Ridgedale Rural School District #2523

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The first meeting with the purpose of forming a school district was held in December of 1909. The school was built in 1911 and opened that fall with an enrollment of 23 students. Old Ridgedale School, as it was called after the Ridgedale Village school was built, was originally located in the R.M .of Connaught at SE 18-47-15-W2. Walter Garaway was the first teacher.

Ridgedale Rural School 1934

After the Ridgedale Village School was built in 1923, Old Ridgedale School was moved one mile west to SE11-47-16-W2. By 1942 with few pupils and a scarcity of teachers due to the war, the school was closed and the students attended the Ridgedale Town School.

The school reopened in 1946, after the end of the war, and remained open until 1958. The consolidation that occurred with the formation of the Tisdale School Unit resulted in the closing of all rural schools in the area. The students were bussed to Ridgedale. The last teacher was Terry Gingara. For a number of years the school was used as a community hall, but it slowly deteriorated and was burned down in 1981.

The Teachers:
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Walter Garaway

1911-13

Miss L. S. Cornaealy

1913-14

Harvey R. Hare

1914-17

Miss Janet Hayes

1918-19

Walter Garaway (died 1920)

1920

Juanita Knapp

1921-22

James F. Edwards

1922-23

Noral Burton

1923-24

Miss Pennington

1924-25

Ida Selig

1925-26

Effie Winfield

1926-27

Miss Drake

1927-28

Florence Campbell

1928-31

Freiida Chapman

1931-39

Ann Edworthy (3 months)

1933

Beulah Hilton

1940-42

closed

1942-46

Dorothy Erben

1946-49

Julia Sport (Meier)

1950-52

Rozalie Wilk (Yuskiu)

1952-54

Mary Wright

1954-55

Terry Gingara

1955-58
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