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The original Sperling School District was organized in April 1909 at Sperling in the Rural Municipality of Morris. It became Sperling Consolidated School through the consolidation with Garnett School No. 210, Tremont School No. 1127, and Lone Star School No. 1629. A two-storey, four-classroom brick structure was erected in 1910. The building was destroyed, by a fire started in coal stored in its basement, on 23 May 1924. It was replaced by a one-storey, four-classroom building, designed by Winnipeg architect Alexander Melville, that opened in November 1924. In January 1968, it became part of the Midland School Division.
The former teacherage was sold in 1974 for use as a private residence. The school closed in 1987 and the building was demolished in early 2006 after standing vacant. The corner stone and some bricks from the building were preserved in the wall of a picnic shelter in a public park at the site. A commemorative plaque was installed by the municipality in 2015.
Period
Principal
1910-1912
Joseph Hurl
1912-1914
Frederick Leopold Johnston (1884-1961)
1914-1915
Joseph James McLaughlin
1915
G. J. F. Vanstausk
1916-1918
William Henry Fenton (1872-1974)
1918-1919
Mrs. Elmah Tench
1919-1920
Winfred Elmore Marsh (1872-1932)
1920-1921
James Thomas Hulme (1864-1938)
1921-1924
Arthur Victor Pigott (1900-1987)
1924-1928
Neil Albert McIntyre (1888-1972)
1928-1932
George Edgar Haywood (c1902-1985)
1932-1934
Orville Ernest Holmes (1905-1987)
1934-1940
Frank Alywin “Andy” Anderson (1907-1972)
1940-1944
Abiah Davies Morgan (1899-1967)
1944-1952
Donald Richard Thom (1908-1988)
1952-1955
Henry Royal Dwyer (1905-1996)
1955-1958
Frank P. Giesbrecht
1958-1963
1963-1967
Pat Anderson Jenkins
1967-1971
Miron Paul Swintak (1935-1987)
1971-1980
Jean Jackson Anderson
1980-1981
John Hildebrand
1981-1984
Lee Wallwin
1984-1987
Deb Nairne Russell
1987
Joyce Foote Nicolajsen - Acting
School Year
Teachers
1910-1911
Joseph Hurl (room 2), Miss Minnie Stewart (room 1)
1911-1912
Miss Helen Brunt (room 1), Joseph Hurl (room 3), Miss Minnie Stewart (room 2)
1912-1913
Frederick Leopold Johnston (room 3), Miss Sarah C. MacLean (room 2), Miss Delle Myers (room 1)
1913-1914
Frederick Leopold Johnston (room 3), Miss Sarah C. MacLean (room 2), Miss Delle Myers (room 1)
1914-1915
Joseph James McLaughlin (room 4), Miss Delle Myers (room 1), Miss Adeline Helen Strachan (room 3), Miss Mary S. Thomson (room 2)
1915-1916
Violet Clements (room 1), Mary Dobson (room 2), William Henry Fenton (room 4), Miss Barbara C. MacLean (room 3), Miss Delle Myers (room 1), Miss Adeline Helen Strachan (room 3), Miss Mary S. Thomson (room 2), G. J. F. Vanstausk (room 4)
1916-1917
Violet Clements (room 1), Irene Dobson(?), William Henry Fenton (room 4), Miss Edith Greenwood (room 2), May MacKenzie (room 3), Miss Barbara C. MacLean (room 3), Miss Ellen Whitmore (room 1)
1917-1918
William Henry Fenton (room 4), Miss Edith Greenwood (room 2), May MacKenzie (room 3), Mrs. Elmah Tench (room 4), Miss Ellen Whitmore (room 1)
1918-1919
Jane J. Gordon (room 2), Miss Violet MacKenzie (room 2), Ida Norman (room 1), Mrs. Elmah Tench (room 4), Miss Myril E. Vanwyck (room 3), Sarah Willett (room 3)
1919-1920
Mary Delgaty (room 3), Miss Olive MacDonald (room 3), Winfred Elmore Marsh (room 4), Ida Norman (room 1), Miss Nellie Palmer (room 1), Miss Edith Waddell (room 2), Ethel M. Wilson (room 2)
1920-1921
Mary Delgaty (room 3), Laura Etselle (room 1), James Thomas Hulme (room 4), Muriel Rankin (room 1), Grace G. Rouse (room 2)
1921-1922
Margaret Arthur (room 3), Arthur Victor Pigott (room 4), Grace G. Rouse (room 2), Miss Annetta Wiechman (room 1)
1922-1923
Miss Delle Myers (room 1), Annie Phillips (room 3), Maude Phillips (room 2), Arthur Victor Pigott (room 4)
1923-1924
Elizabeth King (room 1), Miss Delle Myers (room 1), Annie Phillips (room 3), Maude Phillips (room 2), Arthur Victor Pigott (room 4)
1924-1925
Laura Courtney (room 1), Neil Albert McIntyre (room 4), Annie Phillips (room 3), Maude Phillips (room 2)
1925-1926
Pearl Bell (room 3), Ethel Lowry (room 1), Neil Albert McIntyre (room 4), Cliffie M. Woodworth (room 2)
1926-1927
Ethel Lowry, Tena H. McDonald, Neil Albert McIntyre, Cliffie M. Woodworth
1927-1928
Ethel Lowry, Tena H. McDonald, Neil Albert McIntyre, Cliffie M. Woodworth
1928-1929
George Edgar Haywood, Alice Henderson, Fanny B. H. Stirling, Cliffie M. Woodworth
1929-1930
George Edgar Haywood, Alice Henderson, Fanny Stirling, Cliffie M. Woodworth
1930-1931
Gladys Copeland, George Edgar Haywood, Alice Henderson, Florence McKillop, Fanny Stirling, Cliffie M. Woodworth
1931-1932
Gladys Copeland, George Edgar Haywood, Fanny Stirling, Cliffie M. Woodworth
1932-1933
Gladys Copeland, Orville Ernest Holmes, Fanny Stirling, Ethel Wilson
1933-1934
Winnifred Cook, Gladys Copeland, Orville Ernest Holmes, Fanny Stirling, Ethel Wilson
1934-1935
Frank Alywin “Andy” Anderson, Etta Fewster Gehring, Beth Mitchell, Ellen North
1935-1936
Frank Alywin “Andy” Anderson, Etta Fewster Gehring, Beth Mitchell, Ellen North
1396-1937
Frank Alywin “Andy” Anderson, Pat Anderson Jenkins, Etta Fewster Gehring, Beth Mitchell
1937-1938
Frank Alywin “Andy” Anderson, Pat Anderson Jenkins, Etta Fewster Gehring, Beth Mitchell
1938-1939
Frank Alywin “Andy” Anderson, Pat Anderson Jenkins, Charlie Bell, Etta Fewster Gehring
1939-1940
Frank Alywin “Andy” Anderson, Pat Anderson Jenkins, Charlie Bell, Etta Fewster Gehring
1940-1941
Pat Anderson Jenkins, Violet Anderson, Mary Cowan, Abiah Davies Morgan
1941-1942
Violet Anderson, Mary Cowan, Minnie Douglas, Abiah Davies Morgan
1942-1943
Mary Cowan, Minnie Douglas, Abiah Davies Morgan, Elizabeth Nash
1943-1944
Mary Cowan, Abiah Davies Morgan, Elizabeth Nash, Nellie White
1944-1945
Mary Cowan, Ruth Fallis, Donald Richard Thom, Nellie White
1945-1946
Ruth Fallis, Bernice Fines, Donald Richard Thom, Nellie White
1946-1947
Ruth Fallis, Bernice Fines, Donald Richard Thom, Nellie White
1947-1948
Evelyn Griffiths, Inez Helgason, Joyce Sutton, Donald Richard Thom, Nellie White
1948-1949
Inez Helgason, Jean Jackson Anderson, Joyce Sutton, Donald Richard Thom
1949-1950
Inez Helgason, Jean Jackson Anderson, Velma Adell Motheral, Donald Richard Thom
1950-1951
Dorothy Elliot, Fran Fleming, Ruth King, Velma Adell Motheral, Donald Richard Thom
1951-1952
Dorothy Elliot, Fran Fleming, Ruth King, Velma Adell Motheral, Donald Richard Thom
1952-1953
Henry Royal Dwyer, Marion Hammond, Ruth King, Audrey McRorie, Ivy Patterson, Norah Stewart
1953-1954
Henry Royal Dwyer, Doreen Fewster, Ivy Patterson, Phyllis Pulfer, Melva Skeavington, Joyce Sokol, Edith Thompson
1954-1955
Henry Royal Dwyer, A. Fraser, Ivy Patterson, Kay Pogson, Phyllis Pulfer
1955-1956
Evelyn Bridgeman, Donelda Cook, Keith Fleming, Frank P. Giesbrecht, Ivy Patterson, Kay Pogson, Lancelot William Stephens
1956-1957
Joyce Bowman, Frank P. Giesbrecht, Kay Pogson, Harold Stewart, Lancelot William Stephens
1957-1958
Lena Allison, Frank P. Giesbrecht, Elizabeth Menzel, Myrtle Munday, Isabell Robertson
1958-1959
Lena Allison, Katie Cook, Elizabeth Menzel, James Pollock, Isabell Robertson, James Maxwell Taylor
1959-1960
Lena Allison, Doreen Fewster, Morris Hykaway, G. J. Gommerman, Elizabeth Menzel, J. Pollock, Betty Rance, Isabell Robertson, James Maxwell Taylor
1960-1961
Esther Hildebrand, Morris Hykaway, Pat Anderson Jenkins, J. Pollock, Isabell Robertson, James Maxwell Taylor, Merle Taylor
1961-1962
John Cesmystruk, William George Cooper, Morris Hykaway, Pat Anderson Jenkins, Isabell Robertson, James Maxwell Taylor, Merle Taylor
1962-1963
John Cesmystruk, Morris Hykaway, Pat Anderson Jenkins, Lois J. Malach, Donna McLean, James Maxwell Taylor
1963-1964
Betty J. Gross, John F. Gross, Pat Anderson Jenkins, Lillian Munro
1964-1965
Janet Alexander, Pat Anderson Jenkins, Sandra Kulbaski, Don Wrobleski
1965-1966
Audrey Gilman, Pat Anderson Jenkins, Sandra Kulbaski, Don Wrobleski
1966-1967
Irene Belcher, Sandra Delaloye, Pat Anderson Jenkins, Brenda Porter Peters
1967-1968
Jean Jackson Anderson, Sandra Delaloye, Fern Rose, Miron Paul Swintak
1968-1969
Jean Jackson Anderson, Sandra Delaloye, Fern Rose, Miron Paul Swintak
1969-1970
Jean Jackson Anderson, Sandra Delaloye, Fern Rose, Miron Paul Swintak
1970-1971
Jean Jackson Anderson, Sandra Delaloye, Fern Rose, Miron Paul Swintak
1971-1972
Jean Jackson Anderson, Bob Cain, Fern Rose
1972-1973
Jean Jackson Anderson, Bob Cain, Fern Rose
1973-1974
Jean Jackson Anderson, Bob Cain, Fern Rose
1974-1975
Jean Jackson Anderson, Heather Lovatt, Fern Rose
1975-1976
Jean Jackson Anderson, Dorothy Biggar, Fern Rose, June Stockford (music)
1976-1977
Jean Jackson Anderson, Dorothy Biggar, Ann Hamilton (music), Fern Rose
1977-1978
Carol Anderson, Jean Jackson Anderson, Dorothy Biggar, Neil Martin (physical education), Carol Ross-Boggs (music)
1978-1979
Jean Jackson Anderson, Dorothy Biggar, Barbara Leslie, Neil Martin (physical education), Carol Ross-Boggs (music)
1979-1980
Jean Jackson Anderson, John Hildebrand, Barbara Leslie, Carol Ross-Boggs (music), Gordon Stobbe (physical education)
1980-1981
Francine Adelman (music), Joyce Foote Nicolajsen, Barbara Leslie, Gordon Stobbe (physical education)
1981-1982
Francine Adelman (music), Alice Elias, Joyce Foote Nicolajsen, Brian Reid (physical education)
1982-1983
Francine Adelman (music), Alice Elias, Joyce Foote Nicolajsen, Brian Reid (physical education)
1983-1984
Francine Adelman (music), Alice Elias, Joyce Foote Nicolajsen, Brian Reid (physical education)
1984-1985
Francine Adelman (music), Alice Elias, Joyce Foote Nicolajsen, Brian Reid (physical education)
1985-1986
Francine Adelman (music), Joyce Foote Nicolajsen, Brian Reid (physical education)
1986-1987
Francine Adelman (music), Heather Bunka, Joyce Foote Nicolajsen, Brian Reid (physical education)
Sperling School (circa 1910)
Source: Education Department Report, 1910, Manitoba Legislative Library.
The original Sperling School, destroyed by fire in 1924 (June 1911)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspector Photos GR2664, C65.
Sperling School, constructed in 1924 (no date) by D. S. Woods
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 126.
Sperling School (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 721.
Sperling School (circa 1986)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 722.
The corner stone from Sperling Consolidated School, built in 1924 (October 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Sperling Consolidated School commemorative sign (July 2020)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.50527, W97.70476
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Tenders for Sperling Consolidated School,” Winnipeg Tribune, 4 July 1924, page 16.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
Tales of Sperling, circa 1970. [Manitoba Historical Society Library, 971.27Spe]
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.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
Furrows in the Valley: A History of the Municipality and its People compiled by the Morris History Book Committee, edited by Lenore Eidse, 1980.
Aerial photograph A11638-199 [1948], Manitoba Air Photo Library.
Obituary [Velma Adell Motheral], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 February 2023.
We thank Patricia Tennent, RM of Dufferin, Suzanne Schroeder, Ed Leask, Glenn Peckover, Rose Kuzina, and Deb Russell for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 November 2023
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