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The St. Charles School District was established in March 1921 and, by the autumn, a one-storey, three-room stone and brick school building was constructed by contractor Patrick H. Hedges, on Lot 94 in St. Charles. A small room on a mezzanine between the two classrooms served as a library and “scolding room.” The school was paid for with the district issuing of two debentures, first for $30,000 in May 1921 to purchase a site, build the school, and then equip and furnish the schoolhouse. A further $20,000 in debentures were issued in January 1922 to complete the schoolhouse, following a vote of local ratepayers by a count of 35 in favour to 5 opposed. A small stable behind the building accommodated the horses ridden by students to school. In 1946, a third teacher was hired to teach a class housed in the basement.
In 1955, four more classrooms were constructed on the back of the building and, four years later, laboratories, a gymnasium, and more classroms were added, bringing the total classroom complement to twelve. In 1967, the school became part of the Assiniboine North School Division. As student enrollment declined through the 1970s, especially after construction Hedges Junior High School, the number of classrooms in active use decreased. Finally, in June 1983, with only 146 students, the school closed and the remaining students moved to Buchanan School. The building was demolished and its cornerstone (laid on 22 July 1921 by Deputy Education Minister Robert Fletcher) was also transferred to Buchanan.
Principals
Vice-Principals
Teachers
Period |
Teachers |
1921-1922 |
Annie Cameron (grades 5-10), Regina Champagne (grades 1-4) |
1922-1923 |
Annie Cameron (grades 5-10), Regina Champagne (grades 1-4) |
1923-1924 |
Annie Cameron (grades 5-9), Flora Isabell Pollock (grades 1-4) |
1924-1925 |
C. L. Fleche? (grades 5-9, pt. Fall), Gladys Georgina Griffith (grades 1-4, Spring), Kathleen Isobelle Milligan (grades 1-4, pt. Fall), Flora Isabell Pollock (grades 1-4, pt. Fall; grades 5-9, pt. Fall - Spring) |
1925-1926 |
Gladys Georgina Griffith (grades 1-3), Flora Isabell Pollock (grades 4-9) |
1926-1927 |
Grace Ida McNicholl (grades 1-4), Flora Isabell Pollock (grades 5-9) |
1927-1928 |
Grace Ida McNicholl (grades 5-8), Ruth Robson Mitchell (grades 1-4) |
1928-1929 |
Grace Ida McNicholl (grades 5-8), Ruth Robson Mitchell (grades 1-4) |
1929-1930 |
Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4, Spring), Jean Winnifred Gower Livingstone (grades 5-10), Ruth Robson Mitchell (grades 1-4, Fall) |
1930-1931 |
Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4), Jean Winnifred Gower Livingstone (grades 5-10) |
1931-1932 |
Ruby Marian Douglas (grades 5-9), Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4) |
1932-1933 |
Ruby Marian Douglas (grades 1-9, Fall; grades 5-9, Spring), Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4, Spring) |
1933-1934 |
Ruby Marian Douglas (grades 5-9), Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4) |
1934-1935 |
Ruby Marian Douglas (grades 5-9), Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4) |
1935-1936 |
Ruby Marian Douglas (grades 5-9), Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4) |
1936-1937 |
Ruby Marian Douglas (grades 5-9), Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4) |
1937-1938 |
Ruby Marian Douglas (grades 5-9), Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4) |
1938-1939 |
Ruby Marian Douglas (grades 5-9), Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4) |
1939-1940 |
Ruby Marian Douglas (grades 5-9), Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4) |
1940-1941 |
Jemima Isabelle MacLean (grades 5-9), Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4) |
1941-1942 |
Violet Mary Foot (grades 5-9), Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4) |
1942-1943 |
Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4), Bernice May McClelland (grades 5-9) |
1943-1944 |
Mary Helen Hollingshead (grades 1-4), Bernice May McClelland (grades 5-9) |
1944-1945 |
Olga Ciotka? (grades 5-8), Edna Marion Dack (grades 1-4, September-December; wife of John Edward Dack), Gudbjorg Eggertson (grades 1-4, January-June) |
1945-1946 |
Hilda Johanna Arnason (grades 4-6, August-? pt. Fall), Miss James (grades 4-6, pt. Fall), Elsie Margueritte Paxton (grades 4-6, pt. Fall - June), Julia Rich (grades 7-11, January-June), Julie S. Ryck (grades 7-11, September-December), Claire Valcourt (grades 1-3) |
1946-1947 |
William Connell Murray (grades 7-9), Alice O’Kane (grades 1-3), Elsie Margueritte Paxton (grades 4-6) |
1947-1948 |
Muriel Jean Alexander (grades 1-3, January-June), William Connell Murray (grades 7-9), Alice O’Kane (grades 1-3, September-December), Elsie Margueritte Paxton (grades 4-6) |
1948-1949 |
William Connell Murray (grades 7-9), Bernice Stober (grades 1-3), Eleanor M. Zilke (grades 4-6) |
1949-1950 |
Christina Fraser (grades 1-3), Boris Shewchuk (grades 7-9), Bernice Stober (grades 1-3) |
1950-1951 |
Anne L. Lentourch (grades 1-3), Mrs. Fred Pawluk (graeds 4-6), Boris Shewchuk (grades 6-9) |
1951-1952 |
Matthew Samuel Pritchard Glowe (grades 6-9, September-December), Olga Kiedyk (grades 4-6), Anne L. Lentourch (grades 1-3), Mary Emma Watson (grades 6-9, January-June) |
1952-1953 |
Anne L. Lentourch (grades 1-2), Susan Letandre (grades 3-5), Mary Emma Watson (grades 6-9) |
1953-1954 |
Anne L. Lentourch (grades 1-2), Muriel Philippe (grades 6-9), Jemima Florence Webster (grades 3-5) |
1954-1955 |
? |
1955-1956 |
? |
1956-1957 |
? |
1957-1958 |
? |
1958-1959 |
Christopher S. O’Grady, ? |
1959-1960 |
Christopher S. O’Grady, ? |
1960-1961 |
Christopher S. O’Grady, ? |
1961-1962 |
Christopher S. O’Grady, ? |
1962-1963 |
Christopher S. O’Grady, ? |
Photos & Coordinates

St. Charles School (circa 1930) by E. D. Parker Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 88.

Students in grades 4-6 at St. Charles School (1945-1946)
Source: Brenda Beck
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.88275, W97.32284 denoted by symbol on the map above
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See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Charles Convent / St. Charles Catholic School (331 St. Charles Street, Winnipeg)
Sources:
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
A Brief History of Buchanan Elementary School, St. James Assiniboia School Division.
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.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #10 School District of St. Charles, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #1 School District of St. Charles, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #45 School District of St. Charles, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank the St. James - Assiniboia School Division and Brenda Beck for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 9 June 2022
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