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This school in Cypress River in the Rural Municipality of Victoria was designed by Winnipeg architectural firm of Pratt Lindgren and Associates and built in 1958 by contractor G. Peterson. It opened in January 1959 with elementary students transferring from their former school building nearby, which then became the local high school. This school was expanded with a gymnasium in 1976 and continued in operation until its closure in June 2009.
In 2011, the building was purchased for $100 by the Cypress River Resource Centre from the Prairie Spirit School Division, and for a period from 2012 to 2014 it was used by the Licensed Practical Nursing Program of Assiniboine Comunity College. It houses the community library and hosts periodic activities and events.
Principals
Teachers
Period |
Teachers |
Before 1958 |
See Cypress River Consolidated School |
1958-1959 |
Violet Adeline Dale Palmer (grades 7-8), Dan W. Sawatsky (grades 5-6), Grace Mary Smith (grades 3-4), Esther Ruth Young (grades 1-2) |
1959-1960 |
Edith May Davidson (grade 2, 1960), Lorette Mary Devos (grades 3-4), Edmae Leonie Hogue (grades 5-6), Violet Adeline Dale Palmer (grades 7-8), Mintie Barkman Reimer (grade 2, 1959), Esther Ruth Young (grade 1) |
1960-1961 |
Lorette Mary Devos (grades 3-4), Florence Lillian Christiansen (grades 5-6), June Evelyn Hayward (grade 7), Violet Adeline Dale Palmer (grade 8), Esther Ruth Young (grades 1-2) |
1961-1962 |
Florence Lillian Christiansen (grades 3-4), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Violet Adeline Dale Palmer (grade 8), Esther Ruth Young (grades 1-2) |
1962-1963 |
Flora Mae Faaren (grades 3-4), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Violet Adeline Dale Palmer (grades 7-8), Haraldine Gudrun Webb (grades 1-2) |
1963-1964 |
Flora Mae Faaren (grades 3-4), Margaret Fehr (grades 1-2), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Violet Adeline Dale Palmer (grades 7-8) |
1964-1965 |
Margaret Fehr (grades 1-2), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Sandra Rae Oakes (grades 3-4), Violet Adeline Dale Palmer (grades 7-8) |
1965-1966 |
Margaret Fehr Goodon (grades 1-2), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Sandra Rae Oakes (grades 3-4), Violet Adeline Dale Palmer (grades 7-8) |
1966-1967 |
Margaret Wilson Hay (grades 1-2), Robert Byng Hay (grades 7-8), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Joan Morlyne Schenk (grades 3-4) |
1967-1968 |
Evelyn Corinne Jones (grades 1-2), Dennis Paul Kozak (grades 7-8), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Joan Morlyne Schenk (grades 3-4) |
1968-1969 |
Hansena Sigried Johnson (grade 7), Evelyn Corinne Jones (grades 1-2), Jessie Ellen Metcalf (grades 5-6), Joan Morlyne Schenk (grades 3-4), Rosalie Sigurdson (grades 7-8) |
1969-1970 |
Sigried Johnson (grades 3-4), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Jessie Metcalf (grades 5-6), Rosalie Sigurdson (grades 7-8) |
1970-1971 |
John Giesbrecht (grades 5-6), Sigried Johnson (grades 3-4), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2) |
1971-1972 |
John Giesbrecht (grades 5-6), Sigried Johnson (grades 3-4), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Jessie Metcalf (resource), Alice Robinson (kindergarten) |
1972-1973 |
Sigried Johnson (grades 3-4), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Vi Palmer, Helen Pearson (grades 3-4), Morlyne Schenk, Diane Sharp (kindergarten), Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), Fern Stevens |
1973-1974 |
Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1974-1975 |
Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1975-1976 |
Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1976-1977 |
Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1977-1978 |
Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1978-1979 |
Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1979-1980 |
Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1980-1981 |
Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1981-1982 |
Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1982-1983 |
Marilyn Nash, Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1983-1984 |
Marilyn Nash, Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1984-1985 |
Marilyn Nash, Phyllis Skoglund (grades 5-6), ? |
1985-1986 |
Rod Campbell (grades 3-4), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Donna Rawlings (kindergarten), Ken Storie (grades 5-6) |
1986-1987 |
Maureen Abbott (grades 3-4), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Donna Rawlings (kindergarten), Ken Storie (grades 5-6) |
1987-1988 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Evelyn Jones (grades 2), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Donna Rawlings (grades 3-4), Ken Storie (grades 5-6), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1988-1989 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 5-6), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Donna Rawlings (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1989-1990 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 5-6), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Donna Rawlings (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1990-1991 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 5-6), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Ellen Law (grades 3-4), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1991-1992 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 5-6), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Ellen Law (grades 3-4), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1992-1993 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 5-6), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Ellen Law (grades 3-4), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1993-1994 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 5-6), Evelyn Jones (grades 1-2), Ellen Law (grades 3-4), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1994-1995 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 5-6), Ellen Law (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Irene Plaetinck (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1995-1996 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 5-6), Ellen Law (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Irene Plaetinck (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1996-1997 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 5-6), Ellen Law (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Irene Plaetinck (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1997-1998 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 5-6), Ellen Law (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Irene Plaetinck (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1998-1999 |
Lenore Berry (kindergarten), Bruce Craig (grades 5-6), Bruce Craig (grades 4-6), Ellen Law (grades 1-2), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Irene Plaetinck (grades 3-4), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
1999-2000 |
Lenore Berry (grades 2-3), Bruce Craig (grades 4-6), Bonnie DePauw (kindergarten), Ellen Law (grades 2-3), Marilyn Nash (educational assistant), Linda Truelove (educational assistant/secretary) |
2000-2001 |
? |
2001-2002 |
? |
2002-2003 |
? |
2003-2004 |
? |
2004-2005 |
? |
2005-2006 |
? |
2006-2007 |
? |
2007-2008 |
? |
2008-2009 |
? |
Photos & Coordinates

Cypress River Consolidated School (November 1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, File 64 Cypress River.

Former Cypress River Consolidated School building (April 2019) Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.55762, W99.09389 denoted by symbol on the map above
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See also:
Manitoba Business: Pratt Lindgren and Associates / Pratt Lindgren Snider Tomcej and Associates
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Cypress River Consolidated School No. 2357 / Cypress River Museum (Cypress River, RM of Victoria)
Sources:
“Tenders - four classroom school,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 June 1958, page 36.
“Cypress River,” Glenboro Gazette, 18 December 1858, page 11.
Pioneers Perseverance & Progress: Cypress River Addendum 2000 by Cypress River History, 2000, pages 46-49.
“Former elementary school opens as nurse training facility,” by Lorraine Stevenson, Manitoba Co-operator, 17 September 2012.
Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in Manitoba - Volume 2, Cypress River Consolidated School - File 64, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Cypress River School District No. 342 Daily Registers, GR2049, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Cypress River Consolidated School District No. 2357 Daily Registers, GR2049, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Georgette Hutlet, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 March 2023
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