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The Tarno School District was organized formally in March 1914 and a schoolhouse operated at SE29-23-3E in what is now the Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton. The first dedicated school structure was built around the summer of 1916 financed with the issuance of $1,100 in debentures. That loan was followed with another, for $1,300, in September 1918 to build and furnish a teacherage. The schoolhouse was given a one-room addition in late 1926 financed by a third loan for $1,000. The district was dissolved in 1966 and its catchment area became part of the Riverton Consolidated School District and later the Evergreen School Division.
Period
Principal
1937-1939
Petro [Peter] Michael “Mike” Onysko (1906-1993)
1939-1940
Tina Nimchuk
1940-1941
William Simon Nimchuk
1941-1943
Sister M. Clara
1943-1948
William Chimchak (1902-1981)
1948-1950
Harry Onufry Hryhorkiw [Onuphrius Hryhorka] (1914-1988)
1950-1951
Gerald Arthur Kerr-Wilson
1951-1956
Nicholas “Nick” Andrusko (1900-1983)
1956-1958
Hendrik John Venselaar
1958
William Nowosad (1931-2001)
1958-1959
Hylton McFarlane
Period
Teachers
1937-1938
Mary Helen Onysko (grades 1-4), Petro [Peter] “Mike” Onysko (grades 4-10)
1938-1939
Mary Helen Onysko (grades 1-4), Petro [Peter] “Mike” Onysko (grades 4-10)
1939-1940
Nadia Vera Duncan (grades 1-3), Tina Nimchuk (grades 4-10)
1940-1941
Tina Nimchuk (grades 1-3), William Simon Nimchuk (grades 4-10)
1941-1942
Sister M. Clara (grades 4-9), Sister M. Clothide (grades 1-3)
1942-1943
Sister M. Caroline OSB (grades 1-4), Sister M. Clara (grades 5-10)
1943-1944
Sister M. Caroline OSB (grades 1-4), William M. Chimchak (grades 5-10)
1944-1945
Wanda Anne Chimchak (grades 1-4), William M. Chimchak (grades 5-10)
1945-1946
William M. Chimchak (grades 5-10), Marian Audrey Kalawarny (grades 1-4)
1946-1947
Wanda Anne Chimchak (grades 1-4), William M. Chimchak (grades 5-10)
1947-1948
Wanda Anne Chimchak (grades 1-4), William M. Chimchak (grades 5-10)
1948-1949
Harry Hryhorka (grades 5-10), Mary Myrowich (grades 1-4)
1949-1950
Harry Hryhorka (grades 5-10), Katherine Zinkowski (grades 1-4)
1950-1951
Ellen Eliza Finegan (grades 1-4), Gerald Arthur Kerr-Wilson (grades 5-10)
1951-1952
Nicholas “Nick” Andrusko (grades 5-10), Elizabeth Rose Chambers (grades 1-4)
1952-1953
Nicholas “Nick” Andrusko (grades 5-10), Teenie Melnychuk (grades 1-4)
1953-1954
Nicholas “Nick” Andrusko (grades 7-11), Teenie Melnychuk (grades 1-6)
1954-1955
Nicholas “Nick” Andrusko (grades 7-11), Naomi Clara Dyck (grades 1-6)
1955-1956
Nicholas “Nick” Andrusko (grades 7-11), Irene Ann Kwasiuk (grades 1-6)
1956-1957
Hendrik John Venselaar (grades 7-10), Petronelle Maria Venselaar (grades 1-6)
1957-1958
Hendrik John Venselaar (grades 7-10), Petronelle Maria Venselaar (grades 1-6)
1958-1959
Irene Ann Kwasiuk (grades 1-6), Hylton McFarlane (grades 7-11, pt September - June), William Nowosad (grades 7-11, pt September)
1959-1960
Irene Ann Kwasiuk (grades 1-8)
Among the last teachers at Tarno School include Irene Ann Kwasiuk (1960-1962 & 1963-1964), Mary-Ann Lupyrypa (1962-1963), and Evelyn Carol Myrowich (1964-1965).
Tarno School (no date) by H. D. Cumming
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 26.
Tarno School (no date) by H. D. Cumming
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 26.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.00879, W97.13737
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ledwyn Pioneers Monument (RM of Bifrost)
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #21 School District of Tarno, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #16 School District of Tarno, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #28 School District of Tarno, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Tarno School District No. 1741, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Orders-In-Council (EC 0003B), Order-in-Council No. 29990, GR1530, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Tarno School District No. 1741 - Daily Register, GR6124, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Tarno School District No. 1741 - Minute Book, GR6226, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Tarno School District No. 1741 - Cash Book, GR6226, Archives of Manitoba.
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 Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 February 2023
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