Settlers began arriving in
southeast Saskatchewan in
1882. The first school south
of the Moose Mountains was
built in 1887, about a mile
north of where Arcola later
came to be. It was built on
land donated by Willard
Scarrow and was named
“Clair.”
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“The settlers took logs
out and built the school
gratis. The Northwest
Government supplied money to
buy lumber for windows, doors
and floors. They also
supplied maps and a
blackboard.”
Trace the history of
southeast Saskatchewan’s
| education through pictures
and the real life accounts of
teachers and students. Some
of these teachers taught in a
one-room country school while
others teach in our modern
education system. This
exhibit holds over 100 years
of education.
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Acknowledgements:
Thank you to Edna Clark,
Ethel Workman, Ida
Brownridge, Joe Hengen,
Marjorie Hollingshead, Maude
Hunter, Muriel Webb and Ruth
Gardner for their time and
contribution to this
project.
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