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Commissioned by the Baldur Consolidated School District No. 667, the Baldur Elementary School was a six-classroom facility built in 1960-1961. It replaced capacity previously had at the Baldur School / Baldur Collegiate and an open house took place on 28 August 1961, with classes to begin two days later. In January 1971, the district became part of the Tiger Hills School Division and, following the closure of Baldur Collegiate in the summer of 1976, all local K-12 classroom instruction was consolidated at this site under the name of Baldur School.
A nearby monument commemorates the Baldur District Schools.
Period
Principal
Before 1961
See Baldur School
1961-1976
Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk (1933-1997)
1976-1983
Victor Paul Thiessen
1983-1987
Murray Forrester Smith (1946-1998)
Period
Vice-Principal
1961-1976
?
1976-1987
Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk (1933-1997)
Period
Teachers
Before 1961
See Baldur School
1961-1962
Hansena Gudny Gunnlaugson (grades 4-5), Madge Evangeline Holder (grade 6), Rina Scott (grades 2-3), Doris Mary Stone (grades 1-3), Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk (grades 7-8)
1962-1963
Hansena Gudny Gunnlaugson (grades 5-6), Madge Evangeline Holder (grades 5-6), Rina Scott (grade 3), Doris Mary Stone (grades 1-2), Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk (grades 7-8)
1963-1964
Hansena Gudny Gunnlaugson (grades 4-5), Madge Evangeline Holder (grades 5-6), Doreen Elinor McLennan (grade 7), Rina Scott (grades 2-3), Doris Mary Stone (grades 1-2), Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk (grade 8)
1964-1965
Hansena Gudny Gunnlaugson (grades 4-5), Madge Evangeline Holder (grades 5-6), Doreen Elinor McLennan (grade 7), Rina Scott (grades 2-3), Doris Mary Stone (grades 1-2), Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk (grade 8)
1965-1966
Hansena Gudny Gunnlaugson (grades 4-5), Madge Evangeline Holder (grade 6), Gordon Roy Rodger Kentner (grade 7), Rina Scott (grades 2-3), Doris Mary Stone (grades 1-2), Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk (grade 8)
1966-1967
Hansena Gudny Gunnlaugson (grades 3-4), Madge Evangeline Holder (grades 5-6), Gordon Roy Rodger Kentner (grade 7), Doris Mary Stone (grades 1-2), Simone Mary VanDamme (grades 4-5, December-June), Edna F. Verhelst (grades 4-5, September-November), Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk (grade 8)
1967-1968
1968-1969
1969-1970
1970-1971
1971-1972
1972-1973
1973-1974
1974-1975
1975-1976
1976-1977
Phillip Harvey Crowe (grade 11), Ann Harriet Hanks (grade 10), Twyla Geraldine Kastrukoff (kindergarten), Gordon Roy Rodger Kentner (grade 6), Mavis Darlene Menzies (grades 2-3), Valerie June Mochoruk (grades 1-2), Edith Marian Kristine Richmond (grade 9), Murray Forrester Smith (grade 12), Victor Paul Thiessen (no grade), Simone Mary VanDamme (grades 4-5), Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk (grades 7-8)
1977-1978
Victor Paul Thiessen, Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk, ?
1978-1979
Victor Paul Thiessen, Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk, ?
1979-1980
Victor Paul Thiessen, Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk, ?
1980-1981
Victor Paul Thiessen, Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk, ?
1981-1982
Victor Paul Thiessen, Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk, ?
1982-1983
Victor Paul Thiessen, Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk, ?
1983-1984
Murray Forrester Smith, Victor Paul Thiessen, Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk, ?
1984-1985
Murray Forrester Smith, Victor Paul Thiessen, Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk, ?
1985-1986
Murray Forrester Smith, Victor Paul Thiessen, Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk, ?
1986-1987
Mrs. M. Ramage (kindergarten), Miss J. Hiebert (grades 1-2), Miss P. Fitzpatrick (grades 3-4), Miss K.Semonick (grades 5-6), Gordon Roy Rodger Kentner (grade 7), Samuel “Sam” Yaremchuk (grade 8), Mrs. E. Richmond (grade 9), Victor Paul Thiessen (grade 10), Murray Forrester Smith (grade 11), Mr. P. Crowe (grade 12), Mrs. A. Hanks (French), Mrs. L. Rankmore (Relief Principal), Ms. Coleen Deschouwer (teachers aide)
Baldur Elementary School (November 1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 68A Baldur.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.38544, W99.23778
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Baldur School No. 667 (Baldur, RM of Argyle)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Baldur District Schools (Baldur, RM of Argyle)
Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in Manitoba - Volume 2, Baldur Elementary - File 68A, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Baldur School District No. 667 (Baldur Elementary School), GR13491, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), GR1196, Archives of Manitoba.
“Baldur Elementary School,” Baldur Gazette, 24 August 1961, page 4.
“Open house,” Baldur Gazette, 24 August 1961, page 4.
“New residents in Baldur,” Baldur Gazette, 31 August 1961, page 4.
“School Division minutes,” Baldur Gazette, 5 May 1976, page 7.
“Tiger Hills School Division meeting,” Belmont News, 8 July 1976, page 5.
“Local teaching staff,” Baldur Gazette, 26 August 1986, page 1.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 2 September 2024
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