In January 1902, the Macaulay School District was formally established in what is now the Municipality of North Norfolk, named for the English birthplace of its first Secretary-Treasurer, F. W. Cross. A building was erected on SE16-11-10 west of the Principal Meridian. In January 1960, discussions began about having students from the school bused to MacGregor. Macaulay School closed in June of that year and the district was closed in January 1965 when consolidation occurred with MacGregor Consolidated School No. 2434. A monument was dedicated in 1990 to the students, teachers and pioneers of the Macaulay community.
Among the teachers of Macaulay School were Mary S. Clay (1910-1912), Ethel P. McArthur (1913-1915), Monica B. Lockhart (1916), Isabelle M. Coltart (1917-1918), ? (Fall 1918 - Spring 1923), N. Jean Jefferson (Fall 1923 - Fall 1924), Ethel Irene Bashier (Spring 1925), and Beatrice Elva Douglas (Fall 1925 - Spring 1926).
Macaulay School after closing (no date)
Source: North Norfolk - MacGregor Archives
Macaulay School commemorative monument (September 2010)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91618, W98.78926
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
Through Fields and Dreams: A History of the Rural Municipality of North Norfolk and MacGregor by The History Book Committee of the North Norfolk-MacGregor Archives, 1998, page 948.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Macaulay School District No. 1159 Daily Registers, GR3152, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Arlene Jarema for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 16 November 2024
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