The Zalisia School District (spelled Zalicia in some sources) was organized formally in February 1914, named for the village of Zalisia, Ukraine from which many of the local settlers had emigrated. A school building was erected on the southeast quarter of 29-31-21 west of the Principal Meridian in the Rural Municipality of Ethelbert. In 1936, it was moved to NW26-31-21W.
Among the teachers who worked at Zalisia School were Stephen Brygidyr (1915-1916), Nicholas Halabisky (1916-1917), D. Kushniruk (1917-1918), Paul W. Kozier (1919-1920), Ada Love (1920-1921), Robert Marsh (1921-1923), Ralph Robbins (1923-1924), Herbert R. McConnell (1924-1926), Elizabeth York (1927-1928), Nicholas Kotyk (1928-1930, 1936-1937, 1939-1940), Mark Huley (1930-1933), A. J. Burtnyk (1933-1934), Walter Fedorchuk (1934-1936), Walter Anton Fyk (1937-1938), William Sklepowich (1938-1939), Margaret Kolisnyk (1940-1941), Dmetro Basarab (1941-1942), Michael S. Shewchuk (1942-1945, 1948-1951), Walter Fedorchuk (1945-1947), Steve Gingera (1947-1948), Doris A. Kostiuk (1951-1952), Arlene Dudar (1952-1953), Sylvia Karpiak (1953-1954), Sylvia Kostiuk (1954-1955), Olha Babsky (1955-1956), Alex Fedirchuk (1956-1957), Mercy Kostyshyn (1957-1959), Harvey Doell (1959-1963), Nick Wingie (1963-1966), and Nadia Prokopowich (1966-1967).
The school closed in 1967. The building was sold at auction and moved away but a small model commemorates it at the site.
The original Zalisia School building (no date) by J. S. Peach
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 23.
The second Zalisia School building (no date) by J. S. Peach
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 23.
Zalisia School commemorative model (September 2012)
Source: Alan MasonSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.68938, W100.34339
denoted by symbol on the map above
In Memory of our Pioneers: History of Garland and District, 1874-1985 by Garland History Book Committee, 1989, pages 164-174.
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.
Cooking With Class: A Century of Community Schools, A 2008 Fundraising Project of the Ethelbert District Community Fund.
Page revised: 27 April 2026
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