The Sharman School District was organized formally in November 1913 and a school building operated on the southwest quarter of 6-19-25 west of the Principal Meridian in the Municipality of Rossburn. It closed in 1966 and thereafter students were transported by bus to Rossburn Consolidated School No. 2358. The former school building was moved to the Play Park in Rossburn to become the “Little Red School House.”
Among the teachers of Sharman School were Mike Tokar, Nellie Belbas, Natalie Glushka, Jean Matiowsky, Louise Carson, Jean Mitchell, Sonia Melnyk, and Mary Komhyr.
Sharman School commemorative sign (June 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.61675, W100.85695
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.
On the Sunny Slopes of the Riding Mountains, A History of Rossburn and District, Volume 1 by Rossburn History Club, 1984. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.R78 Ont]
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 February 2021
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