Rivers Anniversary Monument (350 Dominion Street, Rivers, Municipality of Riverdale)

The Rivers School District was established formally in March 1909 and a schoolhouse established on at this site on Block 23, Plan 249 within the townsite of Rivers, in the Municipality of Riverdale. It was built in 1909-1910 on a design by Brandon architect William Alexander Elliott. In January 1913, the district was consolidated with the Aetna School District No. 816 as the Rivers Consolidated School No. 1484. In 1919, a combined total of $40,000 debentures were issued to finance an expansion to the existing school structure. As continued school consolidation took place, additional classrooms were added to Rivers Consolidated School (renamed Rivers Elementary School in 1959), with four classrooms added in 1958 and a futher five classrooms in 1966.

On 20 September 1957, the school district opened a new facility for collegiate grades, celebrated locally as Ivy Miners Day in recognition of local educator Ivy Myrtle Miners (1896-1961) who taught within the district (1920-1957) in addition to elsewhere (including at Westwood School and Glenallan School). Noted attendees at the unveiling included Premier Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Health Minister Robert William Bend, MP John Nicholas Mandziuk, MLA Matthew Robinson Sutherland, Group Captain Shaw, Lieutenant Colonel Corbold, Major Fromcan, Principal Samuel Alfred Wright (of Brooke School), Reverend Dennis Roberts, and local school trustees Chester McFadden, Jack Gilchrist, Don Bateman, Fred Taylor, J. A. McKenzie, Jack Beever, Gordon McFarlane, and Chester Forman. The two-storey four-classroom brick building also featured a gymnasium and was located directly west of Rivers School. It served as quarters for high school grades between 1957-1961 until another new Rivers Collegiate, the secoond of its name, opened at the western end of the town. In January 1960, the Division turned the Collegiate building over to the Rivers Consolidated School District and in turn rented the facility towards continued collegiate utiliization while plans for its replacement were begun. After the 1961, both the original 1909 building and 1957 building served as clasroom capacity for Rivers Elementary School, with the latter being expanded by eight additional classrooms in 1966. In 1974, the 1909 structure was demolished. As of 2025, the former 1957 collegiate continues to operate as Rivers Elementary School.

In July 1988, a monument was erected at this site to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its formal incorporation as a Village. Also incorportated into the momument is the original bell from Rivers Consolidated School No. 1484 (1910-1974). A monument that appears to have once had a large plaque imbedded in it now has a small plaque commemorating the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 12 May 1937.

Principals (Rivers School)

Period

Principal

1910-1919

James McNeil (1866-1954)

1919-1920

John Simpson

1920-1921

Peter Abraham Klassen (1886-1963)

1921-1922

Angus McNevin (1862-1923)

1923

Donald McLeod (c1891-?)

1923-1924

Harvey Willis Ferrier (1873-1957)

1924-1925

Thomas Orton Durnin (1889-1964)

1925-1927

John Osborn Wilson (1900-1972)

1927-1929

Lewis Emmett Lynd (1876-1961)

1929-1930

Benjamin Hodkinson (1864-1948)

1930-1953

Wilfred Inglis Stewart (1898-1964)

1953-1954

Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)

1954-1957

John Wesley Lorne Graham (1904-2000)

Vice-Principals (Rivers School)

No information.

Teachers (Rivers School)

School Year

Teachers

1909

A. Hornibrook (grades 1-8, January-March), Florence A. McNair (gtrades 1-8, March-June), James McNeil (grades 1-9, August-December)

1910

(school closed 5-23 December due to scarlet fever). Jean B. McDonald (grades 2-4, October), James McNeil (grades 4-9), Lottie McRae (grades 1-2, May-June), Nettie Ross (grades 2-4, August-September), Janet A. Swinton (grades 2-4, November-December), Nellie Wilson (grades 1-4, January-April; grades 2-4, May-June)

1911

M. Dunnsmore (grade 1, August), Primrose Haigh (grade 1, September-December), Rosie I. Laird (grades 2-3), Jean B. McDonald (grades 3-6 substitute, October), James McNeil (grades 7-9), Lottie McRae (grade 1, January-June), Janet A. Swinton (grades 4-5, January-April; grades 3-5, May-June; grades 3-6, August-December)

1912

(January-June only): Primrose Haigh (grade 1), James McNeil (grades 7-9), Janet A. Swinton (grades 3-4 & 6)

1912-1913

E. M. Allen (grades 4-5 & 7), J. McFarland (grades 1-2, September-December), James McNeil (grades 9-11)

1913-1914

E. M. Allen (grades 4-8, August-September; grades 4-6, October; grades 5-6 & 8, January-June), Margaret Allen (grades 2-4, August-October), Mary Cadman (grades 3-4, October-December), Margaret Crake (grades 3-4, January-June), James McNeil (grades 8-11, August-October; grades 9-11, November-June), Henny E. Neilson (grades 1-2, November-December)

1914-1915

E. M. Allen (grades 5-8), Margaret Crake (grades 3-4, August-December; grades 3-5, January-June), Ellen Davidson (grade 1, August-December; grades 1-2, January-June), Corday B. Mackay (grades 2-3, January-June), James McNeil (grades 9-11), Henny E. Neilson (grade 2, August-December)

1915-1916

E. M. Allen (grades 5-8), Margaret Crake (grade 4, August-April; grades 4-5, May-June), Ellen Davidson (grades 1-2), James McNeil (grades 9-11), Alice I. Sexsmith (grades 2-3)

1916-1917

Ruby I. Cobbledick (grade 4-5, January-June), Margaret Crake (grades 4-5, August-December), Annie J. Fallis (grades 1-2), James McNeil (grades 9-11), Miss K. G. Prout (grades 6-8), Alice I. Sexsmith (grades 2-3)

1917-1918

Ruby I. Cobbledick (grades 4-5), Edith Myrtle Dunsmore (grade 1), Lyla W. Guest (grades 8-9), Astella Muriel Harrison (grades 6-7), James McNeil (grades 10-11), Jessie May Miners (grades 2-3)

1918-1919

Edith L. Cathers (grades 4-5, January-June), Ruby I. Cobbledick (grades 4-5, September-December), Edith Myrtle Dunsmore (grade 1), Astella Muriel Harrison (grades 6-7), James McNeil (grades 8 & 11), Jessie May Miners (grades 2-3), M. B. Munro (grades 9-10), M. Gertrude Sargent (grades 3-4, April-June)

1919-1920

Edith L. Cathers (grades 4-5, September-December), Pearl Vera Clarke (grades 2-3, September-March), E. J. Cliff (grades 3-4, March), H. Gould (grades 4-5 substitute, April), Lizzie E. Hardy (grades 4-5, January-June), Astella Muriel Harrison (grades 6-7, September-December), Helen R. Hayden (grades 3-4, May-June), E. M. McFadden (grades 3-4, April), Emma M. Riddell (grades 9-10, January-June), Lucille Rose (grade 1, September-December), Alice Shaver (grades 9-10, September-December), John Simpson (grades 8 & 11), Effie Irene Weir (grades 6-7, January-June), Mary R. Williams (grade 1, January-June), Mildred S. Williams (grade 2, January-June), Gertrude W. Wishart (grade 2, September-December)

1920-1921

Marion C. Campbell (grades 4-5), May Emrick (grades 1-2, January-June), Helen R. Hayden (grades 3-4), Peter Abraham Klassen (grades 8-9), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 2, August-June), Emma M. Riddell (grades 9-10), Effie Irene Weir (grades 6-7), Mary R. Williams (grades 1-2, September), Mildred S. Williams (grade 2, August-December)

1921-1922

Louise A. Bastard (grades 1-2), Annie Blunderfield (grade 1), Marion C. Campbell (grade 5, August-April), Olive. G. Delbridge (grade 5, April-June), Annie I. McFadden (grades 1-2, August-December), Angus McNevin (grades 8-9), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 2-3), Jessie May Miners (grade 4), G. L. Stuart (grades 9-10), Effie Irene Weir (grades 6-7)

1922-1923

Louise A. Bastard (grades 1-2), Eva M. Cadow (grades 9-10, January-June), Olove G. Delbridge (grades 4-5), Helen Jaffray (grades 6-7), Donald McLeod (grades 9-10, August-December; grades 8 & 11, January-June), Angus McNevin (grades 8 & l1, August-December), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 2-3), Jessie May Miners (grades 3-4), Gladys Thompson (grade 1)

1923-1924

(school closed 17-28 September due to smallpox). Louise A. Bastard (grade 2), Harvey Willis Ferrier (grades 8 & 11), Alda Jones (grades 6-7), Florence C. Kennedy (grades 9-10), Annie I. McFadden (grades 4-6), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 2-3), Jessie May Miners (grades 3-4), Gladys Thompson (grade 1)

1924-1925

Louise A. Bastard (grade 2), Thomas Orton Durnin (grade 11), Alda Jones (grades 7-8), Annie I. McFadden (grades 5-6), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Jessie May Miners (grade 4), M. Irene Peden (grade 1, January-June), Jessie Rhoda Phoenix (grades 9-10), Gladys Thompson (grade 1, September-December)

1925-1926

Gertrude A. Crowe (grades 7-8), Annie I. McFadden (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Jessie May Miners (grades 4-5), M. Irene Peden (grade 1), Jessie Rhoda Phoenix (grades 9-10), Muriel O. Travers (grades 5-6), John Osborn Wilson (grade 11)

1926-1927

George Merwyn Henderson (grades 6-8), Annie I. McFadden (grade 2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Jessie May Miners (grade 4), M. Irene Peden (grade 1), Jessie Rhoda Phoenix (grades 9-10), Muriel O. Travers (grades 5-6), John Osborn Wilson (grade 11)

1927-1928

Gertrude Bridgett (grades 5-6), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 6-8), Lewis Emmett Lynd (grades 9 & 11, August-September; grade 9, October-June), Annie I. McFadden (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Jessie May Miners (grades 4-5), Margaret Irene Mitchell (grade 1), Jessie Rhoda Phoenix (grades 10, August; grades 10-11, September-June)

1928-1929

Kathleen Irene Gladys Adcock (grade 4-5), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Rose Alexandra Hyndman (grades 5-6), Lewis Emmett Lynd (grades 9), Annie I. McFadden (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Margaret Mitchell (grade 1), Jessie Rhoda Phoenix (grades 10-11)

1929-1930

Kathleen Irene Gladys Adcock (grade 4-5, September-May & June), Dwight John Adolphus Dahlgren (grade 11), Dorothy Frances Davidson (grade 2), G. Ellis (grades 4-5 substitute, May-June), Benjamin Hodkinson (grades 9-10), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Rose Alexandra Hyndman (grades 5-6), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Margaret Mitchell (grade 1)

1930-1931

Muriel Bromley (grade 1), Dorothy Frances Davidson (grade 2), Hannah Lela Fraser (grades 6-7), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Mildred Grace Musgrove (grades 9-10), Ethel Mary Sharman (grades 4-5), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)

1931-1932

Muriel Bromley (grade 1), Dorothy Frances Davidson (grades 2-3, September-October), Hannah Lela Fraser (grades 6-7), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Viola Catherine Mark (grades 2-3, November-June), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Mildred Grace Musgrove (grade 9), Ethel Mary Sharman (grades 4-5), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grades 10-11)

1932-1933

Muriel Bromley (grade 1), Hannah Lela Fraser (grades 6-7), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Viola Catherine Mark (grade 2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Mildred Grace Musgrove (grades 9-10), Ethel Mary Sharman (grades 4-5), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)

1933-1934

Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), Hannah Lela Fraser (grades 6-7), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Viola Catherine Mark (grades 2-3), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Mildred Grace Musgrove (grades 9-10), Ethel Mary Sharman (grade 5), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)

1934-1935

Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), Hannah Lela Fraser (grades 5-6), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 2-3), Mildred Grace Musgrove (grades 9-10), Ethel Mary Sharman (grades 4-5), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)

1935-1936

Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Eldred George Miller (grades 9-10), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 2-3), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 5-6), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Hazel Edmee Termuende (grades 4-5)

1936-1937

Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), Peter Stanley Buhr (grades 9-10), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Eldred George Miller (grade 11), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4, August-December), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 6-7), Jessie May Rea (grades 3-4, January-June), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Hazel Edmee Termuende (grades 4-5)

1937-1938

Ina Pearl Boyd (grades 4-5), Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), Peter Stanley Buhr (grade 11), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Mary Irene McDonald (grades 9-10), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 6-7), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 12)

1938-1939

Ina Pearl Boyd (grades 4-5), Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), Peter Stanley Buhr (grade 11), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Mabel Almena McDonnell (grades 9-10), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 6-7), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 12)

1939-1940

Harvey M. Easton (grades 7-8, January-June), George Edgar Haywood (grade 11), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8, August-December), Gertrude Olive Kristinson (grade 5), Thora Margaret Kristinson (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), Gladys March Radley (grades 9-10), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 12)

1940-1941

Bernard Murray Grafton (grades 7-8), Thora Margaret Kristinson (grades 1-2), A. O. McConkey (grades 9-10), Rita Irene McMillan (grades 4-5), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), Gladys March Radley (grade 11), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 12)

1941-1942

Edith Edna Dyer (grades 1-2), Rita Irene McMillan (grades 5-6), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 7-8), Gladys March Radley (grades 9-10), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)

1942-1943

Edith Edna Dyer (grades 1-2), Rita Irene McMillan (grades 5-6), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 7-8), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Grace Murley Wadge (grades 9-10)

1943-1944

Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6, May-June), Mary Jane Floyde (grades 9-10), Janet Elliot Kyle (grades 1-2), Verna Margaret Lundy (grades 5-6, September-May), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 7-8), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)

1944-1945

Margaret Lois McKay (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Mary Rankin (grades 5-6, September-December), Jessie Edna May Reynolds (grades 7-8), Gladys March Scott (grades 9-10), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Esme W. White (grades 5-6, January-June)

1945-1946

Margaret Lois McKay (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Jessie Edna May Reynolds (grades 7-8), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Norma Mae Ward (grades 5-6), Mary Elizabeth Wood (grades 9-10)

1946-1947

Mary Jane Floyde (grades 9-10), Alice Ruth Harrold (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Jessie Edna May Reynolds (grades 7-8), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 12), Norma Mae Ward (grades 5-6), Ada Pearl Wareham (grade 11)

1947-1948

Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6, April-June), Alice Ruth Harrold (grades 1-2), Winnifred Jean McKenzie (grades 7-8), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Edna Doreen Thompson (grades 5-6, September-March), Ada Pearl Wareham (grades 9-10)

1948-1949

Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Bernice E. Fines (grades 7-8), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Josephine Marie Stevenson (grades 1-2), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Ada Pearl Wareham (grades 9-10)

1949-1950

George Edward Cone (grades 7-8), Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Helen Clarinda Taylor (grade 2), Ada Pearl Wareham (grades 9-10)

1950-1951

Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Stella Howelka (grades 9-10), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grades 11-12), Helen Clarinda Taylor (grades 2-3)

1951-1952

Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Ronald Keith Pettapiece (grades 7-8), Rose Caroline Polka (grade 4), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 9), Helen Clarinda Taylor (grade 2)

1952-1953

Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 4), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Helen Clarinda Taylor Pettapiece (grade 2), Ronald Keith Pettapiece (grades 7-8), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 9)

1953-1954

Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grade 9), Helen Clarinda Taylor Pettapiece (grade 2), Ronald Keith Pettapiece (grades 7-8), Alice Colleen Rae (grade 4)

1954-1955

Beverly Grace Arnold (grade 2), Grace Crowe Ellis (grade 6), Eva Eileen Goodridge (grade 7), Irene Gladys Graham (grade 1), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grades 10-11), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Nicholas “Nick” Melnychuk (grades 8-9), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Alice Colleen Rae (grade 4)

1955-1956

Beverly Grace Arnold (grade 2), Grace Crowe Ellis (grade 6), Eva Eileen Goodridge (grades 7-8), Irene Gladys Graham (grade 1), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grades 10-11), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 2), Nicholas “Nick” Melnychuk (grades 8-9), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Alice Colleen Rae (grade 4)

1956-1957

Beverly Grace Arnold (grades 2-3), Grace Crowe Ellis (grade 6), Eva Eileen Goodridge (grades 7-8, September-December), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grades 10-11), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Dorothy Mabel Hart (grade 8, January-June), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Evelyn May Marlow (grade 7), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Thomas M. Podruchny (grade 9), Alice Colleen Rae (grade 4), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grades 1-2)

After 1957

see Rivers Collegiate (grades 9-12)

Principals (Rivers School & Rivers Collegiate)

Period

Principal

1957-1959

John Wesley Lorne Graham (1904-2000)

After 1961

see Rivers Collegiate and Rivers Elementary School

Teachers (Rivers School)

School Year

Teachers

1957-1958

Elizabeth “Betty” Arnold (grade 2), Bessie B. Doherty (grade 3), Grace Crowe Ellis (grade 6), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Evelyn May Marlow (grade 8), Anna Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grades 1-2), Thomas M. Podruchny (grade 7), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grades 3-4). For grades 9-12, see Rivers Collegiate.

1958-1959

Walter Dziadow (grades 2-3), Grace Crowe Ellis (grade 6), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Bernice A. Kalichuk (grade 2), Hazel M. McKean (grades 4-5), Anna Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 1), Thomas M. Podruchny (grade 7), Gladys Irene Roberts (grade 4), John Walter Russell (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3). For grades 9-12, see Rivers Collegiate.

Principals (Rivers Elementary School)

Period

Principal

1959-1967

John Wesley Lorne Graham (1904-2000)

1967-1969

John Stuart Monteith (?-2009)

1969-1970

Albert Hal Sviestrup

Vice-Principals (Rivers Elementary School)

Period

Vice-Principal

1959-1968

?

1968-1969

Hilliard Emil Shawchuk

Teachers (Rivers Elementary School)

School Year

Teachers

1959-1960

Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 7), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Bernice A. Kalichuk (grade 2), Anna Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 1), Gladys Irene Roberts (grade 4), Florence Holly Rudy (grades 3-4), John Walter Russell (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)

1960-1961

Anne Marie Careme (grades 4-5), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), Rosanna Fedirchuk (grade 4, October-June), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 7), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Laura Nan Norsworthy (grade 6), Anna Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 1), Gladys Irene Roberts (grade 4, September-October), Florence Holly Rudy (grades 2-3), John Walter Russell (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)

1961-1962

Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 7), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Laura Nan Norsworthy Maione (grade 6), Andrew Otchenash (grades 6 & 8), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grades 1-2), Jean R. Pokrant (grades 1-6, ungraded/special education, August-January), Florence Holly Rudy (grade 4), John Walter Russell (grade 8), Jessie Milward Skinner (grades 1-6, ungraded/special education, February-June), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)

1962-1963

George William Collier (grade 8), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 7), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Laura Nan Norsworthy Maione (grades 5-6), Florence Holly Rudy Nahachewsky (grade 4), Andrew Otchenash (grade 6), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grades 1-2), Jessie Milward Skinner (grades 1-6, ungraded/special education), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)

1963-1964

Margaret Alice Ariss (grades 2-3), George William Collier (grade 8), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 7), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Sheilah Phyllis Joanne Land (grades 6 & 8), Florence Holly Rudy Nahachewsky (grade 4), Andrew Otchenash (grade 6), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 1), Jessie Milward Skinner (grades 1-6, ungraded/special education), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)

1964-1965

Margaret Alice Ariss (grade 4, August-June), Mary Boaley (grade 4, June), Shirley Sophia Churchill (grade 1, February-June), Lois C. Clarke (grade 1, August-October), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 8), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Norma Jean Smith Jonasson (grades 3-4), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 2), Florence Holly Rudy Nahachewsky (grade 1, November-January), Andrew Otchenash (grade 7), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 1), Jessie Milward Skinner (grades 1-7, ungraded/special education), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3), Gordon Melville Williamson (grades 5-6)

1965-1966

Glen Bridge (grade 6), Salestine Louise Cunningham (grade 4), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 8), Dorthy Bernice Jackson (grade 1), Fay Lorraine Long (grades 3-4), Joyce Margie Marcine? (grade 1), Nick Olynyk (grade 5), Andrew Otchenash (grade 7), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 2), Arlene A. S. Robins (grade 6), Hilliard Emil Shawchuk (grades 3-8 ungraded/special education), Jessie Milward Skinner (grades 1-3, junior ungraded/special education), Emily Mary Twerdun (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 4), Gordon Melville Williamson (grade 5)

1966-1967

Helen Ann Boryskavish (grade 2), Salestine Louise Cunningham (grade 4), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), Sharon Helen Elford (grade 1), Janet Josephine Gash (grades 4-5), Marjorie Mae Hignett (grade 7), Dorothy Bernice Jackson (grade 1), Fay Lorraine Long (grade 3), Beverley Morrow (grade 5), Andrew Otchenash (grade 7), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (special education, intermediate), Dorothy Gerelene Robillard (special education), Arlene A. S. Robins (grade 6), Hilliard Emil Shawchuk (grades 6 & 8), Jessie M. Skinner (grades 1-2), Emily Mary Twerdun (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)

1967-1968

Daryl Thomas Beamish (grade 7), Helen Ann Boryskavish (grade 4), Marilyn Mary Davis (special education), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), Lynda May Elliott (grade 7), Janet Elizabeth Ferris (grade 6), Janet Josephine Gash (grade 5), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 8), Dorothy Bernice Jackson (grade 1), Fay Lorraine Long (grade 4), Beverley Anne McConnell (grade 3), Bernice McDonald (grade 1), Donna Bernice Mawhinney (special education, January-June), Karin Georgia Lois O'Neill (grades 5-6), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (special education), Dorothy Gerelene Robillard (special education), Hilliard Emil Shawchuk (grade 8), Jessie M. Skinner (special education, September-December), Sharon Phyllis Westholme (grade 2), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)

1968-1969

Helen Ann Boryskavish (grade 4), Lorna Elizabeth Cowling (grade 6, January-June), Diana Lynn Didychuk (grade 1), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), Margaret Janice English (grade 2), Janet Elizabeth Ferris (grade 5), Joan Anne Gillen (grade 7), Diana Jane Gilleshammer (grade 3), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 8), Jodelle Lynne “Judy” Gray (grade 4), Ina Doreen Hyndman (kindergarten), Dorothy Bernice Jackson (grade 1), Phyllis Irene Leslie (grade 8), Donna Bernice Mawhinney (special education), Christa Maria Olbrich (grade 6), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (special education), Dorothy Gerelene Robillard (special education), Eldon Samuel Robinson (grade 5), Denise Marjorie Sharpe (grade 6, September-December), Hilliard Emil Shawchuk (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)

Photos & Coordinates

Postcard view of Rivers Consolidated School (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2011-0110

Members of a Rivers football club (CNR Car Department) have their photo taken on the Rivers School steps (1910)
Front row (L-R): T. Steward, D. Sutherland, S. Kelly, L. Tottenham, H. Tattersall
Second row: A. Reid, H. Evans, M. Burton
Third row: J. Bell, W. Penny, C. Blandford
Back row: G. Foley, A. Belcher, J. A. Mitchell, N. Hooper, J. Bell, Albert “Bert” Franklin
Source: Derek Mclay

Rivers School with $40,000 addition (circa 1920)
Source: Education Department Report, 1920, Manitoba Legislative Library.

Rivers School (no date) by A. J. Hatcher
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 126.

Van used to transport students to the Rivers Consolidated School, with driver Bob Mills. Male students were unidentified but girls were (left to right): Violet Bowman, Fanny Varcoe, Belle Robins, Eva Robins, Peg Robins, and Mabel Bowman (circa 1912)
Source: Olive Bowman Lee (via James Frank)

Rivers School (1967)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Rivers 4.

Rivers anniversary monument (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Rivers anniversary monument (July 2021)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.03320, W100.24750
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

“School report,” Rivers Gazette, 6 March 1919, page 8.

“School report,” Rivers Gazette, 8 April 1920, page 5.

“School report for February,” Rivers Gazette, 3 March 1921, page 5.

“School report for November,” Rivers Gazette, 15 December 1921, page 5.

“School report for May,” Rivers Gazette, 8 June 1922, page 5.

“School report for March,” Rivers Gazette, 5 April 1923, page 1.

“School report for March,” Rivers Gazette, 3 April 1924, page 1.

“School report for May,” Rivers Gazette, 4 June 1925, page 4.

“School report for May,” Rivers Gazette, 3 June 1926, page 6.

“Planning for the future,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 19 September 1957, page 5.

“Large crowd attend collegiate opening ceremonies,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 26 September 1957, page 1.

“Congratulations to Rivers [The new Rivers Collegiate ...],” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 26 September 1957, page 1.

“Large crowd attend graduation exercises,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 22 May 1958, page 1.

“[Effective Jan. 1, the Rivers Collegiate was turned over to the local school board ...],” Brandon Sun, 26 March 1960, page 9.

“Miss Ivy M. Miners died here Tuesday,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 13 April 1961, page 1.

“School term starts Aug. 31,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 24 August 1961, page 6.

“New Rivers Collegiate to open August 31st,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 24 August 1961, page 6.

“Doors opened at new school,” Brandon Sun, 5 September 1961, page 9.

“Principal for elementary arrives,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 21 August 1969, page 1.

“Old Rivers school to be demolished,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 27 June 1974, page 1.

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

Manitoba School Records Collection, Rivers School District No. 1484 - Daily Registers, GR2063, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Rivers Elementary - Daily Registers, GR2063, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Rivers Collegiate - Daily Registers, GR2063, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in Manitoba - Volume 2, Rivers Elementary School - File 149A, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

Geographic Names of Manitoba prepared in part by Anthony Paul “Tony” Buchner, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #51 School District of Rivers, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #14 School District of Rivers, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

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

We thank James Frank, George Penner, and Derek Mclay for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 November 2025

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Period	Principal
1910-1919	James McNeil (1866-1954)
1919-1920	John Simpson
1920-1921	Peter Abraham Klassen (1886-1963)
1921-1922	Angus McNevin (1862-1923)
1923	Donald McLeod (c1891-?)
1923-1924	Harvey Willis Ferrier (1873-1957)
1924-1925	Thomas Orton Durnin (1889-1964)
1925-1927	John Osborn Wilson (1900-1972)
1927-1929	Lewis Emmett Lynd (1876-1961)
1929-1930	Benjamin Hodkinson (1864-1948)
1930-1953	Wilfred Inglis Stewart (1898-1964)
1953-1954	Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1954-1957	John Wesley Lorne Graham (1904-2000)

School Year	Teachers
1909	A. Hornibrook (grades 1-8, January-March), Florence A. McNair (gtrades 1-8, March-June), James McNeil (grades 1-9, August-December)
1910	(school closed 5-23 December due to scarlet fever). Jean B. McDonald (grades 2-4, October), James McNeil (grades 4-9), Lottie McRae (grades 1-2, May-June), Nettie Ross (grades 2-4, August-September), Janet A. Swinton (grades 2-4, November-December), Nellie Wilson (grades 1-4, January-April; grades 2-4, May-June)
1911	M. Dunnsmore (grade 1, August), Primrose Haigh (grade 1, September-December), Rosie I. Laird (grades 2-3), Jean B. McDonald (grades 3-6 substitute, October), James McNeil (grades 7-9), Lottie McRae (grade 1, January-June), Janet A. Swinton (grades 4-5, January-April; grades 3-5, May-June; grades 3-6, August-December)
1912	(January-June only): Primrose Haigh (grade 1), James McNeil (grades 7-9), Janet A. Swinton (grades 3-4 & 6)
1912-1913	E. M. Allen (grades 4-5 & 7), J. McFarland (grades 1-2, September-December), James McNeil (grades 9-11)
1913-1914	E. M. Allen (grades 4-8, August-September; grades 4-6, October; grades 5-6 & 8, January-June), Margaret Allen (grades 2-4, August-October), Mary Cadman (grades 3-4, October-December), Margaret Crake (grades 3-4, January-June), James McNeil (grades 8-11, August-October; grades 9-11, November-June), Henny E. Neilson (grades 1-2, November-December)
1914-1915	E. M. Allen (grades 5-8), Margaret Crake (grades 3-4, August-December; grades 3-5, January-June), Ellen Davidson (grade 1, August-December; grades 1-2, January-June), Corday B. Mackay (grades 2-3, January-June), James McNeil (grades 9-11), Henny E. Neilson (grade 2, August-December)
1915-1916	E. M. Allen (grades 5-8), Margaret Crake (grade 4, August-April; grades 4-5, May-June), Ellen Davidson (grades 1-2), James McNeil (grades 9-11), Alice I. Sexsmith (grades 2-3)
1916-1917	Ruby I. Cobbledick (grade 4-5, January-June), Margaret Crake (grades 4-5, August-December), Annie J. Fallis (grades 1-2), James McNeil (grades 9-11), Miss K. G. Prout (grades 6-8), Alice I. Sexsmith (grades 2-3)
1917-1918	Ruby I. Cobbledick (grades 4-5), Edith Myrtle Dunsmore (grade 1), Lyla W. Guest (grades 8-9), Astella Muriel Harrison (grades 6-7), James McNeil (grades 10-11), Jessie May Miners (grades 2-3)
1918-1919	Edith L. Cathers (grades 4-5, January-June), Ruby I. Cobbledick (grades 4-5, September-December), Edith Myrtle Dunsmore (grade 1), Astella Muriel Harrison (grades 6-7), James McNeil (grades 8 & 11), Jessie May Miners (grades 2-3), M. B. Munro (grades 9-10), M. Gertrude Sargent (grades 3-4, April-June)
1919-1920	Edith L. Cathers (grades 4-5, September-December), Pearl Vera Clarke (grades 2-3, September-March), E. J. Cliff (grades 3-4, March), H. Gould (grades 4-5 substitute, April), Lizzie E. Hardy (grades 4-5, January-June), Astella Muriel Harrison (grades 6-7, September-December), Helen R. Hayden (grades 3-4, May-June), E. M. McFadden (grades 3-4, April), Emma M. Riddell (grades 9-10, January-June), Lucille Rose (grade 1, September-December), Alice Shaver (grades 9-10, September-December), John Simpson (grades 8 & 11), Effie Irene Weir (grades 6-7, January-June), Mary R. Williams (grade 1, January-June), Mildred S. Williams (grade 2, January-June), Gertrude W. Wishart (grade 2, September-December)
1920-1921	Marion C. Campbell (grades 4-5), May Emrick (grades 1-2, January-June), Helen R. Hayden (grades 3-4), Peter Abraham Klassen (grades 8-9), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 2, August-June), Emma M. Riddell (grades 9-10), Effie Irene Weir (grades 6-7), Mary R. Williams (grades 1-2, September), Mildred S. Williams (grade 2, August-December)
1921-1922	Louise A. Bastard (grades 1-2), Annie Blunderfield (grade 1), Marion C. Campbell (grade 5, August-April), Olive. G. Delbridge (grade 5, April-June), Annie I. McFadden (grades 1-2, August-December), Angus McNevin (grades 8-9), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 2-3), Jessie May Miners (grade 4), G. L. Stuart (grades 9-10), Effie Irene Weir (grades 6-7)
1922-1923	Louise A. Bastard (grades 1-2), Eva M. Cadow (grades 9-10, January-June), Olove G. Delbridge (grades 4-5), Helen Jaffray (grades 6-7), Donald McLeod (grades 9-10, August-December; grades 8 & 11, January-June), Angus McNevin (grades 8 & l1, August-December), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 2-3), Jessie May Miners (grades 3-4), Gladys Thompson (grade 1)
1923-1924	(school closed 17-28 September due to smallpox). Louise A. Bastard (grade 2), Harvey Willis Ferrier (grades 8 & 11), Alda Jones (grades 6-7), Florence C. Kennedy (grades 9-10), Annie I. McFadden (grades 4-6), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 2-3), Jessie May Miners (grades 3-4), Gladys Thompson (grade 1)
1924-1925	Louise A. Bastard (grade 2), Thomas Orton Durnin (grade 11), Alda Jones (grades 7-8), Annie I. McFadden (grades 5-6), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Jessie May Miners (grade 4), M. Irene Peden (grade 1, January-June), Jessie Rhoda Phoenix (grades 9-10), Gladys Thompson (grade 1, September-December)
1925-1926	Gertrude A. Crowe (grades 7-8), Annie I. McFadden (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Jessie May Miners (grades 4-5), M. Irene Peden (grade 1), Jessie Rhoda Phoenix (grades 9-10), Muriel O. Travers (grades 5-6), John Osborn Wilson (grade 11)
1926-1927	George Merwyn Henderson (grades 6-8), Annie I. McFadden (grade 2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Jessie May Miners (grade 4), M. Irene Peden (grade 1), Jessie Rhoda Phoenix (grades 9-10), Muriel O. Travers (grades 5-6), John Osborn Wilson (grade 11)
1927-1928	Gertrude Bridgett (grades 5-6), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 6-8), Lewis Emmett Lynd (grades 9 & 11, August-September; grade 9, October-June), Annie I. McFadden (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Jessie May Miners (grades 4-5), Margaret Irene Mitchell (grade 1), Jessie Rhoda Phoenix (grades 10, August; grades 10-11, September-June)
1928-1929	Kathleen Irene Gladys Adcock (grade 4-5), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Rose Alexandra Hyndman (grades 5-6), Lewis Emmett Lynd (grades 9), Annie I. McFadden (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Margaret Mitchell (grade 1), Jessie Rhoda Phoenix (grades 10-11)
1929-1930	Kathleen Irene Gladys Adcock (grade 4-5, September-May & June), Dwight John Adolphus Dahlgren (grade 11), Dorothy Frances Davidson (grade 2), G. Ellis (grades 4-5 substitute, May-June), Benjamin Hodkinson (grades 9-10), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Rose Alexandra Hyndman (grades 5-6), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Margaret Mitchell (grade 1)
1930-1931	Muriel Bromley (grade 1), Dorothy Frances Davidson (grade 2), Hannah Lela Fraser (grades 6-7), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Mildred Grace Musgrove (grades 9-10), Ethel Mary Sharman (grades 4-5), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)
1931-1932	Muriel Bromley (grade 1), Dorothy Frances Davidson (grades 2-3, September-October), Hannah Lela Fraser (grades 6-7), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Viola Catherine Mark (grades 2-3, November-June), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Mildred Grace Musgrove (grade 9), Ethel Mary Sharman (grades 4-5), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grades 10-11)
1932-1933	Muriel Bromley (grade 1), Hannah Lela Fraser (grades 6-7), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Viola Catherine Mark (grade 2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Mildred Grace Musgrove (grades 9-10), Ethel Mary Sharman (grades 4-5), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)
1933-1934	Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), Hannah Lela Fraser (grades 6-7), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Viola Catherine Mark (grades 2-3), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Mildred Grace Musgrove (grades 9-10), Ethel Mary Sharman (grade 5), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)
1934-1935	Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), Hannah Lela Fraser (grades 5-6), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 2-3), Mildred Grace Musgrove (grades 9-10), Ethel Mary Sharman (grades 4-5), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)
1935-1936	Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Eldred George Miller (grades 9-10), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 2-3), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 5-6), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Hazel Edmee Termuende (grades 4-5)
1936-1937	Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), Peter Stanley Buhr (grades 9-10), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Eldred George Miller (grade 11), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4, August-December), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 6-7), Jessie May Rea (grades 3-4, January-June), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Hazel Edmee Termuende (grades 4-5)
1937-1938	Ina Pearl Boyd (grades 4-5), Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), Peter Stanley Buhr (grade 11), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Mary Irene McDonald (grades 9-10), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 6-7), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 12)
1938-1939	Ina Pearl Boyd (grades 4-5), Muriel Bromley (grades 1-2), Peter Stanley Buhr (grade 11), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8), Mabel Almena McDonnell (grades 9-10), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 6-7), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 12)
1939-1940	Harvey M. Easton (grades 7-8, January-June), George Edgar Haywood (grade 11), George Merwyn Henderson (grades 7-8, August-December), Gertrude Olive Kristinson (grade 5), Thora Margaret Kristinson (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), Gladys March Radley (grades 9-10), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 12)
1940-1941	Bernard Murray Grafton (grades 7-8), Thora Margaret Kristinson (grades 1-2), A. O. McConkey (grades 9-10), Rita Irene McMillan (grades 4-5), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), Gladys March Radley (grade 11), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 12)
1941-1942	Edith Edna Dyer (grades 1-2), Rita Irene McMillan (grades 5-6), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 7-8), Gladys March Radley (grades 9-10), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)
1942-1943	Edith Edna Dyer (grades 1-2), Rita Irene McMillan (grades 5-6), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 7-8), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Grace Murley Wadge (grades 9-10)
1943-1944	Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6, May-June), Mary Jane Floyde (grades 9-10), Janet Elliot Kyle (grades 1-2), Verna Margaret Lundy (grades 5-6, September-May), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 7-8), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11)
1944-1945	Margaret Lois McKay (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Mary Rankin (grades 5-6, September-December), Jessie Edna May Reynolds (grades 7-8), Gladys March Scott (grades 9-10), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Esme W. White (grades 5-6, January-June)
1945-1946	Margaret Lois McKay (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Jessie Edna May Reynolds (grades 7-8), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Norma Mae Ward (grades 5-6), Mary Elizabeth Wood (grades 9-10)
1946-1947	Mary Jane Floyde (grades 9-10), Alice Ruth Harrold (grades 1-2), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Jessie Edna May Reynolds (grades 7-8), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 12), Norma Mae Ward (grades 5-6), Ada Pearl Wareham (grade 11)
1947-1948	Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6, April-June), Alice Ruth Harrold (grades 1-2), Winnifred Jean McKenzie (grades 7-8), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Edna Doreen Thompson (grades 5-6, September-March), Ada Pearl Wareham (grades 9-10)
1948-1949	Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Bernice E. Fines (grades 7-8), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Josephine Marie Stevenson (grades 1-2), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Ada Pearl Wareham (grades 9-10)
1949-1950	George Edward Cone (grades 7-8), Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 11), Helen Clarinda Taylor (grade 2), Ada Pearl Wareham (grades 9-10)
1950-1951	Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Stella Howelka (grades 9-10), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grades 3-4), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grades 11-12), Helen Clarinda Taylor (grades 2-3)
1951-1952	Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Ronald Keith Pettapiece (grades 7-8), Rose Caroline Polka (grade 4), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 9), Helen Clarinda Taylor (grade 2)
1952-1953	Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 4), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Helen Clarinda Taylor Pettapiece (grade 2), Ronald Keith Pettapiece (grades 7-8), Wilfrid Inglis Stewart (grade 9)
1953-1954	Grace Crowe Ellis (grades 5-6), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grade 9), Helen Clarinda Taylor Pettapiece (grade 2), Ronald Keith Pettapiece (grades 7-8), Alice Colleen Rae (grade 4)
1954-1955	Beverly Grace Arnold (grade 2), Grace Crowe Ellis (grade 6), Eva Eileen Goodridge (grade 7), Irene Gladys Graham (grade 1), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grades 10-11), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Nicholas “Nick” Melnychuk (grades 8-9), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Alice Colleen Rae (grade 4)
1955-1956	Beverly Grace Arnold (grade 2), Grace Crowe Ellis (grade 6), Eva Eileen Goodridge (grades 7-8), Irene Gladys Graham (grade 1), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grades 10-11), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 2), Nicholas “Nick” Melnychuk (grades 8-9), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Alice Colleen Rae (grade 4)
1956-1957	Beverly Grace Arnold (grades 2-3), Grace Crowe Ellis (grade 6), Eva Eileen Goodridge (grades 7-8, September-December), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grades 10-11), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Dorothy Mabel Hart (grade 8, January-June), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Evelyn May Marlow (grade 7), Ivy Myrtle Miners (grade 3), Thomas M. Podruchny (grade 9), Alice Colleen Rae (grade 4), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grades 1-2)
After 1957	see Rivers Collegiate (grades 9-12)

Period	Principal
1957-1959	John Wesley Lorne Graham (1904-2000)
After 1961	see Rivers Collegiate and Rivers Elementary School

School Year	Teachers
1957-1958	Elizabeth “Betty” Arnold (grade 2), Bessie B. Doherty (grade 3), Grace Crowe Ellis (grade 6), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Evelyn May Marlow (grade 8), Anna Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grades 1-2), Thomas M. Podruchny (grade 7), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grades 3-4). For grades 9-12, see Rivers Collegiate.
1958-1959	Walter Dziadow (grades 2-3), Grace Crowe Ellis (grade 6), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Bernice A. Kalichuk (grade 2), Hazel M. McKean (grades 4-5), Anna Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 1), Thomas M. Podruchny (grade 7), Gladys Irene Roberts (grade 4), John Walter Russell (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3). For grades 9-12, see Rivers Collegiate.

Period	Principal
1959-1967	John Wesley Lorne Graham (1904-2000)
1967-1969	John Stuart Monteith (?-2009)
1969-1970	Albert Hal Sviestrup

Period	Vice-Principal
1959-1968	?
1968-1969	Hilliard Emil Shawchuk

School Year	Teachers
1959-1960	Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 7), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Bernice A. Kalichuk (grade 2), Anna Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 1), Gladys Irene Roberts (grade 4), Florence Holly Rudy (grades 3-4), John Walter Russell (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)
1960-1961	Anne Marie Careme (grades 4-5), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), Rosanna Fedirchuk (grade 4, October-June), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 7), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Laura Nan Norsworthy (grade 6), Anna Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 1), Gladys Irene Roberts (grade 4, September-October), Florence Holly Rudy (grades 2-3), John Walter Russell (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)
1961-1962	Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 7), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Laura Nan Norsworthy Maione (grade 6), Andrew Otchenash (grades 6 & 8), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grades 1-2), Jean R. Pokrant (grades 1-6, ungraded/special education, August-January), Florence Holly Rudy (grade 4), John Walter Russell (grade 8), Jessie Milward Skinner (grades 1-6, ungraded/special education, February-June), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)
1962-1963	George William Collier (grade 8), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 7), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Laura Nan Norsworthy Maione (grades 5-6), Florence Holly Rudy Nahachewsky (grade 4), Andrew Otchenash (grade 6), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grades 1-2), Jessie Milward Skinner (grades 1-6, ungraded/special education), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)
1963-1964	Margaret Alice Ariss (grades 2-3), George William Collier (grade 8), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 7), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 1), Sheilah Phyllis Joanne Land (grades 6 & 8), Florence Holly Rudy Nahachewsky (grade 4), Andrew Otchenash (grade 6), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 1), Jessie Milward Skinner (grades 1-6, ungraded/special education), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)
1964-1965	Margaret Alice Ariss (grade 4, August-June), Mary Boaley (grade 4, June), Shirley Sophia Churchill (grade 1, February-June), Lois C. Clarke (grade 1, August-October), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 8), Hazel Alma Mae Hutton (grade 5), Norma Jean Smith Jonasson (grades 3-4), Anne Grace Evelyn Jones (grade 2), Florence Holly Rudy Nahachewsky (grade 1, November-January), Andrew Otchenash (grade 7), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 1), Jessie Milward Skinner (grades 1-7, ungraded/special education), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3), Gordon Melville Williamson (grades 5-6)
1965-1966	Glen Bridge (grade 6), Salestine Louise Cunningham (grade 4), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 8), Dorthy Bernice Jackson (grade 1), Fay Lorraine Long (grades 3-4), Joyce Margie Marcine? (grade 1), Nick Olynyk (grade 5), Andrew Otchenash (grade 7), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (grade 2), Arlene A. S. Robins (grade 6), Hilliard Emil Shawchuk (grades 3-8 ungraded/special education), Jessie Milward Skinner (grades 1-3, junior ungraded/special education), Emily Mary Twerdun (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 4), Gordon Melville Williamson (grade 5)
1966-1967	Helen Ann Boryskavish (grade 2), Salestine Louise Cunningham (grade 4), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), Sharon Helen Elford (grade 1), Janet Josephine Gash (grades 4-5), Marjorie Mae Hignett (grade 7), Dorothy Bernice Jackson (grade 1), Fay Lorraine Long (grade 3), Beverley Morrow (grade 5), Andrew Otchenash (grade 7), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (special education, intermediate), Dorothy Gerelene Robillard (special education), Arlene A. S. Robins (grade 6), Hilliard Emil Shawchuk (grades 6 & 8), Jessie M. Skinner (grades 1-2), Emily Mary Twerdun (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)
1967-1968	Daryl Thomas Beamish (grade 7), Helen Ann Boryskavish (grade 4), Marilyn Mary Davis (special education), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), Lynda May Elliott (grade 7), Janet Elizabeth Ferris (grade 6), Janet Josephine Gash (grade 5), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 8), Dorothy Bernice Jackson (grade 1), Fay Lorraine Long (grade 4), Beverley Anne McConnell (grade 3), Bernice McDonald (grade 1), Donna Bernice Mawhinney (special education, January-June), Karin Georgia Lois O'Neill (grades 5-6), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (special education), Dorothy Gerelene Robillard (special education), Hilliard Emil Shawchuk (grade 8), Jessie M. Skinner (special education, September-December), Sharon Phyllis Westholme (grade 2), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)
1968-1969	Helen Ann Boryskavish (grade 4), Lorna Elizabeth Cowling (grade 6, January-June), Diana Lynn Didychuk (grade 1), Walter Dziadow (grade 2), Margaret Janice English (grade 2), Janet Elizabeth Ferris (grade 5), Joan Anne Gillen (grade 7), Diana Jane Gilleshammer (grade 3), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 8), Jodelle Lynne “Judy” Gray (grade 4), Ina Doreen Hyndman (kindergarten), Dorothy Bernice Jackson (grade 1), Phyllis Irene Leslie (grade 8), Donna Bernice Mawhinney (special education), Christa Maria Olbrich (grade 6), Anne Wilhelmina Pettapiece (special education), Dorothy Gerelene Robillard (special education), Eldon Samuel Robinson (grade 5), Denise Marjorie Sharpe (grade 6, September-December), Hilliard Emil Shawchuk (grade 8), Phyllis Margaret Whyte (grade 3)