Historic Sites of Manitoba: Swoboda School / Beckett School No. 1248 (RM of Stuartburn)

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Known as the Swoboda School District when it was organized formally in August 1903, it was renamed Beckett by 1928. A one-room schoolhouse operated at NW24-2-6E in the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn. The district was dissolved in 1967 and its catchment area became part of the Boundary School Division. It is believed that, after the school closed, the building was moved to Vita and used as a classroom. When a multi-room school building was constructed there, the one-room school was sold.

Principals

Period	Principal
1936-1937	John Samuel Evanchuk (1903-1992)
1938-1940	Anne “Annie” Smook
1940-1941	John Hawrykow
1941-1943	Anne “Annie” Smook

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1935-1936	John Samuel Evanchuk (all grades, 1-8)
1936-1937	John Samuel Evanchuk (grades 7-10), Olga Mayowski (grades 1-6, 1937), ? (grades 1-6, 1936)
1937-1938	Anne “Annie” Smook (grades 5-9), Dmytro “Dan” Tanchak (grades 1-4)
1938-1939	Anne “Annie” Smook (grades 5-9), Dmytro “Dan” Tanchak (grades 1-4)
1939-1940	Anne “Annie” Smook (grades 5-9), Dmytro “Dan” Tanchak (grades 1-4)
1940-1941	John Hawrykow (grades 5-9), Anne “Annie” Smook (grades 1-4)
1941-1942	Anne “Annie” Smook (grades 5-10), Mary Tanchak (grades 1-4)
1942-1943	Anne Chubaty (grades 1-4), Anne “Annie” Smook (grades 5-9)

Among the other teachers of Beckett School were Michael Ewanchuk (?-?), Edna M. Kirkpatrick (1933-1934), Doris V. Kirkpatrick (1934-1935), ? (1943-1948), William Kowalchuk (1948-1949), Roman Dmytro Smook (1949-1950), Mary Kadyniuk (1950), Bert Chubey (1951), Mary Koniak (1951), ? (1951-1952), William Kolisnyk (1952-1953), Maurice Saranchuk (1953-1954, 1955-1956), Morris Cesmystruk (1954-1955, 1959-1960), Steve Cesmystruk (1956-1957), Iris Mary Podolsky (1957-1958), Genevieve Chorney Moroziuk (1958-1959), and Helen Mary Kozachenko (1960-1966).

Photos & Coordinates

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.14810, W96.67305 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Manitoba School Records Collection, Beckett School District No. 1248 - Daily Registers, GR2088, Archives of Manitoba.

School District Formation Files [Beckett School District No. 1248], GR1688, E0027, Archives of Manitoba.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (Schedule: E 0757), 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.

We thank Don Machnee for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 10 September 2020

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