Historic Sites of Manitoba: Steep Rock School No. 1723 (Steep Rock, RM of Grahamdale)

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The Steep Rock School District was established formally in January 1914 and a schoolhouse operated in the village of Steep Rock (about SE33-28-10W) in what would later become the Rural Municipality of Grahamdale. The schoolhouse was enlarged to two classrooms during the spring term of 1923. In 1967, the district was dissolved and its catchment area became part of the Lakeshore School Division.

Principals

Period	Principal
1923	Mildred M. Lambs
1923-1924	M. E. Mills
1924	K. Forrest
1924-1926	Gladys Lucilla Zell Hamilton (1891-1963)
1926-1928	Irene M. E. Bain
1928	Elda D. Hensler
1928-1929	E. G. Hamilton
1929-1932	George William Leonard (1880-1959)
1932-1935	Clarence Wilbert Fines (1902-1994)
1935-1936	George Oswald Hinds (1906-1969)
1936-1938	Laura Elfreda Shanks
1938	D. M. Broughton
1939-1940	Wallace Kingdon Maxwell (1914-1944)
1940-1942	George William Leonard (1880-1959)
1942-1943	June Doraine McKnight Gilason (1921-2014)
1943-1944	Melba Girouard
1944-1946	Stella Howelko Dunn (1916-2000)
1946-1948	Michael William Tataryn (1922-2014)
1948-1950	Paul Pura (1914-1999)
1950-1957	Mary Katharine Corinne Middleton (1921-1993)
1957-1958	Herbert Donald “Herb” Roehl (1932-1981)
1958-1959	Paul H. Anderson
1959-1961	Bodvar Jon Skuli Bodvarson (1911-1972)
1961-1962	James Somerville McKessock (1911-1983)
1962-1963	Ivan Harcourt Phillips
1963-1964	William “Bill” Shydlowsky (?-1987)
1964-1965	Astin Stephenson Gayle
1965-1966	Donald Alan “Don” Pritchard
1966-1967	Dora Jane-Anne Springer
1967-1970	Henry Nick Budnick
1970-1971	Grant Hillyard Henderson
1971-1981	Walter Feschuk
1981-1984	George Ivan McBurney (1929-2019)

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1914-1915	E. A. Reed (September-January), D. P. Doerr (February-June)
1915-1916	D. P. Doerr (1915), Breta C. Polson (1916)
1916-1917	Breta C. Polson
1917-1918	W. G. Russell (August-February), Geneva J. Yarrington (April), E. M. Falardeau (May-August)
1918-1919	Breta C. Polson
1919-1920	Charles D. Smith
1920-1921	Angus McGregor (August-September), Gertrude M. Hatchard (October-June)
1921-1922	Gertrude M. Hatchard (grades 1-8)
1922-1923	Grace E. Dandy (grade 1-8, August-March), Gundy Kristjanson (grades 1-4, March-June), Mildred M. Lambs (grades 6-9, March-June)
1923-1924	Marion Hope Hannah (grades 1-4, November-December; grades 1-5, January-June), Gundy Kristjanson (grades 1-4, August-September), M. E. Mills (grades 8-11)
1924-1925	K. Forrest (grades 6-11, August-September), Gladys Lucilla Zell Hamilton (grades 6-11, October-June), Marion Hope Hannah (grades 1-4)
1925-1926	Irene M. E. Bain (grades 1-5), Gladys Lucilla Zell Hamilton (grades 6-9)
1926-1927	Irene M. E. Bain (grades 6-11), Dorothy Florence Coates (grades 1-5)
1927-1928	Irene M. E. Bain (grades 6-9), Dorothy Florence Coates (grades 1-5)
1928-1929	Evelyn Elford Finn (grades 1-5), E. G. Hamilton (grades 6-10, October-March), Elda D. Hensler (grades 6-10, August-September), George William Leonard (grades 6-10, April-June)
1929-1930	George William Leonard (grades 7-11), Marguerite Muriel Sharpe (grades 1-6)
1930-1931	George William Leonard (grades 7-11), Marguerite Muriel Sharpe (grades 1-6)
1931-1932	George William Leonard (grades 7-11), Marguerite Muriel Sharpe (grades 1-6)
1932-1933	Clarence Wilbert Fines (grades 7-11), Marguerite Muriel Sharpe (grades 1-6)
1933-1934	Clarence Wilbert Fines (grades 7-11), Sigrun Halldora Gudmundson (grades 1-6)
1934-1935	Clarence Wilbert Fines (grades 7-11), Sigrun Halldora Gudmundson (grades 1-6)
1935-1936	Isabel Dawson (grades 1-6), George Oswald Hinds (grades 7-11)
1936-1937	Isabel Dawson (grades 1-6), Laura Elfreda Shanks (grades 7-11)
1937-1938	Isabel Dawson (grades 1-6), Laura Elfreda Shanks (grades 7-11)
1938-1939	D. M. Broughton (grades 6-11, September-December), Patricia Mary Cowie (grades 1-5), Wallace Kingdon Maxwell (grades 6-11, January-June), Laura Elfreda Shanks (grades 6-11, August)
1939-1940	Patricia Mary Cowie (grades 1-5), Wallace Kingdon Maxwell (grades 6-11)
1940-1941	Patricia Mary Cowie (grades 1-5), George William Leonard (grades 6-11)
1941-1942	George William Leonard (grades 7-11), June Doraine McKnight (grades 1-6)
1942-1943	Ellen Jean Butler (grades 1-6), June Doraine McKnight (grades 7-11)
1943-1944	Florence B. M. Cadigan (grades 1-6), Melba Girouard (grades 7-11)
1944-1945	Mildred Mary Hackland (grades 1-6), Stella Howelko (grades 7-11)
1945-1946	Mary Bednarek (grades 1-6), Stella Howelko (grades 7-11)
1946-1947	Mary Bednarek (grades 1-6), Michael William Tataryn (grades 7-10)
1947-1948	Doris Kilfoyle (grades 1-6), Paul Pura (grades 7-10)
1948-1949	Florence Valdina Johnsson (grades 1-6), Paul Pura (grades 7-10)
1949-1950	Paul Pura (grades 7-11), Roland Joseph Toutant (grades 1-6)
1950-1951	Mary Kathryn Corinne Middleton (grades 7-11), Anne Skrabek (grades 1-6)
1951-1952	Mary Kathryn Corinne Middleton (grades 7-11), Stephanie G. “Steph” Medock (grades 1-6)
1952-1953	Lucy Jean Jardine (grades 1-6), Mary Kathryn Corinne Middleton (grades 7-11)
1953-1954	Lucy Jean Jardine (grades 1-6), Mary Kathryn Corinne Middleton (grades 7-11)
1954-1955	Lucy Jean Jardine (grades 1-6), Mary Kathryn Corinne Middleton (grades 7-11)
1955-1956	Lucy Jean Jardine (grades 1-6), Mary Kathryn Corinne Middleton (grades 7-11)
1956-1957	Margaret Caroline Horne (grades 1-6), Mary Kathryn Corinne Middleton (grades 7-11)
1957-1958	Irene Dmitruk (grades 1-3), Florence D. Kiesman (grades 4-8), Herbert Donald Roehl (grades 9-11)
1958-1959	Paul H. Anderson (grades 9-11), Florence D. Kiesman (grades 5-8), Joyce MacDonald (grades 1-4)
1959-1960	Bodvar Jon Skuli Bodvarson (grades 9-11), Adina Sawatzky (grades 1-4), John Sawatzky (grades 5-8)
1960-1961	Bodvar Jon Skuli Bodvarson (grades 9-11), Adina Sawatzky (grades 1-4), John Sawatzky (grades 5-8)
1961-1962	Michael Allan Firman (grades 5-8), James Somerville McKessock (grades 9-11) Joseph Peter Sorokoski (grades 1-4)
1962-1963	Alice Dorothy Deighton (grades 1-4, December-June), Michael Allan Firman (grades 5-8), Jean Gray (grades 1-4, September-November), Ivan Harcourt Phillips (grades 9-11)
1963-1964	Michael Allan Firman (grades 5-8, 1963), Ronald Herbert Glen Kintop (grades 5-8, 1964), Grace Packulak (grades 1-4), William “Bill” Shydlowsky (grades 9-11)
1964-1965	Astin Stephenson Gayle (grades 9-11), Lucy Jean Jardine (grades 1-4), Donald Alan “Don” Pritchard (grades 5-8)
1965-1966	Lucy Jean Jardine (grades 1-4), Donald Alan “Don” Pritchard (grades 5-8)
1966-1967	Lucy Jean Jardine (grades 1-4), Dora Jane-Anne Springer (grades 5-8)
1967-1968	Henry Nick Budnick (grades 6-8), Merle Jean Einarson (grades 1-3), Walter Feschuk (grades 3-5)
1968-1969	Henry Nick Budnick (grades 6-8), Walter Feschuk (grades 4-5), Joan Elizabeth Sumislawski (grades 1-3)
1969-1970	Henry Nick Budnick (grades 6-8), Walter Feschuk (grades 4-5), Joan Elizabeth Sumislawski (grades 1-3)
1970-1971	Walter Feschuk (grades 4-5, 1971), Grant Hillyard Henderson (grades 6-8), Joyce Ann Huewan (grades 1-3, 1970), Eveline Elli Ellen Miller (grades 4-5, 1970), Joan Elizabeth Sumislawski Olson (grades 1-3, 1971)
1971-1972	Walter Feschuk (grades 4-6), Ann Sharni Kops (kindergarten & grades 1-3)
1972-1973	Walter Feschuk (grades 4-6, September-January; grades 3-6, February-June), Jo-Ann Marilyn Bailey (kindergarten & grades 1-3, September-January; grades 1-2, February-June)
1973-1974	Walter Feschuk (grades 4-6), Sally Jane Harapiak (kindergarten & grades 1-3)
1974-1975	Walter Feschuk (grades 4-6), Judith Karen Lee (kindergarten & grades 1-3)
1975-1976	Walter Feschuk (grades 4-6), Rosemary Jean Jardine (kindergarten & grades 1-3, 1975), Dora Jane-Anne Springer (kindergarten & grades 1-3, 1976)
1976-1977	Walter Feschuk (grades 4-7), Terrence L. “Terry” Mayor (kindergarten & grades 1-3, 1977), Dora Jane-Anne Springer (kindergarten & grades 1-3, 1976)
1977-1978	Walter Feschuk (grades 4-7), Terrence L. “Terry” Mayor (kindergarten & grades 1-3)
1978-1979	Walter Feschuk (grades 4-7), Terrence L. “Terry” Mayor (kindergarten & grades 1-3)
1979-1980	Walter Feschuk (grades 4-7), Terrence L. “Terry” Mayor (kindergarten & grades 1-3)
1980-1981	Walter Feschuk (grades 4-7), Terrence L. “Terry” Mayor (grades 1-3)
1981-1982	Ivan McBurney (grades 4-7), Terrence L. “Terry” Mayor (grades 1-3)
1982-1983	Delight Knapp (grades 1-4), Ivan McBurney (grades 5-7)
1983-1984	Delight Knapp (grades 1-4), Ivan McBurney (grades 5-7?)
1984-1985	Miss Leslie (grades 1-7)

Photos & Coordinates

Steep Rock School (no date) by J. H. Plewes Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 23. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.43962, W98.80056 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Steep Rock topographic map, 62O/7, Edition 1, Series A743 [Archives of Manitoba].

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

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.

“Lakeshore School Division,” Stonewall Interlake Spectator, 16 May 1984, page 29.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Steep Rock School District No. 1723 - Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Lakeshore School Division No. 23 (Steep Rock School) - Daily Registers, GR11220, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 12 October 2021

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