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Located in North Kildonan, now a suburb of Winnipeg, on the grounds of the Knowles Centre, the Knowles School was established for educating the school-age children at the facility, which was operated by the Winnipeg School Division. Initially, a single teacher oversaw students in five grades. An expanded building opened in May 1917, with two teachers and eight grades. Senior students attended high school elsewhere in the Division.
In 1951, an industrial arts facility at the school was opened by Manitoba Technical Institute Principal B. F. Addy. The Winnipeg School Division withdrew its teaching staff in 1955 and the school began operating as a private institution, funded in part by the United Way and the provincial government. On 13 December 1959, the building was destroyed in a fire. Three dormitories were renovated for use as classrooms while a campaign by the Rotary Club raised funds for construction of a replacement school building.
Alumni of the school belong to an organization called “The 100 Club.”
In the 1990s, the John G. Stewart School, named for local educator John Gibson “Jack” Stewart, was built at the site and operated by the River East School Division.
Principals
Teachers
School Year |
Teachers |
1914-1915 |
Vera Theresa O'Hara Miller |
1915-1916 |
Vera Theresa O'Hara Miller |
1916-1917 |
Rosie Lena Collins “Rose” Lang (grades 4-8, 1917), Minnie Mason (grades 1-3), Florence McEathern? (grades 1-3), Vera Theresa O'Hara Miller (1916) |
1917-1918 |
Edna M. M. Kemp (grades 1-3), Minnie Mason (grades 1-3, 1917), Florence McEathern? (grades 1-3, 1917), Mrs. J. McGregor (grades 4-8, 1918) |
1918-1919 |
Eva M. Smith (grades 1-4), Ruth Wilson (grades 5-8) |
1919-1920 |
Eva M. Smith (grades 1-4), Ruth Wilson (grades 5-8) |
1920-1921 |
Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 5-8, 1921), Eva M. Smith (grades 1-4), Ruth Wilson (grades 5-8, 1920) |
1921-1922 |
Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 5-8), Eva M. Smith (grades 1-5) |
1922-1923 |
Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 5-8), Eva M. Smith (grades 1-5) |
1923-1924 |
Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 5-8), Eva M. Smith (grades 1-5) |
1924-1925 |
Bella M. McDonald (grades 1-4, 1924), Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 5-8), Mrs. F. Sharp (grades 1-5, 1925) |
1925-1926 |
Bella M. McDonald (grades 2-5), Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 6-8) |
1926-1927 |
Bella M. McDonald (grades 1-5), Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 6-8) |
1927-1928 |
Bella M. McDonald (grades 2-5), Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 5-8) |
1928-1929 |
Harriett Lillian Dyke (grades 1-5), Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 6-8) |
1929-1930 |
Harriett Lillian Dyke (grades 2-5), Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 6-8) |
1930-1931 |
Esther Hinds (grades 3-5), Irene May Matheson (grades 3-5, 1931), Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 6-8) |
1931-1932 |
Irene May Matheson (grades 3-5), Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 6-8) |
1932-1933 |
Marguerite Willard Robertson (grades 4-7) |
1933-1934 |
Rudolph A. Storch (grades 2-7) |
1934-1935 |
Rudolph A. Storch (grades 5, 7-9), Gerald L. Stuart (grades 2-4, 6) |
1935-1936 |
Frank L. Palmer (grades 6-9), Alfred Thomas Phillips (grades 2-5) |
1936-1937 |
Frank L. Palmer (grades 6-9), Alfred Thomas Phillips (grades 3-5) |
1937-1938 |
Stewart Gibson Dack (grades 6-9), Alfred Thomas Phillips (grades 1-5) |
1938-1939 |
Stewart Gibson Dack (grades 6-9), Alfred Thomas Phillips (grades 1-5) |
1939-1940 |
Eva May Calder (grades 2-5), Alfred Thomas Phillips (grades 6-9) |
1940-1941 |
Eva May Calder (grades 2-5), Neil Murray McIvor (grades 6-9) |
1941-1942 |
Eva May Calder (grades 1-5), Robert Ernest Clague (grades 6-9) |
1942-1943 |
Eva May Calder (grades 1-5), Taras Robert Korol (grades 6-9) |
1943-1944 |
Eva May Calder (grades 1-5), Neil McTavish (grades 6-9) |
1944-1945 |
Eva May Calder (grades 1-5), Neil McTavish (grades 6-9) |
1945-1946 |
Eva May Calder (grades 1-5), Neil McTavish (grades 6-9, 1945), Alfred Thomas Phillips (grades 6-9, 1946), Dr. P. Margarite (1946) |
1946-1947 |
Eva May Calder (grades 1-4), Eva Frances Irene Clement (grades 5-6), Robert John Walker “Bob” Lyons (grades 7-9) |
1947-1948 |
Eva May Calder (grades 2-6) |
1948-1949 |
Eva May Calder (grades 2-6) |
1949-1950 |
Eva May Calder (grades 2-5), Arthur Milford Preston (grades 6-9) |
1950-1951 |
Eva May Calder (grades 2-5), Arthur Milford Preston (grades 5-7) |
1951-1952 |
Eva May Calder (grades 2-5), Arthur Milford Preston (grades 5-8) |
1952-1953 |
Eva May Calder (grades 2-4) |
1953-1954 |
Eva May Calder (grades 2-5) |
1954-1955 |
Eva May Calder (grades 2-4, 1954) |
1955-1956 |
? |
1956-1957 |
? |
1957-1958 |
? |
1958-1959 |
? |
1959-1960 |
? |
1960-1961 |
? |
1961-1962 |
Wilma E. Essex (grades ?), Barbara Noreen Heber (grades ?), Constantine Maseiuch [Masiuch] (grades ?) |
1962-1963 |
Ronald Allen “Ron” Baillie (grades 8-9), Wilma E. Essex (grades 4-5), Jean Ann Robertson (grades 2-4), Eugene Alfred Sigfusson (grades 4, 6-7) |
1963-1964 |
Ronald Allen “Ron” Baillie (grades 7-9, 1963; grades 6-9, 1964), Wilma E. Essex (grades 4-6), Doreen Sophia Rudy Hunt (grades 2-4), Eugene Alfred Sigfusson (grades 5-7, 1963; grades 6-7, 1964) |
1964-1965 |
Wilma E. Essex (grades 4-6), Ronald Winston “Ron” Munro (grade 6), Maurice Reid Quesnel (grades 4, 7-9), Stephania Yurkiwsky (grades 2-4) |
1965-1966 |
Wilma E. Essex (grades 4-6), Rudy Frederick Fast (grade 7), Marianne Penner (grades ?), Louis Joseph Regnier (grades 4-6) |
1966-1967 |
Paul Allan (grades 5-8, 1966), Wilma E. Essex (grades 3-4), George Michael Maneluk (grades 5-8, 1966), ? (grades 5-8, 1967), Marianne Penner (grades ?) |
1967-1968 |
Marianne Penner (grades 3-5), George Michael Maneluk (grades 4-7), Franklin Peter Humniski (grades 8-9), Wilma E. Essex (grades 3-6) |
1968-1969 |
Rosslyn L. Ward (grades 2-5), Arthur James Rathgeber (grades 5-8), Charles S. MacIver (grades 7-8), Wilma E. Essex (grade 4) |
Photos & Coordinates
See also:
Manitoba Organization: Knowles Home for Boys / Knowles School for Boys / Knowles Centre
Sources:
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
“Knowles boys at Fort Garry,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 May 1917, page 5.
“Their future depends upon your assistance,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 October 1939, page 3.
“Knowles School portage paid, Crossin tells annual meeting,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 September 1940, page 3.
“Cash awards presented to Knowles Boys,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 June 1952, page 7.
“Dream realized, Knowles School shop opened,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 December 1954, page 9.
“Boys’ School may provide own teachers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 December 1954, page 2.
“Male teacher requires at the Knowles School for Boys,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 December 1955, page 23.
“Fund drive for Boys’ School,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 December 1959, page 3.
“100 Club tea marks 50th anniversary of Knowles School,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 March 1958, page 10.
“$17,000 for Knowles School,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 December 1959, page 3.
“Knowles School conversion program completed in time for new term,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 January 1960, page 3.
[Feature full page article, untitled], Winnipeg Free Press Leisure, 9 March 1968, page 5.
Obituary [Robert John Walker], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 November 1975, page 42.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 2 May 2021
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