The Janowski School District was organized formally in September 1909, named for Polish settlers Andrei Janowski (1874-1928) who donated the land for a schoolhouse at the northwest corner of NW20-28-17W in what is now the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore and supervised its construction. In June 1919, the district secured a $1,300 debenture to acquire additional school land and build a two-room wooden frame teacherage. In 1936, the district became part of the Lawrence Municipal School District. By the mid 1960s, students were bused to Rorketon School.
Among the teachers of Janowski School were William J. White (Spring-Fall 1910) and George E. Basham (Spring 1911 - Spring 1923), Hugh J. Coyle (Fall 1923 - pt Fall 1925, Spring 1926 - Spring 1927), John Charles Cosgrove (pt Fall 1925).
Janowski School (no date) by H. J. Everall
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 131.Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.41976, W99.83126
denoted by symbol on the map above
Death registration [Andrew Janowski], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #35 School District of Janowski, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Janowski School District No. 1512, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
Trustee records regarding geographically remote schools directly administered by Department (E 0166), File 1885 - Lawrence (Janowski), GR1206, Archives of Manitoba.
Trustee records regarding geographically remote schools directly administered by Department (E 0166), File 1885 - Lawrence - (Janowski) - Permanent, GR1206, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Orders-In-Council (EC 0003B), Order-in-Council #31576, GR1530, 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.
Opening the Door - The Past Comes Alive, The History of the Rural Municipality of Lawrence by Lawrence Municipality History Committee, 1997, pages 228-229.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 8 August 2025
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