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The Kenilworth School District was established in August 1907 and a one-room, wood frame schoolhouse operated in Riding Mountain in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale. The name was changed to Riding Mountain School in 1913 after the farther west Riding Mountain School District No. 491 closed in 1909 and became part of the Elphinstone Consolidated School. In 1967, the school became part of the Turtle River School Division. It closed in 1972 and the building was demolished, being replaced by the new Robertson School. A commemorative monument at the site, topped by the former school building, was erected in August 1985.
Period
Principal
1947-1948
John Oberton (1924-2004)
1948
Catherine Mary Vincent Dupont
1949
Robert B. Kuran
1949-1950
Florence Grace Chappell (1912-1967)
1950-1952
Andrew John Legebokoff (c1924-2014)
1952-1955
Keith Donald Boughton (1927-2014)
1955
Margaret Eileen Lupier
1956
Grace Violet Oliver Smith
1956-1958
Vincent L. Loughlin [Loughlen?]
1958-1959
Leon Lucien Molgat
1959-1966
Grace Violet Oliver Smith
1966-1967
Lois Ruth Graham
1967-1971
Grace Violet Oliver Smith
Among the early teachers of Kenilworth School / Riding Mountain School were Blanche Palmiter (Spring-Fall 1908), William Fred. E. Palmiter (Spring 1909 - Spring 1914).
The early teachers at Riding Mountain School include Henry Herbert McKeen (Fall 1914), Angus McGregor (Spring 1915), and Margaret Jane Gee (Fall 1915 - Spring 1918), Alma G. Stinson (August 1918 - February 1919), Mr. M. L. Easterling (February-March 1919), Mamie E. Allan (April-June 1919 and Fall 1919), Janet Lees (Spring 1920), Edgar John Jarvis (Fall 1920 - Spring 1927), Ivan Lorne Hamilton (Fall 1927 - Spring 1930), Stanley Corbett Henderson (Fall 1930 - Spring 1932), Clarence Thomas George Bailey (Fall 1932 - Spring 1940), William George Cooper (Fall 1940 - Spring 1941), Joseph Holob (Fall 1941 - Spring 1942), Marion Vera Bernie (Fall 1942 - Spring 1945), and Lorne Albert Miller (Fall 1945 - Spring 1947).
Period
Teachers
1947-1948
Grace Violet Oliver (grades 1-5), John Oberton (grades 6-10)
1948-1949
Catherine Mary Vincent Dupont (grades 7-11, August-December), Robert B. Kuran (grades 7-11, January-June), Grace Violet Oliver (grades 1-6)
1949-1950
Florence Grace Chappell (grades 7-11), Grace Violet Oliver (grades 1-6)
1950-1951
Andrew John Legebokoff (grades 7-11), Grace Violet Oliver (grades 1-6)
1951-1952
Charlotte Mary Agnes Cooper (grades 1-6), Andrew John Legebokoff (grades 7-11)
1952-1953
Keith Donald Boughton (grades 7-11), Alice Anne Kolesar (grades 1-6)
1953-1954
Keith Donald Boughton (grades 7-11), Karen Patricia Myrtle Carroll Boughton (grades 1-6)
1954-1955
Keith Donald Boughton (grades 7-11), Karen Patricia Myrtle Carroll Boughton (grades 1-6)
1955-1956
Margaret Eileen Lupier (grades 7-10, September-December), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 7-10, January-June), Orville Edmond Weselowski (grades 1-6)
1956-1957
Vincent L. Loughlin [Loughlen?] (grades 7-11), Orville Edmond Weselowski (grades 1-6)
1957-1958
Vincent L. Loughlin [Loughlen?] (grades 7-11), Orville Edmond Weselowski (grades 1-6)
1958-1959
Leon Lucien Molgat (grades 7-11), Teenie Yurey (grades 1-6)
1959-1960
Shirley Henderson (grades 1-4), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 5-8)
1960-1961
Donalda Joyce Kee (grades 1-4), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 5-8)
1961-1962
Donalda Joyce Kee (grades 1-4), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 5-8)
1962-1963
Margaret Anne Fleger (grades 1-4), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 5-8)
1963-1964
Margaret Anne Fleger Andrew (grades 1-4), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 5-8)
1964-1965
Alfhild Viola Nevin (grades 1-4), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 5-8)
1965-1966
Lois Ruth Graham (grades 1-4), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 5-8)
1966-1967
Anna Connell (grades 1-4), Lois Ruth Graham (grades 5-8)
1967-1968
Lois Ruth Graham (grades 1-3), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 4-6)
1968-1969
Lois Ruth Graham (grades 1-3), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 4-6)
1969-1970
Lois Ruth Graham (grades 1-3), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 4-6)
1970-1971
Lois Ruth Graham (grades 1-3), Grace Violet Oliver Smith (grades 4-6)
1971-1972
Lois Ann Evenson (grades 1 & 3)
Period
Principal
1973-1985
Edward Anthony Levandoski
School Year
Teachers
1972-1973
(January-June only):Wilhelmina Elsie Jean Bradey (grades 1-3), Edward Anthony Levandoski (grades 4-9)
1973-1974
Wilhelmina Elsie Jean Bradey (grades 1-3), Edward Anthony Levandoski (grades 4-9)
1974-1975
Wilhelmina Elsie Jean Bradey (grades 1-3), Edward Anthony Levandoski (grades 4-8)
1975-1976
Wilhelmina Elsie Jean Bradey (grades 1-3), Edward Anthony Levandoski (grades 4-8)
1976-1977
Mary Grudeski (grades 1-3), Edward Anthony Levandoski (grades 4-8)
1977-1978
Mary Grudeski (grades 1-3), Edward Anthony Levandoski (grades 4-7 & 10)
1978-1979
Mary Grudeski (grades 1-3), Edward Anthony Levandoski (grades 4-8)
1979-1980
Mary Grudeski (grades 1-3), Edward Anthony Levandoski (grades 4-8)
1980-1981
Mary Grudeski (grades 1-3), Edward Anthony Levandoski (grades 4-9)
1981-1982
Mary Grudeski (junior grades), Edward Anthony Levandoski (senior grades)
1982-1983
Mary Grudeski (junior grades), Edward Anthony Levandoski (senior grades)
1983-1984
Mary Grudeski (junior grades), Edward Anthony Levandoski (senior grades)
1984-1985
Mary Grudeski (junior grades), Edward Anthony Levandoski (senior grades)
Kenilworth School (no date) by W. C. Hartley
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 117.
Kenilworth School commemorative monument (September 2013)
Source: Alan MasonSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.53174, W99.46467
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riding Mountain School No. 491 (RM of Yellowhead)
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
School division student yearly attendance reports (E 0758A), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Riding Mountain School District No. 1439 - Daily Registers, GR6770, Archives of Manitoba.
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.
“Add one position in Turtle R.,” Dauphin Herald, 6 September 1978, page 2.
“Teachers begin year in Turtle River S.D.,” Dauphin Herald, 10 September 1980, page 24.
“Teachers ready in Turtle River,” Dauphin Herald, 1 September 1982, page 18.
“Teachers in Turtle River schools,” Dauphin Herald, 9 October 1984, page 30.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, Alan Mason, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 December 2024
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