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The Brokenhead School District was organized formally in August 1886 and a schoolhouse was built on the farmstead of John Acaster the following year, though the building was later abandoned. A second one-room school building was built in 1907 and operated on the southwest quarter of 6-15-8 east of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead. This second structure was expanded, adding another classroom some time prior to 1919. In 1926, that school was destroyed in a fire, and a new third school was built to replace it. In March 1942, that two-room schoolhouse was also destroyed in a fire and classes were held in a community hall until a new $2,000 building replaced it.
In the summer of 1941, a $3,000 debenture was approved to build a one-room schoolhouse to service the eastern part of the district. It was known as the Brokenhead East School. Initial calls for it to be an independent school district were rejected, so it operated within the Beausejour School District into the 1960s. To aid in its distinction, the Brokenhead School facility was informally called Brokenhead West School.
In 1966, it became Brokenhead Consolidated School No. 2436 when it consolidated with Greenwald School No. 1160 and Mars School No. 1774. The school later closed and the building was used for a time as a community centre. It sat vacant for several years before being renovated into a private residence.
Period
Principal
1936-1937
Thomas Patrick King (1873-1954)
1937-1938
Felix Joseph Kulyk [Kulick] (1911-1995)
1938-1940
Alexandra Vladimira Krett “Alice” Korchik (1909-1995)
1940-1941
Felix Joseph Kulyk [Kulick] (1911-1995)
1941-1944
Edward Alexander Mroz (1908-2001)
1944-1952
Teenie Evelyn Kozier Kozyra (1908-1964)
1952-1954
John Morris Stokotelny (1925-1972)
1954-1955
Mike B. Biluk
1955-1958
William Ferens
1958-1959
Stephen David Bahry (1914-2011)
1959-1960
Arlene Nancy Zielke
1960-1961
D. M. Coates
1961-1962
None
1962-1963
Joan Murash
1963-1968
Eugene Michalow
Period
Teachers
1937-1938
Felix Joseph Kulyk (grades 9-11)
1938-1939
Alexandra Krett (grades 7-11), Daniel B. “Dan” Krucik [Krucyk?] (grades 1-6)
1939-1940
Alexandra Krett (grades 7-11), Daniel B. “Dan” Krucik [Krucyk?] (grades 1-6)
1940-1941
Harry Paul Beally (grades 1-4), Elsie Born (grades 1-7, at Brokenhead East School), Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 5-8), Daniel B. “Dan” Krucik [Krucyk?] (grades 5-8), Felix Joseph Kulyk (grades 9-11)
1941-1942
Ella June Bilan (grades 1-4), Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 5-8), Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 9-11)
1942-1943
Ella June Bilan (grades 1-4), Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 5-8), Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 9-11)
1943-1944
Ella June Bilan (grades 1-3), Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 4-8), Mary Mosquin (grades 1-7, at Brokenhead East School), Edward Alexander Mroz (grades 9-11)
1944-1945
Ella June Bilan (grades 1-3), Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 9-11), Olga Nychek (grades 1-3)
1945-1946
E. R. Beally (grades 1-4, August substitute), Sophie Julia Galka (grades 5-8), E. M. Hutsal (grades 1-4, September-June), Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 9-11)
1946-1947
Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 9-12), Jennie Eugenie Senicie (grades 1-8)
1947-1948
Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 7-12, August-January; grades 9-12, January-June), Grace E. Stevens (grades 1-4, January-June), Stella Zubatiuk (grades 1-6, August-January; grades 5-8, January-June)
1948-1949
Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 7-11), Stella Zubatiuk (grades 1-6)
1949-1950
Doreen Joyce Dutchak (grades 1-6), Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 7-11)
1950-1951
Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 7-11), Mary Molinski (grades 1-6)
1951-1952
George Bilan (grades 1-6), Teenie Evelyn Kozyra (grades 7-11)
1952-1953
Evelyn Rose Basiuk (grades 1-6), John Morris Stokotelny (grades 7-11)
1953-1954
Nellie Angeline Lapchinsky (grades 1-6), John Morris Stokotelny (grades 7-11)
1954-1955
Mike B. Biluk (grades 7-11), Nellie Angeline Lapchinsky (grades 1-6)
1955-1956
William Ferens (grades 8-11), Stella Shumila (grades 1-7)
1956-1957
William Ferens (grades 9-11), Stella Shumila Zubatiuk (grades 1-8)
1957-1958
Helen J. Bergen (grades 1-8), William Ferens (grades 9-11)
1958-1959
Stephen Bahry (grades 9-11), Helen J. Bergen (grades 1-8)
1959-1960
Mary Jean Irene Gunn (grades 1-8), Joseph William Ernest Lawrence (grade 9), Arlene Nancy Zielke (grades 9-11)
1960-1961
Joan Murash (grades 1-7), Mary Rak (grades 2-8, at Brokenhead East School)
1961-1962
Joan Murash (grades 1-8)
1962-1963
Erna Bauschke Michalow (grades 1-4), Joan Murash (grades 5-8)
1963-1964
Erna Bauschke Michalow (grades 1-4), Eugene Michalow (grades 5-8)
1964-1965
Erna MBauschke ichalow (grades 1-4), Eugene Michalow (grades 5-8)
1965-1966
Emily Kirner (grades 1-4, April-June), Erna Bauschke Michalow (grades 1-4, August-April), Eugene Michalow (grades 5-8)
1966-1967
Eugene Michalow (grades 4-8), Arlene Nancy Rattai (grades 1-3)
1967-1968
Eugene Michalow (grades 7-8), Sharon Rose Rattai (grades 4-6), ? (grades 1-3)
Among the other teachers who taught at Brokenhead School was Edith Schantz Pierce.
Brokenhead School (1919)
Source: Library and Archives Canada, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys,
PA-018143, MIKAN No. 3303963.
Brokenhead School (no date) by J. E. S. Dunlop
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 66.
Brokenhead School (no date) by J. H. Plewes
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 66.
The former Brokenhead School building, in use as a community centre (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 188.
The former Brokenhead school building (March 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Brokenhead school building (June 2024)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.23976, W96.48921
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.
They Stopped at a Good Place: A History of the Beausejour, Brokenhead, Garson and Tyndall Area of Manitoba - 1875-1981 by the Beausejour-Brokenhead Historical Committee, 1982.
And They Built an Altar: The History and Heritage of the Brokenhead Lutheran Community by The Brokenhead Lutheran Historical Society, 1983.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Brokenhead School District No. 472 - Daily Registers, GR9480, Archives of Manitoba.
Municipal borrowing files (MA 0039), Brokenhead School District No. 472, GR1799, Archives of Manitoba.
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 Victoria Mosquin Olchowecki and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 August 2024
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