The Reeve School District was organized formally in July 1950 but classes began in September 1941 when the vacant Glenhope School building was moved to SE24-20-15W in what is now the Municipality of McCreary, as Reeve School within the McCreary Municipal School District No. 1348. In 1950, it became an independent school district. When the building was destroyed by fire in December 1953, classes were then held in the Reeve Hall until a new school was constructed and ready for use in April 1954. The school closed in 1962 and the district was dissolved. Its catchment area became part of the McCreary Consolidated School District and later the Turtle River School Division. The former schoolhouse was sold and converted into a private residence. It was later demolished.
Among the teachers of Reeve School were Thelma Marion Phillips (Fall 1941 - Spring 1942), Mamie Kowalchuk (Fall 1942 - Spring 1943), Helen Higgins (Fall 1943 - Spring 1944), Daisy McIntyre (Fall 1944 - Spring 1945), Florence Bothwell (Fall 1945 - Spring 1946), Margaret McTavish (Fall 1946 - Spring 1947), Olga Lesawich (Fall 1947 - Spring 1948), Jean Nicholson (Fall 1948 - Spring 1949), D. Giesbrecht (Fall 1949 - Spring 1951), Ollia Yacentiuk (Fall 1951 - Spring 1953), Rose Ostrowski (Fall 1953 - Spring 1954), Annette Mary Turko (Fall 1954 - Spring 1957), Agnes Huebert (August-November 1957, January-June 1958), J. Harper (November-December 1957, substitute), and Mary Jean Whyte Buchanan (Fall 1958 - Spring 1962).
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.72815, W99.41653
denoted by symbol on the map above
Glenella West topographic map, 62J/11 West, Edition 1, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].
McCreary: Milestones and Memories by McCreary History Book Committee, 1987, pages 164-165.
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, Reeve School District No. 2325 - Daily Registers, GR6770, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 17 March 2025
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