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The Plum Ridge School District was organized formally in June 1898 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at SW29-17-3E in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. A new schoolhouse was built during the summer of 1916 by local contractor Michael Gottfried at a cost of $1,575. The district was dissolved in 1967 and its catchment area became part of the Interlake School Division.
Principals
Teachers
Period |
Teachers |
1917-1918 |
C. V. Dicks (grades 4-6), E. W. Mills (grades 4-6, 1918), John Watcyk (grades 4-6, 1917) |
1918-1919 |
Andrew Hrudka (grades 6-8, 1918), Stephen Nykyforuk (grades 6-8, 1919), J. Sibinski (grades 6-8), ? (grades 1-4) |
1919-1920 |
Stephen Nykyforuk (grades 4-8) |
1920-1921 |
Stephen Nykyforuk (grades 4-8) |
1921-1922 |
M. J. Chuptyk (grades 1-3), Stephen Nykyforuk (grades 4-8) |
1922-1923 |
Jacob J. Lysecki (grades 4-8) |
1923-1924 |
Jacob J. Lysecki (grades 4-8) |
1924-1925 |
Jacob J. Lysecki (grades 4-8) |
1925-1926 |
Nicholas Punak (grades 4-8) |
1926-1927 |
William Chimchak (grades 4-8) |
1927-1928 |
William Chimchak (grades 4-8) |
1928-1929 |
Marie Prygrocki (grades 4-8) |
1929-1930 |
Annie Segall (grades 4-8) |
1930-1931 |
William Chimchak (grades 4-8) |
1931-1932 |
William Chimchak (grades 4-8) |
1932-1933 |
William Chimchak (grades 4-8) |
1933-1934 |
William Yakimischak (grades 5-9) |
1934-1935 |
Paul Ivan Nykorchuk (grades 5-10) |
1935-1936 |
Paul Ivan Nykorchuk (grades 5-10) |
1936-1937 |
Michael Doroschuk (grades 1-4), Paul Ivan Nykorchuk (grades 5-10) |
1937-1938 |
George Lecoq (grades 5-10) |
1938-1939 |
George Lecoq (grades 5-10) |
1939-1940 |
George Lecoq (grades 5-10) |
1940-1941 |
George Lecoq (grades 5-10) |
1941-1942 |
Edward Chesley (grades 5-10) |
1942-1943 |
Mrs. Nellie E. Chesley (grades 1-4), Edward Chesley (grades 5-10) |
Among the other teachers of Plum Ridge School were Ida Doris Simpson (1943-1944), Tom Chesley (1944-1947), Nicholas Andrusko (1947-1951), Peter Budzinsky (1951-1955), Lawrence Suchar (1955-1956), Melvin Bodnarus (1956-1959), Mrs. E. Yurchi (1959-1960), Walter Diachun (1960-1961), John B. Enns (1961-1962), Mrs. Phyllis Ann Rodych (1962-1963), Walter Michael Sorokoski (1963-1965), Irene Eva Sohan (1965-1966), and Mrs. Julia F. Chatfield (1966-1967).
Photos & Coordinates

The old Plum Ridge School (no date) by H. D. Cumming
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 30.

The new Plum Ridge School (no date) by H. D. Cumming
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 30.
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.47783, W97.15988 denoted by symbol on the map above
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Sources:
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
School District Formation Files (E 0027), Plum Ridge School District No. 959, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Plum Ridge School District No. 959 Daily Registers, GR2046 Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Plum Ridge School District No. 959 Minute Books, GR2043 Archives of Manitoba.
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.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 1 February 2023
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