The Goodland School District, located in what is now the Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne, was established in March 1899. The original schoolhouse was replaced in 1930 by a new frame structure at SE10-19-13W. It became part of the Glenella Municipal School system in 1936, and closed in June 1961. The building, once used as a granary, stands vacant at the site along with a commemorative monument.
Among the teachers of Goodland School were Grace M. Hamilton (1900-1901), Mary M. Thompson (1904-1905), P. J. Gentleman (1905-1907), Annie Collins (1908-1909), Pearl Barker (1909), Lillie A. Chisholm (1909), Ethel Hill (1909-1910), Eliza McKay (1910-1911), Pearl Nicol (191-1913), Albert Krogstad (1913), Cecilia Roberts (1913-1915), Catherine A. Campbell (1915-1917), Miss Patterson (1917), Jennie Brethour (1917-1918), Morval E. Bristow (1918), Vivian White (1919-1920), Winnifred N. Weston (1919-1920), Selena A. Johnston (1923), Emma J. Haggerty (1924-1925), Ethel Gallagher (1928-1929), Miss M. Eames (1928-1938), Mary S. Vickers (1938-1940), E. K. Burridge (1940-1941), Virginia A. Huget (1941-1943), Muriel Lindsay (1943-1944), Elizabeth Kulchycki (1944-1945), Ervin Rattai (1945-1946), Maxine Buchanan (1946-1947), G. B. Hambley (1947-1948), Miss Dolore Barre (1948-1949), Audrey M. Sutherland (1949-1950), T. H. Baerg (1950-1951), J. B. Norrie (1951-1952), Dorothy Haggland (1952-1953), Miss Erna Peters (1953-1954), Miss Christine Yarema (1954-1955), Miss Irene Yauck (1955-1956), Mrs. Marjorie Marciski (1956-1957), Miss Joyce Prawdzik (1957-1958), and Mrs. Irene Sulik (1958-1961).
The original Goodland School (no date) by C. K. Rogers
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 39.
The former Goodland School building (May 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of the former Goodland School building (May 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Interior of the former Goodland School building (May 2012)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Goodland School commemorative monument (August 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.61000, W99.18320
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Lennox School No. 317 (Goodlands, Municipality of Brenda-Waskada)
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.
Tracks of Time: Glenella and Districts by Glenella History Committee, 1990, pages 110-111. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.G65 Tra]
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 Nathan Kramer and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Allan Drysdale and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 August 2023
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