Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Leon Village School No. 1425 (St. Leon, Municipality of Lorne)

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Principals | Vice-Principals | Teachers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

The St. Leon Village School was established at St. Leon in the Municipality of Lorne. In 1959, it became the St. Leon Consolidated School which, in 1971, became part of the Mountain School Division. The school closed in 2005 and the building was demolished around 2016.

Principals

Period	Principal
1950-1953	Sister B. Lanthier
1953-1955	Sister L. L. Prejet
1955-1956	Sister Bernadette Louthier
1956-1958	Sister Therese
1958-1959	Sister Marie-Joseph
1959-1962	J. M. R. Labossiere
1962-2002	?
2002-2005	Claudette Lucienne Grenier (1974-2015)

Teachers

Among the other teachers of St. Leon Village School was Renée-France Labossière (1956-?).

Photos & Coordinates

St. Leon Village School (no date) by G. H. Robertson Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 115. The former St. Leon Village School building (October 2013) Source: Alan Mason Site of the former St. Leon Village School building (June 2017) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.36413, W98.59114 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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.

This page was prepared by Alan Mason and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 March 2021

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