Historic Sites of Manitoba: Barrick School No. 2056 (Barrickman Colony, RM of Cartier)

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The Barrick School District was established formally in February 1921 and a one-room schoolhouse operated in the Hutterite Colony of Barrickman in the Rural Municipality of Cartier. The district, formed from catchment areas previously in the St. Francois Xavier School District No. 1336 and Corrie School District No. 827, became part of the White Horse Plain School Division No. 20 in 1967. A new school was built in 1975 and the facility, which in 2001 was consolidated into the Prairie Rose School Division, operated into the 2000s.

Principals

Period	Principal
1950-1955	Aurelius Celestin Joyal (1893-1958)
1955-1962	None
1962-1969	John Peter Dyck
1969-1971	None
1971-1978	Donna Lynne Urbanoski
1978-1979	Stanley Patrick William Ollen
1979-1980	Frances Pearl Lofto

Teachers

Among the early teachers of Barrick School were Minnie Margaret Lurey (Fall 1921 - Spring 1922), Frank E. Read (pt Septemer 1922), Stuart Farr (pt September 1922 - June 1924), John E. Forke (Fall 1924 - Spring 1927), Harold Preston Moffat (Fall 1927 - Spring 1928 & Fall 1929 - Spring 1930), D. McWilliams (Fall 1928 - Spring 1929), Lawrence S. Smith (Fall 1930 - Spring 1931), Jonathan Hughes Arnett (Fall 1931 - Spring 1933 & Fall 1934 - Spring 1941), Florence Lillian Christiansen (Fall 1941 - Spring 1943), Irene Dauphinais (Fall 1943 - Spring 1948), John Penner (Fall 1948 - Spring 1949), and Aurelius Celestin Joyal (Fall 1949 - Spring 1950).

Period	Teachers
1950-1951	Aurelius Celestin Joyal (grades 3-8), Stella Rose Martens (grades 1-2)
1951-1952	Greta Buhr (grades 1-3), Aurelius Celestin Joyal (grades 4-9)
1952-1953	Aurelius Celestin Joyal (grades 4-9), Wilhelmina Meyers (grades 1-3)
1953-1954	Jacob Goosen (grades 1-2), Aurelius Celestin Joyal (grades 3-9)
1954-1955	Aurelius Celestin Joyal (grades 4-7), Mona Marie Lavalley (grades 1-4)
1955-1956	John Peter Dyck (grades 1-6)
1956-1957	John Peter Dyck (grades 1-7)
1957-1958	John Peter Dyck (grades 1-8)
1958-1959	John Peter Dyck (grades 1-8)
1959-1960	John Peter Dyck (grades 1-9)
1960-1961	John Peter Dyck (grades 1-7)
1961-1962	John Peter Dyck (grades 1-7)
1962-1963	John Peter Dyck (grades 3-8), Betty Fast (grades 1-2, August), Gail Patricia McIntyre (grades 1-2, September-June)
1963-1964	Diane Chenoweth (grades 1-3), John Peter Dyck (grades 4-9)
1964-1965	John Peter Dyck (grades 4-9), Benno Richard Klaassen (grades 1-3, pt December - pt January), Helen Kornelsen (grades 1-3, April-June), Vera Ruth LeDrew (grades 1-3, August - pt December), Shirley A. Rasmussen (grades 1-3, pt January - March)
1965-1966	John Peter Dyck (grades 4-8), Donna Jarvis (grades 1-3, pt June), Mary Ellen Livingston (grades 1-3, September-December & pt January - pt June), Shirley A. Rasmussen (grades 1-3, pt June)
1966-1967	John Peter Dyck (grades 5-9), Mary Ellen Livingston (grades 1-4)
1967-1968	John Peter Dyck (grades 5-10), Mary Ellen Livingston (grades 1-4)
1968-1969	John Peter Dyck (grades 5-9), Shirley A. Rasmussen (grades 1-4)
1969-1970	John Peter Dyck (grades 1-8)
1970-1971	Donna Lynne Urbanoski (grades 1-8)
1971-1972	Jacqueline Preourt (grades 1-3), Donna Lynne Urbanoski (grades 4-9)
1972-1973	Carolyn Grace Froese (kindergarten & grades 1-3), Donna Lynne Urbanoski (grades 4-9)
1973-1974	Linda D. Bennett (grades 1-3, August - pt September), Lorraine Marie Mekitiak (grades 1-3, pt September - June), Donna Lynne Urbanoski (grades 4-9)
1974-1975	Lorraine Marie Mekitiak (grades 1-3), Donna Lynne Urbanoski (grades 3-9)
1975-1976	Lorraine Marie Mekitiak (grades 1-3), Donna Lynne Urbanoski (grades 3-9)
1976-1977	Judith Anne Stasynec (grades 1-3), Donna Lynne Urbanoski (grades 3-10)
1977-1978	Judith Anne Stasynec (kindergarten & grades 1-3), Donna Lynne Urbanoski (grades 3-9)
1978-1979	Judith Anne Stasynec (kindergarten & grades 1-4), Stanley Patrick William Ollen (grades 5-10)
1979-1980	Frances Pearl Lofto (grades 4-10), Judith Anne Stasynec (grades 1-4)

Photos & Coordinates

Barrick School (no date) by E. D. Parker Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 85. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93448, W97.60411 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Orders-In-Council (EC 0003B), Order-in-Council #35998 & #36133, GR1530, Archives of Manitoba.

School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Barrick School No. 2056, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.

Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), Barrick School District No. 2056, GR1630, Archives of Manitoba.

Trustee records regarding geographically remote schools directly administered by Department (E 0166), File 2056 Barrick, GR1206, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Barrick School District No. 2056 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Barrick School District No. 2056 - Daily Registers, GR11575, 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.

“Elie district news,” MacGregor Herald, 26 November 1975, page 5.

“Prairie Rose School Division,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 August 2008, page B9.

We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 1 April 2023

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