Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ste. Agathe School No. 974 (Ste. Agathe, RM of Ritchot)

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The Ste. Agathe School District was established in May 1898. A schoolhouse operated on Lot 567 of the Parish of Ste. Agathe in the Rural Municipality of Ritchot. The district was dissolved in 1960 and its catchment area became part of the Ste. Agathe Consolidated School District.

Principals

Period

Principal

1920-1921

Sister Victoria Thibault

1921-1922

Sister O. Vannier

1922-1928

Sister Victoria Thibault

1928-1929

Sister Mathilda Fortier

1929-1931

Sister Elodie Daneault

1931-1940

Sister Elisa Marion

1940-1945

Sister Adela Gauthier

1945-1947

Albina Marie Bleau (1897-1982)

1947-1948

Sister Jane R. Jacob

1948-1954

Sister M. Charles Rene

1954-1959

Beatrice Bedard [Sister Elizabeth St. Joseph] (c1893-1983)

1959-1961

Sister Paul de la Croix

1961-1965

Sister Marcelle A. Lemaire

1965-1968

James L. St. Vincent

1968-1971

Sister Pauline Saurette

1971-1973

Alice M. Labelle

Teachers

No information.

Photos & Coordinates

Ste. Agathe School

Ste. Agathe School (no date) by A. A. Herriot
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 33.

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.56715, W97.18316
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

St. Adolphe East topographic map, 62H/11 East, Edition 2 ASE, 1958, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].

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.

Page revised: 19 August 2021

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