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The Thibert School District was formally established in April 1914 within unorganized territory in what would later become the Rural Municipality of Alonsa and a schoolhouse originally situated at the northwest corner of NW20-27-12W.
In April 1944, the district was expanded with the merging of Tamarack Lake School District No. 1894 and Sunland School District No. 1634 into the Thibert School District No. 1740. In 1945, a $2,000 debenture was issued to finance a new two-room schoolhouse. In lieu of the expanded districts catchment, a new school site was selected within the east half of 7-27-12W. An additional classroom was added, opening on 24 February 1958. The district also operated a playground at the northeast corner of NW31-26-12W until 1966.
In April 1967, the district was dissolved into the Turtle River School Division. From 1970 to 1977, it operated as a single-teacher classroom before closing in the summer of 1977, after which pupils were transferred to Ste. Rose du Lac School. The former school was they converted into a community centre for at Cayer.
Period
Principal
1944-1945
Jeanne Marcoux [Sister St. Edmond]
1945-1948
Josephine Gregoire [Sister M. St-Joseph]
1948-1949
Jeanne Marcoux [Sister St. Edmond]
1949-1952
Imelda B. Samson [Sister Marie Pierre-Julien]
1952
Sophie Bose [Sister M. St. Bruno]
1952-1953
Jeanne Marcoux [Sister St. Edmond]
1953-1954
Therese Patricia Joubert [Sister M. Therese du Carmel]
1954-1955
Agnes Jolicouer [Sister M. Gerard Majella]
1955-1956
Antonia Ruest [Sister St. Marcel]
1956-1957
Therese Patricia Joubert [Sister M. Therese du Carmel]
1958
Hugh John MacPherson
1958-1960
Alice Patricia Slusarchuk Frobisher
1960-1962
Cyril “Steve” Reynolds
1962-1964
Cyril McFarlane
1964-1970
David Aman Smith
Among the early teachers of Thibert School were Marie Anne Sauve (Fall 1915), D. M. Perron (Spring 1916), M. A. Poulin (Fall 1916 - Fall 1917), did not operate (Spring-Fall 1918), Josephine Breland (Spring 1919), Miss Lumina Ritchot (Fall 1919), T. H. Montgomery (Spring 1920), Miss Williamson (Fall 1920), Katie Montgomery (Spring 1921), Charles Jacob (Fall 1921), Denys Goulet (Spring 1922), Laurie Lee (Fall 1921 - Spring 1925), Marie Louise Lafreniere (Fall 1925, Fall 1926 - Spring 1927), John Wicky (Spring 1926), Eva Delorme (Fall 1927 - Spring 1928), Alice Neault (Fall 1928 - Spring 1929), Miss M. R. Beaulieu (Fall 1929 - Spring 1931), Louise Pelissier (Fall 1931 - pt Spring 1934), Louise Flanagan (pt Spring 1934), Bernice Prefontaine (Fall 1934 - Spring 1935), Miss Ant. Lafreniere (Fall 1935 - Spring 1936), Cecile Godard (Fall 1936 - Spring 1937), Miss E. Desautels (Fall 1937 - Spring 1938), Miss Csuzdi? (Fall 1938 - Spring 1939), Olga Tomchuk (Fall 1939 - Spring 1940), M. S. [S. M.] Roscoe (Fall 1940 - Spring 1941), Miss Dupuis (Fall 1941 - Fall 1942), and Irene Montsien (Spring 1943 - Spring 1944).
Period
Teachers
1944-1945
Jeanne Marcoux [Sister St. Edmond] (grades 3-8), Imelda B. Samson [Sister Marie Pierre-Julien] (grades 1-2)
1945-1946
Josephine Gregoire [Sister M. St-Joseph] (grades 3-9), Imelda B. Samson [Sister Marie Pierre-Julien] (grades 1-2)
1946-1947
A. M. de Moissac [Sister Marie de St. Sacrement] (grades 1-2), Josephine Gregoire [Sister M. St-Joseph] (grades 3-5)
1947-1948
A. M. de Moissac [Sister Marie de St. Sacrement] (grades 1-2), Josephine Gregoire [Sister M. St-Joseph] (grades 3-10)
1948-1949
Jeanne Marcoux [Sister St. Edmond] (grades 4-10), Cecile L. Tetrault [Sister M. St. Felix] (grades 1-3)
1949-1950
Edith Lauziere [Sister M. Jeanne-Elisabeth] (grades 1-3), Imelda B. Samson [Sister Marie Pierre-Julien] (grades 4-8)
1950-1951
Bernadette Boulet [Sister Alphonse de Liguori] (grades 1-3), Imelda B. Samson [Sister Marie Pierre-Julien] (grades 4-9)
1951-1952
Bernadette Boulet [Sister Alphonse de Liguori] (grades 1-3, August-October; grades 1-4, November-June), Imelda B. Samson [Sister Marie Pierre-Julien] (grades 4-10, August-October; grades 5-10, November-June)
1952-1953
Sophie Bose [Sister M. St. Bruno] (grades 5-10, August-October), Therese Patricia Joubert [Sister M. Therese du Carmel] (grades 1-4), Jeanne Marcoux [Sister St. Edmond] (grades 5-10, October-June)
1953-1954
Agnes Jolicouer [Sister M. Gerard Majella] (grades 1-4), Therese Patricia Joubert [Sister M. Therese du Carmel] (grades 5-8)
1954-1955
Marie Anne Fillion [Sister Marie de la Paix] (grades 1-4), Agnes Jolicouer [Sister M. Gerard Majella] (grades 5-8)
1955-1956
Marie Beaupre [Sister St. Robert] (grades 1-4), Antonia Ruest [Sister St. Marcel] (grades 5-9)
1956-1957
Rita? Homel [Sister Jean d’Avila] (grades 1-4), Therese P. Joubert [Sister M. Therese du Carmel] (grades 5-9)
1957-1958
Cecile Y. Hogue (grades 1-8, September-December), Hugh John MacPherson (grades 1-8, January-February; grades 5-8, February-June), Mrs. M. Claire Smith (grades 1-4, February-June)
1958-1959
Bernice Hubic Maliteare (grades 1-3), Alice Patricia Slusarchuk (grades 4-8)
1959-1960
Alice Patricia Slusarchuk Frobisher (grades 4-8), Helen Susanna Kocuk (grades 1-3)
1960-1961
Cyril McFarlane (grades 4-8), Cyril “Steve” Reynolds (grades 1-3)
1961-1962
Cyril McFarlane (grades 4-8), Cyril “Steve” Reynolds (grades 1-3)
1962-1963
Cyril McFarlane (grades 4-8), Helen Susanna Kocuk Mailman (grades 1-3)
1963-1964
Cyril McFarlane (grades 4-8), Helen Susanna Kocuk Mailman (grades 1-3)
1964-1965
David Aman Smith (grades 4-8), JoAnne Margaret Kutcher Smith (grades 1-3)
1965-1966
David Aman Smith (grades 4-8), JoAnne Margaret Kutcher Smith (grades 1-3)
1966-1967
David Aman Smith (grades 4-8), Phyllis Lillian Mailman (grades 1-3)
1967-1968
David Aman Smith (grades 4-6), Phyllis Lillian Mailman (grades 1-3)
1968-1969
David Aman Smith (grades 4-6), Phyllis Lillian Mailman (grades 1-3)
1969-1970
David Aman Smith (grades 4-6), Phyllis Lillian Mailman (grades 1-3)
1970-1971
Phyllis Lillian Mailman (grades 1-5)
1971-1972
Linda Ruth Campbell (grades 1-5)
1972-1973
Ruby Winnifred Ree [Roe?] (grades 1-5)
1973-1974
Ruby Winnifred Ree [Roe?] (grades 1-5)
1974-1975
Georges-Henry Pelletier (grades 1-5)
1975-1976
Margaret Ferne Erlendson (grades 1-5)
1976-1977
Mary Kat Shura (grades 1-5)
Thibert School (no date) by H. J. Everall
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A 0233, GP1-3-1-3-3, page 26.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.30280, W99.13190
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tamarack Lake School No. 1894 (RM of Alonsa)
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Thibert School District No. 1740, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), Thibert School District No. 1740 - Cash Book, GR1629, Archives of Manitoba.
Trustee records regarding geographically remote schools directly administered by Department (E 0166), Thibert map file, GR1206, Archives of Manitoba.
Trustee records regarding geographically remote schools directly administered by Department (E 0166), File 1970 - Thibert, GR1206, Archives of Manitoba.
Trustee records regarding geographically remote schools directly administered by Department (E 0166), File 1970 - Thibert - Permanent, GR1206, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Orders-In-Council (EC 0003B), Order-in-Council #293/44 & #525/44, GR0589, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Thibert School District No. 1740 - Daily Registers, GR6770, Archives of Manitoba.
Legislative Council proclamation files (J 0369), Proclamation #74 - School Districts of Thibert #1740, Tamarack Lake #1894, and Sunland #1634 united into one district: Thibert #1740, GR5717, Archives of Manitoba.
Legislative Council proclamation files (J 0369), Proclamation #78 - School District of Thibert #1740 - Lands Added, GR5717, Archives of Manitoba.
School Division borrowing files (MA 0038), Thibert School District No. 1740, GR1978, Archives of Manitoba.
“Increase staffing in Turtle R.” Dauphin Herald, 15 June 1977, page 18.
“Turtle River news,” Dauphin Herald, 12 October 1977, page 4.
“Turtle R. S.D.” Dauphin Herald, 3 May 1978, page 23.
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.
Patience, Pride and Progress. Eddystone and District Historical Society, 1983, page 54.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 15 June 2024
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