-1939	Katherine A. Aird (grades 1-6), Russel Henry Hayter (grades 7-11)
1939-1940	Emma Pauline Foreyth (grades 1-6), Russel Henry Hayter (grades 7-11)
1940-1941	Bodvar Jon Skuli Bodvarsson (grades 7-11), Stefania Grace Eyford (grades 1-6)
1941-1942	Bodvar Jon Skuli Bodvarsson (grades 7-11, 1941), Wilfred Brian Deering (grades 7-11, 1942), Kathleen Mary Madill (grades 1-6)
1942-1943	Kathleen Mary Madill (grades 1-6), Angus Murray (grades 7-11)
1943-1944	Kathleen Violet Harkins (grades 7-11), Kathleen Mary Madill (grades 1-6)
1944-1945	Kathleen Mary Madill (grades 1-6), Frieda Thordarson (grades 7-11)
1945-1946	Henrietta Bowman (grades 5-8), Kathleen Mary Madill (grades 1-4), Harold Albert Mouritsen (grades 9-12)
1946-1947	Henrietta Bowman (grades 5-8), George William Leonard (grades 9-11), Kathleen Mary Madill (grades 1-4)
1947-1948	Henrietta Bowman (grades 5-8), George Wesley Denstedt (grades 9-11), Esther Marie Mollerson (grades 1-4)
1948-1949	George Wesley Denstedt (grades 9-11), Audrey Winnifred McIntyre (grades 5-8, 1948; grades 1-4, 1949), Sigurlaing Soffin Johnsson (grades 5-8, 1949), Jacob Bernhard Warkentin (grades 1-5, 1948)
1949-1950	Joseph Watson Kachor (grades 9-11), Betty Eileen Nichols (grades 5-8), Florence Jacqueline Townsend (grades 1-4)
1950-1951	Betty Eileen Nichols Helgason (grades 6-8, 1950), Mildred Louise Hoover (grades 6-8, 1957), Esther Marie Mollerson Johnson (grades 1-2), Joseph Watson Kachor (grades 9-11), Florence Jacqueline Townsend (grades 3-5)
1951-1952	Grace Lorraine Haggland (grades 6-8), Joseph Watson Kachor (grades 9-11), Jessie Noreen McConnell (grades 1-2), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 3-5)
1952-1953	Luella Mildred Brown (grades 9-11), Myrna Joan Doroschuk (grades 6-8), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 3-5), Margaret Sigfusson (grades 1-2)
1953-1954	Betty Eileen Nichols Helgason (grades 6-8), Gordon Alexander Henderson (grades 9-11), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 3-5), Margaret Sigfusson (grades 1-2)
1954-1955	Betty Eileen Nichols Helgason (grades 6-8), Luella Mildred Brown Kernested (grades 9-10), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 3-5), Henry Robert Sawadsky (grades 11-12), Margaret Sigfusson (grades 1-2)
1955-1956	Luella Mildred Brown Kernested (grades 11-12), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 3-5), Gudrun Mangl (grades 9-10), Florence Jacqueline Townsend Richter (grades 6-8), Margaret Sigfusson (grades 1-2)
1956-1957	John Ferguson (grades 11-12), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 3-5), Gudrun Mangl (grades 9-10), Florence Jacqueline Townsend Richter (grades 6-8), Margaret Sigfusson (grades 1-2)
1957-1958	Marion E. Dyck (grades 6-8), John Joseph Gisiger (grades 11-12), Nicholas Krawchuk (grades 11-12, 1958), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 3-5), Gudrun Mangl (grades 9-10), Margaret Sigfusson (grades 1-2)
1958-1959	Marion E. Dyck (grades 6-8), John Joseph Gisiger (grades 11-12), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 3-5), Gudrun Mangl (grades 9-10), Margaret Sigfusson (grades 1-2)
1959-1960	Haraldur Asgeir “Harvey” Benson (grade 12), Claude E. Cloutier (grade 10), Marion E. Dyck (grades 6-8), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 3-5), W. Manchur (grade 11, 1959), Gudrun Mangl (grades 9-10), James M. Richtik (grade 10, 1960), Margaret Sigfusson (grades 1-2), Arthur Donald Sutton (grade 11)
1960-1961	Haraldur Asgeir “Harvey” Benson (grades 6-8, 1961), Sylvia Anne Benson (grades 6-8), Joseph Kerbrat (grade 9), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 3-5), Gudrun Mangl (grades 9-10), Margaret Sigfusson (grades 1-2), Lorna Janet Sutton (grade 12)
1961-1962	Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 3-5), G. Ray Johnson (grade 11, 1962), Sigurlang Soffia Johnson (grade 10, 1962), Clarence Armen Koch (grades 6-8), Gudrun Mangl (grades 9-10), Philip Robert Rest (grade 12), James M. Richtik (grade 12, 1962), Margaret Sigfusson (grades 1-2), Arthur Donald Sutton (grade 11, 1961), Lorna Janet Sutton (grade 10, 1961)
1962-1963	Clarence Armen Koch (grades 7-8), Elizabeth C. Konzelman (grades 3-4), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 5-6), Margaret Sigfusson (grade 1), Patricia Mae Thorlacius (grade 2)
1963-1964	Betty Eileen Helgason (grades 3-4), Clarence Armen Koch (grades 7-8), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 5-6), Margaret Sigfusson (grade 1), Patricia Mae Thorlacius (grade 2)
1964-1965	Sigrun Halldora Johnson (grade 2), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Mildred Louise Hoover (grade 3), Clarence Armen Koch (grades 7-8), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 5-6), Margaret Sigfusson (grade 1)
1965-1966	Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Mildred Louise Hoover (grade 3), Sigrun Halldora Johnson (grade 2), Mr. A. Miles Macdonell (grades 7-8), Lillian Florence McMillan (grades 5-6), Margaret Sigfusson (grade 1)
1966-1967	Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Mildred Louise Hoover (grade 3), Sigrun Halldora Johnson (grade 2), Clarence Armen Koch (grades 7-8), Helen Joanne Koch (kindergarten), Lillian Florence McMillan (grade 5), Florence Jean Richter (grade 6), Marion Elizabeth Russell (grade 1, 1967), Margaret Sigfusson (grade 1)
1967-1968	Henry Dyck (grade 7), Lea Alice Gasper (grades 3-4), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Mildred Louise Hoover (grade 3), Sigrun Halldora Johnson (grade 2), Clarence Armen Koch (grade 8), Elizabeth Catherine M. Konzelman (grade 1), Lillian Florence McMillan (grade 5), Florence Jean Richter (grade 6)
1968-1969	Lea Alice Gasper (grade 3), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Sigrun Halldora Johnson (grade 2), Florence Valdina Jonsson (grades 2-3), Dorrie James Kiesman (grade 4), Eunice Augusta Mcginnis (grade 1), Lillian Florence McMillan (grade 5), Anna Fung-King Mak (grade 8), Stella Michalopouov (grade 1), Kathleen Patricia Price (special education), Florence Jean Richter (grade 6), Marion Elizabeth Russell (kindergarten), Stanley Michael Troschuk (grade 7)
1969-1970	Roger John Brown (grade 8), Charlotte Mary Craig (grade 1), Lea Alice Gasper (grade 7), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Sigrun Halldora Johnson (grade 2), Florence Valdina Jonsson (grades 3-4), Dorrie James Kiesman (grade 5), Ruth Vivian Kostiuk (grade 2), Marliene Sharon Lutz (grade 2, 1970), Lillian Florence McMillan (grade 5), Anne Gertrude Plohman (special education), Sharon Gail Hoffman Pottinger (grade 3), Florence Jean Richter (grade 6), Marion Elizabeth Russell (kindergarten)
1970-1971	Janice Ethel Buchanan (grades 1-2), Raymond Emerson Colegrave (grade 7), Charlotte Mary Craig (grade 1), Lea Alice Gasper (grade 8), Betty Eileen Helgason (grades 4-5), Sigrun Halldora Johnson (grade 2), Florence Valdina Jonsson (grade 4), Dorrie James Kiesman (grade 5), Lillian Florence McMillan (grade 5), Gudrun Mangl (grade 7), Anne Gertrude Plohman (special education), Florence Jean Richter (grade 6), Marion Elizabeth Russell (kindergarten), Stella Sveistrup (grade 3)
1971-1972	Charlotte Mary Craig Bergner (grade 1), Lea Alice Gasper (grade 8), Betty Eileen Helgason (grades 4-5), Grant Hillyard Henderson (grade 7), Sigrun Halldora Johnson (grade 2), Florence Valdina Jonsson (grade 6), Dorrie James Kiesman (grade 8), Marliene Sharon Lutz (grade 1), Lillian Florence McMillan (grade 5), Louella Elizabeth McPherson (grades 2-3), Gudrun Mangl (grade 7), Anne Gertrude Plohman (special education), Florence Jean Richter (grade 6), Marion Elizabeth Russell (kindergarten), Stella Sveistrup (grade 3)
1972-1973	Charlotte Mary Craig Bergner (grade 1), Henry Nick Budnick (grade 7), Lea Alice Gasper (grade 7), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Grant Hillyard Henderson (grade 8), Sigrun Halldora Johnson (grade 2), Florence Valdina Jonsson (grade 6), Lillian Florence McMillan (grade 5), Louella Elizabeth McPherson (grades 1-2), Gudrun Mangl (grade 8), Anne Gertrude Plohman (special education), Florence Jean Richter (grades 4 & 6), Marion Elizabeth Russell (kindergarten), Stella Sveistrup (grade 3)
1973-1974	Charlotte Mary Craig Bergner (grade 2), Lea Alice Gasper (grade 7), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Melody Jane Helm (grade 1), Florence Valdina Jonsson (grades 4-5), Carolyn Audrey Klepatz (special education), Beverley MacKenzie (kindergarten), Lillian Florence McMillan (grade 5), Robert William “Bob” Moroz (grade 7), Anne Gertrude Plohman (special education), Florence Jean Richter (grade 6), Stella Sveistrup (grades 2-3)

Teachers (Ashern Primary School)

School Year	Teachers
1974-1975	Melody Jane Helm (grade 1), Sally Horapiak (grade 2), Anne Gertrude Plohman (grades 2-3), Molly Smadylla (grades 3-4), Margaret Elizabeth Smith (kindergarten)
1975-1976	Charlotte Mary Craig Bergner (grade 2), Lorraine Agathe Carter (grades 2-3), Carolyn Audrey Klepatz (special education), Anne Gertrude Plohman (grade 3), Molly Smadylla (grade 1), Margaret Elizabeth Smith (kindergarten)
1976-1977	Ruben Peter Goertzen (grade 2), Carolyn Audrey Klepatz (special education), Anne Gertrude Plohman (grade 3), Molly Smadylla (grade 1), Margaret Elizabeth Smith (kindergarten)
1977-1978	Jeanette Margaret Jacobs (special education), Ruben Peter Goertzen (grade 2), Anne Gertrude Plohman (grade 3), Molly Smadylla (grade 1), Margaret Elizabeth Smith (kindergarten)
1978-1979	Cheryl Gaylene Calverley (kindergarten), Jeanette Margaret Jacobs (special education), Ruben Peter Goertzen (grade 2), Anne Gertrude Plohman (grade 3), Molly Smadylla (grade 1)
1979-1980	Cheryl Gaylene Calverley (kindergarten), Ruben Peter Goertzen (grade 2), Anne Gertrude Plohman (grade 3), Molly Smadylla (grade 1), Stella Sveistrup (grade 1, 1979)
1980-1981	Charlotte Mary Craig Bergner (grade 3), Cheryl Gaylene Calverley (kindergarten), Ruben Peter Goertzen (grade 2), Molly Smadylla (grade 1)
1981-1982	Charlotte Mary Craig Bergner (grade 3), Cheryl Gaylene Calverley (kindergarten), Ruben Peter Goertzen (grade 2), Molly Smadylla (grade 1)
1982-1983	Charlotte Mary Craig Bergner (grade 3), Ruben Peter Goertzen (grade 2), Molly Smadylla (grade 1), Lynn Watling (kindergarten)
1983-1984	Charlotte Mary Craig Bergner (grade 3), Ruben Peter Goertzen (grade 2), Molly Smadylla (grade 1), Lynn Watling (kindergarten)
1984-1985	Charlotte Mary Craig Bergner (grade 3), Ruben Peter Goertzen (grade 2), Molly Smadylla (grade 1), Lynn Watling (kindergarten)

Teachers (Ashern High School)

School Year	Teachers
1962-1963	Sigurlaug Soffia Johnson (grade 11), Y. Helen Kornek (grade 9), Gudrun Mangl (grade 9), Rudolf Ewald “Rudy” Mehmel (grade 12), Benoit Jean Remillard (grade 10), Winston Taylor (grade 10, 1963)
1963-1964	Gudjon Ray Johnson (grade 9), Sigurlaug Soffia Johnson (grade 11), Gudrun Mangl (grade 9), Rudolf Ewald “Rudy” Mehmel (grade 12), Mr. G. Ross Playter (grade 9, 1964), Benoit Jean Remillard (grade 10)
1964-1965	Wilfred Brian Deering (grade 10), Keith Norman Glover (grade 10), Gudjon Ray Johnson (grade 9), Gudrun Mangl (grade 9), Marvin Haldor Sveistrup (grade 11)
1965-1966	Wilfred Brian Deering (grade 10), Keith Norman Glover (grade 11), Gudjon Ray Johnson (grade 9), Gudrun Mangl (grade 9), Marvin Haldor Sveistrup (grade 12)
1966-1967	Keith Norman Glover (grade 11), Sigurlaug Soffia Johnson (grade 10), Gudrun Mangl (grade 9), Marvin Haldor Sveistrup (grade 12)
1967-1968	George James Gamey (grade 10), Keith Norman Glover (grade 11), Gudrun Mangl (grade 9), William Nowosad (grade 12)
1968-1969	Russel Bruce Clark (grade 10), Mourad Ghaly (grade 12), Keith Norman Glover (grade 11), Gudrun Mangl (grade 9)
1969-1970	Keith Norman Glover (grade 11), Jeannette Marie Golletz (grade 10), Gudrun Mangl (grade 9), Michael Marc Scott (grade 12)
1970-1971	Kelly Edward Bernhard (grade 11), Jang Bahadur Harrysingh (grade 9), Robert Armas Jackson (grade 9, 1971), Michael Marc Scott (grade 12), Judith Willems (grade 9, 1970), Ian Alan Wingfield (grade 10)
1971-1972	Kelly Edward Bernhard (grade 12), Steven Ernest Boyko (grade 11), Louis Herbert Cote (grade 10, 1971; grade 9, 1971-1972), Eugene Kirichenko (grade 9), Donna Jean Laing (grade 11), Real Armand Leveque (grade 10), Lucien Loh (grade 10), Stephen Christopher Ramdial (grade 9), Bernhard John Saunders (grade 9, 1971; grade 10, 1971-1972), Armin Paul Wiebe (grade 12)
1972-1973	John Thomas Cochrane (grade 11), Louis Herbert Cote (grade 9), Donna Anthonette Gendzelevich (grade 10), Ronald Michael Herneshen (grade 12), Akbar Sabjan Khan (grade 9), Dorrie James Kiesman (grade 9), Donna Jean Laing (grade 11), Lucien Loh (grade 10), Jack Ronald Milton (grade 10), Armin Paul Wiebe (grade 12)
1973-1974	Gregory John Carr (grade 10), John Thomas Cochrane (grade 11), Louis Herbert Cote (grade 9), Grant Hillyard Henderson (grade 9), Ronald Michael Herneshen (grade 12), Akbar Sabjan Khan (grade 9), Donna Jean Laing (grade 11), Lucien Loh (grade 10), William Duncan McPherson (grade 9), Gudrun Mangl (grade 8), Jack Ronald Milton (grade 10), Armin Paul Wiebe (grade 12)

Teachers (Ashern Central School)

School Year	Teachers
1974-1975	William Maurice Barber (grade 10), Dale Irving Bossen (grade 11), John Thomas Cochrane (grade 11), Louis Herbert Cote (grade 9), Lea Alice Gasper (grades 8-9), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Grant Hillyard Henderson (grade 9), Ronald Michael Herneshen (grade 11), Florence Valdina Johnsson (grades 5-6), Akbar Sabjan Khan (grade 9), Carolyn Audrey Klepatz (special education), Donna Jean Laing (grade 11), Lucien Loh (grade 10), Lillian Florence McMillan (grade 5), Gudrun Mangl (grade 8), Nancy Jean Millar (grade 12), Robert William “Bob” Moroz (grade 7), Florence Jacqueline Richter (grade 6), Wayne Timothy Tait (grade 10)
1975-1976	William Maurice Barber (grade 11), John Thomas Cochrane (grade 12), Louis Herbert Cote (grade 9), Lea Alice Gasper (grade 7), Ruben Goertzen (grade 5), Cheryl Lynne Hapko (grade 10), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Grant Hillyard Henderson (grade 9), Ronald Michael Herneshen (grade 10), Florence Valdina Johnsson (grades 5-6), Akbar Sabjan Khan (grade 12), Donna Jean Laing (grade 11), Motilal Lalman (grade 11), Gudrun Mangl (grade 8), Robert William “Bob” Moroz (grade 7), Sharon Patricia Moroz (grade 9), Florence Jacqueline Richter (grade 6), Wayne Timothy Tait (grade 10)
1976-1977	Louise Juliana Boggs (grade 12), Lorraine Agathe Carter (grade 7), Louis Herbert Cote (grade 9), Cheryl Lynne Hapko (grade 10), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Aubrey Roy Hemminger (grade 10), Jack Lawrence Horky (grade 12), Larry Colvin Johnson (grade 11), Florence Valdina Johnsson (grade 6), Donna Jean Laing (grade 11), Motilal Lalman (grade 11), Gudrun Mangl (grade 8), Robert William “Bob” Moroz (grades 7-8), Sharon Patricia Moroz (grade 9), Florence Jacqueline Richter (grades 4 & 6), Norma Jane Sigurdson (grade 5), Wayne Timothy Tait (grade 10)
1977-1978	Randy Albert Bjornson (grade 7), Cheryl Gaylene Calverley (grade 5), Gordon John Cameron (grade 10), Francoise-Roseline Cameron (grade 10), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Grant Hillyard Henderson (grade 9), Jack Lawrence Horky (grade 12), Ted Jeninga (grade 9), Larry Colvin Johnson (grade 11), Florence Valdina Johnsson (grade 6), Donna Jean Laing (grade 11), Gudrun Mangl (grade 8), Marion Grace Mills (grade 9), Robert William “Bob” Moroz (grades 7-8), Brian Arthur Peabody (grade 12), Conjeevaram Ramaswamy (grade 10), Irene Ava Rawluk (grade 4, 1977)
1978-1979	Francoise-Roseline Cameron (grade 10), Gordon John Cameron (grade 11), Eugene Durand (grade 11), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Jack Lawrence Horky (grade 12), Ted Jeninga (grade 9), Larry Colvin Johnson (grade 10), Florence Valdina Johnsson (grade 5), Carolyn Audrey Klepatz (special education), Donna Jean Laing (grade 11), Eugenie Jennie Lodge (grade 10), Gudrun Mangl (grade 8), Theodore Robert Martens (grades 7-8), Marion Grace Mills (grade 9), Robert William “Bob” Moroz (grade 7), Brian Arthur Peabody (grade 12), Florence Jacqueline Richter (grade 6)
1979-1980	James Douglas Bailey (grade 9), Charlotte Mary Craig Bergner (grade 7), Randy Albert Bjornson (grade 10), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Jack Lawrence Horky (grade 12), Ted Jeninga (grade 11), Florence Valdina Johnsson (grade 5), Donna Jean Laing Kingsley (grade 11), Eugenie Jennie Lodge (grade 10), Alvin Vernon Lowe (Occupational Entrance Class), Doreen Sophia Lowe (grade 9), Gudrun Mangl (grade 8), Theodore Robert Martens (grade 10), Robert William “Bob” Moroz (grade 11), Kenneth Wesley Poitras (grade 12), Florence Jacqueline Richter (grade 6), Evelyn Josephine Wur (grade 9), Kenneth George Fredrick Wur (grade 10)
1980-1981	James Douglas Bailey (grade 9), Robert Ernest Bailey (grade 10), Randy Albert Bjornson (grades 7-8), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Jack Lawrence Horky (grade 12), David Brent Jackson (grade 11), Ted Jeninga (grade 11), Florence Valdina Johnsson (grade 5), Eugenie Jennie Lodge (grade 10), Alvin Vernon Lowe (Occupational Entrance Class), Doreen Sophia Lowe (grade 9), Gudrun Mangl (grade 8), Robert William “Bob” Moroz (grade 11), Kenneth Wesley Poitras (grade 12), Florence Jacqueline Richter (grade 6), Evelyn Josephine Wur (grade 9), Kenneth George Fredrick Wur (grade 10)
1981-1982	James Douglas Bailey (grade 9), Randy Albert Bjornson (grades 7-8), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), Jack Lawrence Horky (grade 12), Ted Jeninga (grade 11), Florence Valdina Johnsson (grade 5), Eugenie Jennie Lodge (grade 10), Donna King (grade 11), Alvin Vernon Lowe (grade 10), Doreen Sophia Lowe (grade 9), Gudrun Mangl (grade 8), Robert William “Bob” Moroz (grade 11), Kenneth Wesley Poitras (grade 12), Florence Jacqueline Richter (grade 6), Evelyn Josephine Wur (grade 7), Kenneth George Fredrick Wur (grade 10)
1982-1983	Randy Albert Bjornson (grades 7-8), Miss P. Carson (grade 6), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), G. Henderson (grade 7), Jack Lawrence Horky (grade 12), Ted Jeninga (grade 11), Florence Valdina Johnsson (grade 5), Donna King (grade 9), Eugenie Jennie Lodge (grade 10), Alvin Vernon Lowe (grade 10), Doreen Sophia Lowe (grade 9), W. D. McPherson (grade 11), Gudrun Mangl (grade 8), Robert William “Bob” Moroz (grade 11), Kenneth Wesley Poitras (grade 12), H. Vander Stoel (grade 10)
1983-1984	?
1984-1985	Randy Albert Bjornson (grades 7-8, Occupational Entrance Class), Betty Eileen Helgason (grade 4), G. Henderson (grade 7), Ted Jeninga (grade 11), Florence Valdina Johnsson (grade 5), Donna King (grade 9), Merle Klyne (grade 10), Eugenie Jennie Lodge (grade 10), Alvin Vernon Lowe (grade 10), Doreen Sophia Lowe (grade 9), W. D. McPherson (grade 11), Robert William “Bob” Moroz (grade 9), Margaret O’Brien (grade 8), Kenneth Wesley Poitras (grade 12), Florence Jacqueline Richter (grade 6), Mr. R. Sorokowski (grade 12)

Photos & Coordinates

Ashern Elementary School, view from south east (June 1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 21a Ashern. Ashern Elementary School, view from north east (June 1967) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 21a Ashern. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.18559, W98.34729 denoted by symbol on the map above

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.

“Ashern teacher retires,” Stonewall Interlake Spectator, 19 December 1994, page 12.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (Schedule: E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Ashern School District #1880 - Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in the Interlake - Manitoba - Volume 1, Ashern Elementary School - File 21a, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.

Ashern Central School and Ashern Early Years School, Lakeshore School Division.

Burial transcriptions [Henry Robert Sawadsky], Mount Pleasant Burial Park [Saskatchewan], FindAGrave.

We thank Lynn Watling for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 December 2022

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