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Known originally as the Avilon School District when it was organized formally in February 1913, at some time it was renamed Bield School District. The school operated in Bield in what is now the Municipality of Roblin. In August 1913, it became Bield Consolidated School. The school closed in June 1967 and the building is no longer present at the site. A metal monument at the site, topped by the school bell, commemorates it.
Period
Principal
1938-1940
Flora Leslie Black
1940-1942
Nancy C. T. McBean
1942-1943
Mrs. Flora Leslie Black Snowdon
1943-1952
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1952-1953
Mrs. R. M. Perchaluk
1953-1954
Michael Kiedyk (1933-2011)
1954-1955
Mrs. Jessie Stewart
1955-1961
Leslie Irving Spear (1906-1973)
1961-1967
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Among the other teachers of Bield School were Elisabeth “Betty” Black (1945-1946, sister of Flora Leslie Black), John Leslie Morrow, and Alexander Mihaychuk.
Bield School main building and church used as senior school (March 1935) by H. L. Albright
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 11.
Bield School main building (no date) by H. L. Albright
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 11.
Teacher Betty Black with grades 1-6 students at Bield School preparing for a Halloween concert (October 1945)
Source: Duncan Blackman
Bield School (1960s) by George O. Hinds
Source: George Hinds Archive
Bield High School held in nearby church building (no date) by H. L. Albright
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 11.
The former Bield High School, later used as a United Church (no date)
Source: Ed Arndt
The former Bield High School, later used as a United Church (no date)
Source: Ed Arndt
Bield School commemorative monument (June 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.22052, W101.15609
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
We thank the late D. Kent Mackey (1955-2008) for making available online a collection of photos taken by his grandfather George O. Hinds, among which was a photo of Bield School. Also providing photographs of the former Bield School was Ed Arndt, who attended as a students in grades 9, 10 and 11. We thank Duncan Blackman for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 January 2021
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