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This digital archives is a work in progress. New material is added when it is received. Check back often. If you have material to contribute, please contact connaught100@gmail.com. All kinds of photos and documents related to Connaught are welcome.
School Development
1912 Regina Board of Education (RBE) Minutes – Naming of Connaught School
Aug. 13, 1912 RBE Minutes – Discussion of Connaught tenders
Property valuation Nov. 29, 1912
School Architecture
Article in The Contract Record Oct. 23, 1912 by architect J.H. Puntin
Early photo of school with street car line
Article on Connaught construction and engineering 1915
Aerial view of Connaught School and surrounding neighbourhood, 1959
Gym Library and Classrooms 1978
Heritage Significance Assessment – May 2012
School Management
Teacher and staff salaries 1913
School Management Committee Report Oct 23 1916
Permission to play badminton in the halls Nov 4 1930
Enrolment Detailed Breakdown 1945
School Activities
Choir contest won by Connaught May 16 1929
Annual Concert Program May 16 1929
Donald McKenzie’s memories 1941-1950
David Larrigan’s memories, 1940s
Friendship Circle Soon to Great Students, Teachers. Regina Leader-Post Aug. 29, 2006
Back to School – For the 100th Time. Regina Leader-Post Sept. 5, 2012
Not Your Grandpa’s Party, Carillon Sept. 27, 2012
Students
1920 Grade 8 diploma – Edna Cameron
1959-60 Kindergarten Class Photo (from J. Stewart collection)
Watch them grow! Joy Stewart’s Grades 1 to 8 class photos, 1960-68
1963-64 Kindergarten Class Photo
1965-66 (?) Grade 1 Class Photo
1978-79 Class Photos – All Grades
2003-2004 Grade 1 French Class Photo
2004-2005 Grade 2 French Class Photo
”Learned to make sausage” – Memories of 13th Ave.
Staff
Staff group pictures early 1980s
Staff individual pictures circa 1978
Community Schools
Native education changes proposed. Regina Leader-Post, March 12, 1980
Community groups’ request for delay, June 26, 1980
Education department hopes to lower natives’ drop-out rate. Regina Leader-Post, Aug. 15, 1980
Department’s new school program for natives gets mixed reaction. Regina Leader-Post, Aug. 15, 1980
Three schools in Program. Regina Leader-Post, June 24, 1980
Education board approves program. Regina Leader-Post, Sept. 9, 1980
Community Schools Position Paper – Community Schools Working Committee 1980
Community concerns about program, Oct. 2 1980
Community schools plan delayed again. Regina Leader-Post, Oct. 22, 1980
Letter to trustees Oct. 24, 1980
Community groups, board closer to agreement on school program. Regina Leader-Post, Oct. 30, 1980
Commmunity Schools Agreement 1980
Hiring Ads – Community Coordinators and Native Teaching Associates
Staff hired for community schools. Regina Leader-Post, week of Nov. 10, 1980
Community gets larger voice in inner city school program. Regina Leader-Post, Nov. 12, 1980
Community school idea to be developed in Regina. Regina Leader-Post, Dec. 4, 1980
Board recognizes Connaught group (SCC). Regina Leader-Post, Dec. 15, 1981
New community coordinator at Connaught. Cathedral Village Voice, Sept. 1983.
Community schools program likely to be maintained says minister. Regina Leader-Post, May 27, 1983.
School councils to be invited. Regina Leader-Post, Sept. 20, 1983
French Immersion
French classes, funding discussed. Regina Leader-Post Sept. 7, 1977
Step to linguistic justice. Regina Leader-Post, Nov. 19, 1977
French immersion supported by parents, board. Regina Leader-Post, Dec. 4, 1980
Immersion program to expand. Regina Leader-Post April 7, 1981
Demolition
Various articles on decision to demolish Connaught
Walls start tumbling down. Leader-Post Oct. 4, 2014
Vounteers Determined to Preserve History.LeaderPost_Nov. 3, 2014
Time Traveller / Voyageur du temps 
[…] We will have a welcome table at the homecoming BBQ, 5-7 p.m. Friday Sept. 28, to help people find each other, as well as all day Saturday. Add your message on the form below. Teachers and staff are welcome to add messages, too. You can see old class photos in our Archives. […]
I was a beginning teacher at Connaught School in 1961 in a Grade 5 classroom. I have photos of my classes for the years that I was there. My name when I began teaching was Gail Mountney and then when I was first married it was Gail Charabin.
I have good memories of my students from those years.