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The Phoenix School District was established formally in April 1910 and a wood frame school building operated at this site (in what is now the Rural Municipality of Headingley) from 1910 to 1963. Increasing student enrollment necessitated the construction of a second classroom in 1920. A third classroom was added in 1938.
In 1956, the district consolidated with the Headingley School District No. 9 to form the Headingley Consolidated School District No. 9. After the earlier schoolhouse was condemned in 1962, a new school building was erected in 1963, designed by the architectural firm of Zunic and Sabkowich and built by Hoffman Construction. In 1967, the district joined the Assiniboine North School Division and, two years later, the St. James-Assiniboia School Division. The earlier Phoenix School building is commemorated by a monument erected in 1999 by the Headingley Historical Society.
Period
Principal
1920-1921
Alma Kellington
1921-1923
Mary Morgan Shepherd
1923-1924
Helen M. Anderson
1924-1927
Hazel Olive Beswetherick Laycock (1893-1973)
1927-1929
Gladys Craig
1929-1933
Norah Pearl Crook
1933-1935
Lulu Winnifred Bradley
1935-1940
Mary Crain (1906-1997)
1940
Thomas Macdonald Wallace
1941
John Frederick Partridge
1941-1942
Mabel Gertrude Williams
1942-1945
Muriel Amelia Robertson Redpath (1906-1984)
1945-1946
1946-1947
Maria Elizabeth Hack Higgins
1947-1948
Evelyn Mary Lord
1948-1949
Alexander Russell “Alex” Paterson (1882-1958)
1949-1950
Harry Blair (?-?)
1950-1953
U. J. Bohemier
1953
Marion Adelaide Mackrell
1953-1955
Melvin Bell
1955-1956
Abraham William “Abram/Abe” Krahn (1923-2016)
1956-1965
Michael B. “Mike” Biluk
1965-1966
Dmytro “Dan” Tanchak (1907-1992)
1966-1967
Douglas G. Moore
1967-1969
Alice Marie Rousseau Perras (1918-1983)
1969-1977
Nell Angela Ruchkall Ramsay (1925-2016)
1977-1982
Merrill Dalmer Groff (1933-2023)
1982-1985
Nicholas “Nick” Yacheson
1985-1989
Wenda Engbrecht
1989-1990
William Francis “Bill” Moore (1938-2022)
1990-1996
?
1996-1998
Dianne Snider
1998-2004
?
2004-2006
Gail Surman
2006-2015
?
2015-2016
Linda Daniels
Among the early teachers of Phoenix School were Miss Edith J. Cann (1910-1913) and Margaret Ann Taylor (1913 - Spring 1920).
School Year
Teachers
1920-1921
Rossie M. Channon (grades 1-4), Alma Kellington (grades 5-10)
1921-1922
Rossie M. Channon (grades 1-5), Mary Morgan Shepherd (grades 6-10)
1922-1923
Rossie M. Channon (grades 1-5), Mary Morgan Shepherd (grades 6-11)
1923-1924
Helen M. Anderson (grades 8-11), Clara Rendfleisch [Rindfleisch?] (grades 1-7)
1924-1925
Hazel Olive Laycock (grades 7-11), Clara Rendfleisch [Rindfleisch?] (grades 1-6)
1925-1926
Hazel Olive Laycock (grades 7-11), Clara Rendfleisch [Rindfleisch?] (grades 1-6)
1926-1927
Hazel Olive Laycock (grades 7-11), Lorene Olga Long (grades 1-6)
1927-1928
Gladys Craig (grades 7-11), Lorene Olga Long (grades 1-6, August-c.January), Margaret Ann Taylor (grades 1-6, c.February-June)
1928-1929
Gladys Craig (grades 7-11), Alice Dickie (grades 1-6, c.February-June), Lauraine E. Hodge (grades 1-6, August-c.January)
1929-1930
Norah Pearl Crook (grades 6-11), Elizabeth Josephine Dawn (grades 1-5)
1930-1931
Norah Pearl Crook (grades 7-11), Elizabeth Josephine Dawn (grades 1-6, August-December, Kathleen Pearl Rust (grades 1-6, January-June)
1931-1932
Norah Pearl Crook (grades 7-11), Martha Charlotte Pearson (grades 1-6)
1932-1933
Norah Pearl Crook (grades 7-11), Martha Charlotte Pearson (grades 1-6)
1933-1934
Lulu Winnifred Bradley (grades 7-11), Martha Charlotte Pearson (grades 1-6)
1934-1935
Lulu Winnifred Bradley (grades 7-11), Martha Charlotte Pearson (grades 1-6)
1935-1936
Mary Crain (grades 7-11), Martha Charlotte Pearson (grades 1-6)
1936-1937
Mary Crain (grades 7-11), Myrtle Alexandra Wastle (grades 1-6)
1937-1938
Mary Crain (grades 7-11, August-December; grades 9-11, January-June), Meta Marion Kelly (grades 5-8, January-June), Myrtle Alexandra Wastle (grades 1-6, August-December, grades 1-4, January-June)
1938-1939
Mary Crain (grades 9-11), Meta Marion Kelly (grades 5-8), Myrtle Alexandra Wastle (grades 1-4)
1939-1940
Mary Crain (grades 9-11), Meta Marion Kelly (grades 5-8), Myrtle Alexandra Wastle (grades 1-4, later married Mr. Aitchison)
1940-1941
John Frederick Partridge (grades 9-11, January-June), Margaret Ann Taylor (grades 1-4), Grace Murley Wadge (grades 5-8), Thomas Macdonald Wallace (grades 9-11, August-December)
1941-1942
Carla Gertrude Nattress (grades 5-8, January-June), Margaret Ann Taylor (grades 1-4), Andrew Tass Russell (grades 5-8, August-December; son of Andrew Dick Russell), Mabel Gertrude Williams (grades 9-11)
1942-1943
Margaret Franes Girard (grades 5-8), Muriel Amelia Robertson Redpath (grades 9-11), Margaret Ann Taylor (grades 1-4)
1943-1944
Muriel Amelia Robertson Redpath (grades 9-11), Margaret Ann Taylor (grades 1-4), Clara Louise Thornton (grades 5-8)
1944-1945
Evelyn Mary Lord (grades 1-6), Muriel Amelia Robertson Redpath (grades 9-11)
1945-1946
Wilma Laurie Brusch (grades 7-11), Evelyn Mary Lord (grades 1-6)
1946-1947
Maria Elizabeth Hack (grades 7-11), Evelyn Mary Lord (grades 1-6)
1947-1948
Evelyn Mary Lord (grades 7-11, later married Mr. Ammeter), Margaret Ann Taylor (grades 1-6)
1948-1949
Anne Marguerite Thorpe (grades 1-6, August-December), Alexander Russell Paterson (grades 7-11), Sarah Beatrice Thorsteinson (grades 1-6, January-June)
1949-1950
Harry Blair (grades 6-10), Sarah Beatrice Thorsteinson (grades 1-5)
1950-1951
U. J. Bohemier (grades 6-11), Sarah Beatrice Thorsteinson (grades 1-5)
1951-1952
U. J. Bohemier (grades 6-11), Sarah Beatrice Thorsteinson (grades 1-5)
1952-1953
U. J. Bohemier (grades 6-9, August-December & January-?), Marion Adelaide Mackrell (grades 6-9, ?-June), Sarah Beatrice Thorsteinson (grades 1-5)
1953-1954
Melvin Bell (grades 6-9), Sarah Beatrice Thorsteinson (grades 1-5)
1954-1955
Melvin Bell (grades 6-9), Sarah Beatrice Thorsteinson (grades 1-5)
1955-1956
Michael B. “Mike” Biluk (grades 5-8), Florence M. Hogue (grades 1-4), Abraham William “Abram/Abe” Krahn (grades 9-10)
1956-1957
Mrs. Viola Dufresne, Mrs. A. Prefontaine, John P. Robertson
1957-1958
Dorothy Levine, Victoria Oliynek, Elsie Oryschak, Pauline Pentilchuk
1958-1959
Mrs. D. Coates, Miss Elsie Oryschak
1959-1960
Iris Pasosky
1960-1961
Marilyn Gray, Iris J. Pasosky, Rita Van Blaricom
1961-1962
Bonnie Cormode, Henry B. Esau, Rita Van Blaricom, Kathleen Wilson
1962-1963
Ernie Baycock, Henry B. Esau, Betty L. Janzen, Kathleen Wilson
1963-1964
Kathleen D. Allen, Ernie Baydock, Henry B. Esau, Viola Sinclair, Mrs. Betty Toews
1964-1965
Kathleen D. Allen, Ernie Baydock, Henry B. Esau, Viola Sinclair, Mrs. Betty Toews
1965-1966
Martin Fydirchuk, Gladys G. Galbraith, Cheryl Munday, Viola Sinclair, Mrs. Betty Toews
1966-1967
Jean Birch, Mrs. Wenda Brant, Mrs. Ethel M. Dobbyn, Mrs. Ellen Finnegan, Gladys G. Galbraith, Mrs. Ethel M. Park, Mrs. Linda J. Woods
1967-1968
Miss Barbara Anning, Mrs. Mary Blacquiere, Wenda Brant, Mrs. Ellen Finnegan, Mrs. Judith Gislason, Sylvia K. Reagh, David A. Smith
1968-1969
Miss Barbara Anning, Mrs. Judith Gislason, Jim Komenda, Mrs. Lynn Maciejko, Mrs. Paulette Marsolois, Miss Carol McCaughan
1969-1970
Mrs. Monique Allard, Mrs. Sylvia Allard, Mrs. Judith Gislason, Mrs. Barbara Kiesman, Mrs. Paulette Marsolois, Mrs. Elsie Peters, Miss Linda Shakespeare
1970-1971
Mrs. Sylvia Allard, Miss Jacquelyn Heeney, Mrs. Barbara Kiesman, Mrs. Linda Krentz, Miss J. Otke, Mrs. Elsie Peters, Miss Linda Silverman, Mrs. Joanne Wiley
1971-1972
Mrs. Sylvia Allard, Barry Campbell, Mrs. Norma Cleverley, Miss Jacquelyn Heeney, Mrs. Barbara Kiesman, Mrs. Elsie Peters, Diane Palmer Trudeau, Mrs. Joanne Wiley, Margery Zasitko Johnson
1972-1973
Mrs. Sylvia Allard, Barry Campbell, Mrs. Donalda Donaldson, Mrs. A. Hatfield, Miss Jacquelyn Heeney, Miss Irene Schmidt, Diane Palmer Trudeau
1973-1974
Mrs. Sylvia Allard, Barry Campbell, Mrs. A. Hatfield, Miss Jacquelyn Heeney, Miss Irene Schmidt, Diane Palmer Trudeau
1974-1975
?
1975-1976
?
1976-1977
?
1977-1978
?
1978-1979
?
1979-1980
?
1980-1981
?
1981-1982
?
1982-1983
?
1983-1984
Mrs. N. Allan (part-time), Mrs. A. Anderson (kindergarten), Mr. D. Bramadat (grade 5), Mrs. A. Campbell (grades 2, 3), Mrs. A. Hatfield (grades 1, 2), Mrs. L. MacIntosh (grade 4), Mrs. L. Regnier (grade 6)
1984-2005
?
2005-2006
Heather D. Adams, Katina Andranistakis, Kerry Freund, Scott Mikkelson, Theresa Reimer, Kara Ross, Lisa White
Phoenix School (no date) by E. D. Parker
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 134.
Phoenix School commemorative plaque (April 2013)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86685, W97.40995
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Zunic and Sobkowich
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Headingley School No. 9 (Headingley)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Headingley School No. 9 (Headingley)
History of Robert Browning School: 1963-1974, St. James Assiniboia School Division, 1974.
History of Headingley & Phoenix Schools: 1856-1974 by Nell Ramsay, St. James Assiniboia School Division, 1974.
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.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Phoenix School District No. 1528 - Daily Registers, GR2082, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Larry Taylor, Dorothy Young, and Victor Krenz for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 2 December 2024
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