By Dorthea H. Calverley Based on a letter from Mr. Everett Hurt, former principal at Rolla School, now retired. Mr. Hurt is remembered as a public-spirited and devoted teacher. One family, formerly of the Carpio District, remembers with gratitude how Mr. and Mrs. Hurt took into their home their daughter who was ready for high school… Read More

By Mrs. Lester Harper (1961, 1965)[Note: Mrs Harper is clearly writing to comment on and correct statements which she found to be in error in some document. The specific document to which she refers is not identified.] Part 1 It has been stated that Everett Miller was the first school teacher in Rolla. True, but… Read More

  1924-1925 – Miss Margaret A. McIntyre 1925-1926 – Miss Margaret A. McIntyre 1927-1928 – W.P. Garrett 1928-1929 – Miss V. Adams 1929-1930 – Miss J. Bell 1930-1931 – Miss Jean Bell 1931-1932 – Miss Jean Gross 1932-1933 – Miss J.P. Edward 1933-1934 – Miss Jessie P. Edward 1934-1935 – Miss Jessie P. Edward 1935-1936… Read More

The first community effort in Clayhurst was the building of the school. Bill Ewanchuk took the job of building the school with the help of others who donated their time to its construction. The log structure was started in January of 1932 and opened at Easter of 1932, only to be totally destroyed [by fire?]… Read More

The Coleman Creek School, situated 3 miles north and 3 miles east of the town of Rolla, opened in September of 1932. The enrollment was 13 pupils in all grades. Situated as this school was, close to the Alberta boundary, the attendance was partly compromised of Alberta pupils who were glad to avail themselves of… Read More

The first South Dawson School was built by the community from logs. It was located on the SE 1/4-11-76- 6, belonging to Roy Crum, and opened up sometime in 1921-22. Mr. Wesley Sutherland started school in a log building the Rev. Jim Henderson had built for a church. It was situated on the NW corner… Read More

The first school at South Dawson was built in 1921. It was a log building 20’ x 24’ in size. This school was built by community effort and opened in September 1921 with 6 pupils. The first teacher was Wesley Sutherland.   TEACHERS 1921 – 1922 – Wesley Sutherland 1922 – 1923 – Wesley Sutherland… Read More

The first North Dawson School was held in log building which Pete Hyndman had built for a chicken-house. The first teacher was Mrs. Dorothy Clarke. On the register for that first year term of 1922-23, were 9 pupils — 6 boys and 3 girls. Some attending were Laura Crack, Ted Crack, Blackstock children, Hyndman boys… Read More

Moving of 700 children to their new home in the $500,000 Dawson Creek Elementary School started on Wednesday of last week and is expected to be completed by Tuesday of next week. The beautiful modern school has eighteen classrooms for kindergarten to grade six. In addition to the classrooms there is a kitchen, an activity… Read More

Two Sisters of Providence — Sister Louis Omer and Sister Bernice Marie — came to teach at Dawson Creek in September 1944. They boarded at St. Joseph’s Hospital and had for their lot 56 pupils Grades 1-8. They began by teaching in the basement of the church. During the year, they bought two surplus American… Read More