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The Woodglen School District was established formally in February 1914 and a one-room schoolhouse operated in the southwest corner of NE23-24-4E in what is now the Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton. The district, which operated a second school during the 1950s-1960s, was dissolved in 1967 and its catchment area became part of the Evergreen School Division. Woodglen School ceased operation in the summer of 1968.
Period
District Principal
1958-1960
Daisy Gudrun S. Vigfusson Isford
1960-1961
Victor Hildebrand
1961-1964
William S. Buhr
1964-1965
Walter Reimer
1965-1967
Dennis Thiessen
Among the teachers of Woodglen School were Edith Kerr (?-?), Margaret Emily Braund (Fall 1940 - Spring 1941), Sobriene? Johnson (Fall 1941), Anne Chibry (Spring-Fall 1942), Peter Lewco (Spring 1943), Berith Williams (Fall 1943 - Spring 1944), Gregorine Wallyn (September 1944 - March 1945), Dorothy Ellen Thompson (April-June 1945), K. Magnusson (September 1945), Valgertur Sigmundson (October 1945 - June 1946), Frances Josephine Klym (Fall 1946 - Spring 1947), Reta May Bidnosti (Fall 1947 - Spring 1948), Margaret Lovesa Bjornson Wishnowski (Fall 1948 - Spring 1949, Fall 1951 - Spring 1952, Fall 1954 - Spring 1955), Bill Zuk (September 1949 - January 1950), Mrs. H. Eastman (February-March 1950), Michael Romaniuk (April-June 1950), Dallas Auline Jonasson (Fall 1950 - Spring 1951), Katherine Reimer (Fall 1952 - Spring 1953), Irene Mozol (Fall 1953 - Spring 1954), Inga Wipper (Fall 1955 - Spring 1956), Violet Sigrun Annette Thorarinson (Fall 1956 - Spring 1957), and Daisy Gudrun S. Vigfusson (Fall 1957 - Spring 1958).
Period
Teachers
1958-1959
Anna Loewen (grades 1-6 at School No. 2), Daisy Gudrun S. Vigfusson (grades 1-9 at School No. 1)
1959-1960
Daisy Gudrun S. Vigfusson Isford (grades 1-8 at School No. 1), Joseph Plett (grades 1-8 at School No. 2)
1960-1961
Victor Hildebrand (grades 2-8 at School No. 2), Joseph Plett (grades 1-8 at School No. 1)
1961-1962
William S. Buhr (grades 1-8 at School No. 2), Monroe Dean Doerksen (grades 1-7 at School No. 1)
1962-1963
William S. Buhr (grades 1-7 at School No. 2), Elfrieda Falk (grades 1-8 at School No. 1)
1963-1964
William S. Buhr (grades 1-8 at School No. 2), Walter Reimer (grades 1-8 at School No. 1)
1964-1965
Elma Brandt (grades 1-7 at School No. 2), Walter Reimer (grades 1-8 at School No. 1)
1965-1966
Elma Brandt (grades 1-8 at School No. 2, August-April), Lloyd Penner (grades 1-8 at School No. 2, May-June), Dennis Thiessen (grades 1-8 at School No. 1)
1966-1967
Mary Harms (grades 1-4 at School No. 2, May-June), Dennis Thiessen (grades 5-8 at School No. 1)
1967-1968
Rosa Penner (grades 6-8 [at School No. 1], November-June), Agatha Wiebe (grades 6-8 [at School No. 1], September-October) School No. 2 [Closed]
Woodglen School (no date) by H. D. Cumming
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 23.
Woodglen School commemorative sign (October 2018)
Source: Christine LoffSite Location (lat/long): N51.08980, W96.93300
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Woodglen School No. 1722 / Woodglen School No. 2 (Municipality of Bifrost-Riverton)
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.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Woodglen School District No. 1722 - Daily Registers, GR6124, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Woodglen School District No. 1722 - Cash Book, GR6226, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Woodglen School District No. 1722 - Minutes, GR6189, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Woodglen School District No. 1722 - Census Records, GR10358, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Christine Loff, Gordon Goldsborough, and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 23 November 2023
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