Fourth Annual Carberry Heritage Festival
Friday & Saturday August 12 & 13, 2016
This page is devoted to various in-depth stories I have written about Winnipeg’s grand old schools which were built in the first half of the 20th century. I include schools outside of Winnipeg and various posts about education as well.
Winnipeg’s Grand Old Schools
Principal Sparling School
Linwood School
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/linwood-school-266-linwood-street-winnipeg-1913/
Laura Secord School
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2014/12/03/laura-secord-school-960-wolseley-avenue-winnipeg-1913/
La Verendrye School
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2014/10/04/la-verendrye-school-290-lilac-street-winnipeg/
Luxton School
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/luxton-school-111-polson-avenue-winnipeg/
Ecole Provencher
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/ecole-provencher-300-avenue-de-la-cathedrale-winnipeg/
Isbister School/Winnipeg Adult Education Centre
Earl Grey School
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/earl-grey-school/
1948 Reavis Report on Winnipeg Schools
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/reavis-report/
School’s Out Forever – Ten Demolished Winnipeg Schools
Central School #1 and Carlton School
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/schools-out-forever-central-school-1/
Central School #2 and Winnipeg Collegiate Institute
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/schools-out-forever/
Somerset School and Alexandra School
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/schools-out-forever-somerset-school-alexandra-school/
St. Mary’s School and Anna Gibson School
Margaret Scott School and Sir John Franklin School
J. B. Mitchell – NWMP Corporal, School Architect, Visionary
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/j-b-mitchell-nwmp-corporal-architect-visionary/
Cheap Thrills and Fire Drills
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/cheap-thrills-and-fire-drills/
The First Junior High School
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/the-first-junior-high-school/
Live-In Custodian Suites in Schools
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/12666/
Learning English Sisler’s Way
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/learning-english-sislers-way/
Rural Schools
Birtle Indian Residential School Ruins
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/inside-birtle-indian-residential-school-2014/
Tenby School
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/tenby-school-tenby-mb/
Boyne School
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/boyne-school/
Hebron School – 1 Room, 8 Grades, 30 Pupils, 1 Teacher
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/hebron-school/
Fannystelle School
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/manitoba-heritage-building-fannystelle-school/
Star Mound School – “Learn to labor and to wait.”
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/star-mound-school/
Little Nurse’s League
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/little-nurses-league/
Mom’s 1930 Grade 11 Exams – Did you pass? She did.
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/moms-grade-11-exams-from-1930/
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/more-of-moms-grade-11-exams-from-1930/
Rules for Teachers 1870 & 1915
https://readreidread.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/rules-for-teachers-1870-1915/
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Hi Reid, I live in a former one-room school outside of Winnipeg, Rossmere School in Springfield. It is on the Manitoba Historical Society webpage. There is very little info about this school that I can find, including anything from the Archives in Springfield and the Springfield History Book. Have yet to locate and photos of when it was a school. Thanks for your blog; I find it quite fascinating.
Happy you found my blog. I don’t have any further info on Rossmere School other than what the MHS has found. My personal experiences going to a one-room school are on the Schools page under Hebron School.
Hi Reid ; I bought the old Whytewold Beach school no.1386 class 92, I can’t seem to find any information on this school ,I was wondering if you know anything about this school?
Hi Ron, I searched the Manitoba Historical Society site for your old school but found very little. The MHS usually has a plethora of info and pics about old schools but Whytewold is an exception. It lists a couple of the teachers but little else. Thanks for reading my blog. Reid