Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ste. Marie School No. 963 / Bruxelles Schools Monument (Bruxelles, Municipality of Lorne)

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A monument beside the St. Gerard Church in Bruxelles in the Municipality of Lorne commemorates three school which operated in the vicinity of the town:

School	Period of Operation	Location(s)
Ste. Marie School No. 963	1888-1892	northeast corner of NE30-6-11W
	1893-1906	SW32-6-11W
	1906-present	present site
St. Urbain School No. 903	1897-1904	section 29 and 32 of Township 5, Range 11W
	1904-1959	southwest corner of SW4-6-11W
St. Gustave School No. 977	1897-1904	southeast corner of SE22-6-11W
	1904-1959	southwest corner of 14-6-11W

All three schools were merged in 1959 to become Ste. Marie Consolidated School No. 963.

Principals

Period	Principal
1940-1942	Sister Angela
1942-1943	Sister Gladys McGovern
1943-1946	Sister Angela
1946-1947	Sister Gladys McGovern
1947-1948	Sister Angela
1948-1956	Sister M. Aloysius
1956-1962	Apolline “Victorine” Hutlet (1921-2007)

Teachers

No information.

Photos & Coordinates

Bruxelles schools commemorative monument (August 2010) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.48650, W98.91864 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ste. Marie Convent and School / Ste. Marie Park Monument (Bruxelles, Municipality of Lorne)

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.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 31 January 2021

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