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Wawanesa School had its origins in Souris City in 1881. Prior to 1891, the school was operated out of the top floor of the hardware store. In 1891 a frame building was established on the east side of Wawanesa and the Wawanesa School District was formed. In 1895 a new building was erected. It was remodelled in 1925. |
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By 1948, other rural districts began to dissolve and their students came to Wawanesa. Amongst those to disappear was Fairbank. In 1959, Souris Valley School Division #42 was established by order of the Minister of Education. In 1961, the current high school wing of the collegiate was constructed on the west side of town. |
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The students and staff of Wawanesa School at the old school
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Rural schools continued to close, increasing the size of Wawanesa School. Northfield School closed in 1960, Stratherne in 1963, Blithe and the high school at Nesbitt in 1964, Lily Hill in 1965, Duncrag in 1966 and finally Chesley, Rounthwaite, and Treesbank in 1967. Nesbitt’s elementary school, the last of the small rural schools closed in 1968. |
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A picture of Wawanesa Collegiate today
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By the 1960’s the old school building on the east side of town and the new school building in the west were incapable of accommodating all of the students in the district. For several years the basement of the United Church was used to hold classes. In 1970, the elementary wing of the present school building was completed. The space problems were resolved and the old school building was sold and torn down. |
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