Bjorkdale Hamlet #5095

The Bjorkdale Hamlet School #509

1936 - First Teacher - Henry Brown

The first board of trustees selected were: Fred Baverstock, Alex Lalonde and Alex Shinnon. The first meeting was held in Frank Nyuli's Garage on July 20th, 1935. The need for a new school district and a school building in town grew as more families moved into Bjorkdale. Finally a new district was formed, obtaining one half mile from each surrounding district, making the new boundary lines three miles east and west of Bjorkdale; and six miles north and south of Bjorkdale. It received its new name, Bjorkdale Hamlet S.D. No. 5095.

The board of trustees obtained a plan from the Department of Education to build a school 24'x34'. They also managed to get a 99 year lease on reserved ground, Block 2 on the east half of the town site. The school building was started in the fall of 1935 and completed for March 1, 1936.

The first “year” was from March 1936 to June, 1936. The trustees for that year were F. Baverstock and W. Lyons. The chairman was A. Lalonde and the secretary was J. Foy.

The school was opened on March 2, 1936 with a new teacher, Mr. Henry Brown. Mr. Brown was paid $400.00 annually. The first attendance read:

Grade 1:Paul Flutur, Eric Pickering, Gloria McCarthy, Luceine Matthon, Annie Budai, Goldie Nyuli, Rose Budai, Margaret Budai, Net- tie Flutur, Viola Shanoway, Hazel Shanoway, Maurice McGratten, Lillian Gruczo, Emile Popp, Lydia Matthon, Louis Svab.
Grade 2: Elsie Nyuli.
Grade 3: Lester Nyuli, Mary Popp, Mabel Wakefield, Stanley Irvine, Costan Popp.
Grade 5: Bernice Foy, Rudolf Nyuli, Constantine Flutur, Helen Popp, Alexander Popp, Alice Matthon; John Flutur, Gordon Leland, Nellie Hnatow, Mary Hnatow, Mary Budai, Carmelita McCarthy, Lorne McGratten, Viola Foy, Rose Matthon, Norman Pickering, Mildred Pickering.
Grade 7: Roberta Foy, Vivian McColl, Lena Lalonde, Loreen Leland, Delia Matthon, Harley Johnson.
Grade 8: Ethel Foy. Grade 9: Minnie Nyuli, Silvio Lalonde.

The town of Bjorkdale started to grow and the need for more school space was warranted. In 1952, Bjorkdale joined the Tisdale School Unit on October 15. In 1953 another classroom was added and in the fall of 1958 two more classrooms were opened in the store building on Lot 1 Block 1.

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1953 - Teacher - Muriel Jensen

In the fall of 1959 the construction of a new six room school was started. The school wasn't finished until January 8, 1960 so in the meantime temporary quarters were set up for use until they could move into the new school. In 1964 an addition was constructed consisting of four rooms and complete laboratory facilities.

In 1975 another addition was completed. It consisted of two classrooms and a library. The two classrooms were designed in such a way that the partition can be removed to convert into an assembly area. In 1982 construction for a 47' x 65' gymnasium was started.

The Teachers: (Information not available for recent years)


H. C. Brown	1936-39	D. Clark	1939-40
C. J. Morrison	1940-42	Kathleen Finlayson	1942-43
		Kathleen Finlayson	1959-67
E. Wright	1943-44	Kathleen Miller	1943-44
Pauline Sundin	1944-45	Ursula Misouri	1945-46
Helen E. Howse	1946-48	Evelyn Godart	1948-49
William L. Senchyna	1949-50	Muriel E. Jensen	1950-56
Ruby Lauder	1953-66	Mary Miezanko	1956-57
Thomas Walter	1957-58	Margaret Wright	1958-61
Betty Mahussier (Jebson)	1958-67	Annette Mahussier	1959-67
Theresa Mahussier	1958-59	Freda Schneider	1959-82
Sylvia Forli	1960-61	Ed Slade	1960-61
Lionel Hamonic	1961-75	Gordon Knuff	1961-82
Irene Jawarski	1961-62	Morley Tuck	1962-65
June Stacey	1963-82	Margaret Looby	1964-65
		Margaret Looby	1982
Harry Pitzel	1965-75	Clarence Hurd	1965-66
Chester Stevenson	1965-75	Muriel Popp	1965-80
Georgina Bodholdt	1966-68	Theresa Parmentier	1966-67
Florence Menzies	1967-75	ArleneDoyle	1967-68
Fay Lablanc (Desrosiers)	1967-69	Linda Lomas	1967-68
Victoria Debrowolski	1969-72	Judy Everett	1968-69
Selena Kowal	1968-69	Annette Daniels (Stevenson)	1969-72
Patricia Betthel (Arnold)	1969-75	Jacqueline Spedding (Grayson)	1969-77
Peter Newman	1969-71	Don Scown	1969-72
Wanda Wrigley	1971-72	Wayne Torwalt	1972-74
Florence Mathews	1972-75	Barbara Tyerman	1973-75
Austin Harpham	1974-75	Bob Wilson	1975-77
Joan Wilson	1975-77	Glen Proechel	1975-76
Ivan Sawitsky	1975-76	Henry Sawadsky	1975-76
Wanda Harpham (Playford)	1975-77	Eileen Moen	1975-82
Mrs. Irving	1975-76	Miss Derkatz	1975-76
Frances Smith	1976-82	Dan Gulka	1976-79
Terry Thorimbert	1976-77	Jane Thorimbert	1976-77
Bruce Wrubleski	1977-82	Ellen Lloyd	1977-82
John Robertshaw	1977-82	Doncida Murray	1977-82
Len Schmitdz	1977-80	Pat Tudhope	1978-79
Bill Dovell	1979-82	Rick Krahn	1979-80
Margaret Horton	1980-82	Gail Hankawich	1980-81
Harold Kinaschuk	1982

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The School Districts Tisdale School Division a compiled history