Zenon Park #834

Zenon Park School District # 834

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In 1928, when the coming of the railway was a certainty, Mr. Raymond Courteau resigned from the Old Arborfield school board to devote his time, as senior trustee, organizing a school at Zenon Park.

The first meeting to organize a school district was held June 18, 1928. Mr. Mederic Foucher acted as chairman and Mr. Raymond Courteau as secretary. The proposed new school district was unanimously endorsed by about sixty residents who attended the meeting. When the Department of Education received the minutes of the meeting and the map of the proposed school district as well as the petition, they granted approval to build a new school.

The two-room school was erected on the SE corner of SE 24-47-13 W2, belonging to Mr. Maurice Courteau. He donated a 260 ft. by 416 ft. piece of land for the schoolyard. The carpenters were Mederic Foucher, Francois Ferdinand Carpentier and Jos. Toutant. A school barn was also built as well as an icehouse in which ice was packed in sawdust for the supply of drinking water. Jos. Toutant was caretaker for this school. A building was moved in the yard to provide a residence for the teacher and his family. This teacherage was used as a third classroom in 1935-1936. In 1938- 1939 a fourth classroom was opened for the first grade. In 1948, a new four-room school was built on the SW corner of NE 19-47-12 W2. There were then five classrooms with the one in the convent. The contractor for this school was Jean-Baptiste Godbout.

From 1949-1954, there were four classrooms on the main floor and two in the basement. In 1953, Mr. Louis- Philippe Hudon obtained the contract to build the north wing of the school with four more classrooms. From 1954-1958, there were eight classrooms. In 1958- 1959, there were 10 classrooms. There were two classrooms in the convent for a few years and an abandoned school building which was moved to accommodate two more grades.

The peak student enrolment was 386 in years 1961-1962 after which it declined gradually. About 1962, an east wing was added with four more classrooms, washrooms, principal’s office and a laboratory. In 1976, a trailer was moved into the school yard for use as an industrial arts classroom. At the time of writing, two school operate in Zenon Park, one school is French Immersion, in the other school, instruction is completely in French.

The Teachers: (information not available for recent years)


Elzear Hudon	1928-30	Irene Pelletier	1928-30
Gennaine (Pelletier) Labrosse	1930-31	Francois Richard	1930-32
Henriette Paradis	1931-32	Marie Mandin	1932-33
Soeur St. Gildas	1932-35	Soeur Anatole Marie	1933-35
Cecile Simoneau	1933-37	Soeur Louise Verron	1935-37
Soeur Albertine Bureau	1935-38	Conrad Soucy	1937-42
Soeur Albertine Bureau	1966-69
Soeur Marie Alphonse Lemay	1937-72	Soeur Angelina Plouffe	1938-60
Soeur Louise Ladouceur	1938-69	Soeur Therese Labbe	1942-48
Soeur Louise Ladouceur	1972-73	Soeur Therese Labbe	1964-68
Soeur Claire Dargis	1948-76	Jeanne Fournier	1948-50
Resina (Gaudet) Favreau	1949-50	Celine Gauthier	1950-51
Therese Gauthier	1950-51	Carnille Tinant	1951-52
Jeanne Hudon	1952-53	Anne Marie Stahr	1952-54
Jeanne Hudon	1958-67
Noema Pellerin	1952-54	Doreen Wassill	1953-54
Brother Camille	1954-56	Brother Christophe Patenaude	1954-62
Brother Gerard Majella	1956-57	Soeur Amelia Labossiere	1954-66
Brother Laurent	1957-58
Brother Laurent	1960-61	Brother George Emond Carrier	1958-59
Brother Aldric	1958-61	Soeur Marie Louise	1959-60
Brother Donat	1959-60	Brother Leonide	1959-60
Henriette (Raby) Lloyd	1959-77	Brother Marc	1960-62
Yolande Marchildon	1960-85	Lucille (Turcotte) Lasiuk	1961-63
Henriette Nessman	1961-65	Soeur Laurentia Beaudoin	1961-64
Henriette Nessman	1967-69
Henriette Nessman	1972-75
Mariette (Marchildon) Fedora	1961-62
Mariette (Marchildon) Fedora	1964-66	Edward Lasiuk	1962-63
Raymond Beaulieu	1962-63	Margaret (Wassill) Hill	1962-63
Therese Marchildon	1962-63	Francois Boulet	1962-64
Anne Gendron	1963-64	Mariette Houle	1963-64
Loraine Gallays	1963-64	Laurette Vigeant	1963-65
Frank Elberg	1963-65	Claude Crozon	1963-66
Albert Lavoie	1964-65	Alain Lavoie	1964-65
Robert Gareau	1964-66	Marguerite Soucy	1965-66
Shirley (Courteau) Beaulieu	1965-66	Leontine Relland	1965-66
Madelaine Jeanneau	1965-66	Roberte Pelletier	1966-67
Rita (Lepage) Favreau	1966-67	Bernice Chabot	1966-67
Blanche Letendre	1966-67	Pierre Coquet	1966-68
Virginie Ferre	1966-82	Lucille (Fortier) Lanman	1967-69
Cheryl Form	1967-73	Mrs. Scot	1967-68
Miss Houle	1967-68	Jerry Herman	1968-69
Walter Kostur	1968-69	Soeur Rejeanne Beaulieu	1968-71
Helen Clarke	1968-74	Glen Delisle	1969-71
Paul Miezianko	1969-70	Dominic Collins	1969-70
Antoun Yacoub Hanna	1969-70	Pierre Leblanc	1970-71
Kenneth Wilson	1970-72	Soeur Margarite Dumon	1970-73
Maurice Coquet	1971-79	Ron Barchuk	1971-72
Mardelle Teichreb	1971	Alain Fiolleau	1971-73
Angele (Fortier) Bregenser	1972-75	Sylvia (Pelletier) Dion	1972-73
		Sylvia (Pelletier) Dion	1975-82
Florent Bilodeau	1972-79	Cyril Lacey	1973-83
Nicole Marchildon	1973-79	Wayne Bucknell	1973-75
Monique Marchildon	1973-75	Suzanne (Potie) Thesen	1975-82
Celine Guillmette	1975-76	Denise Brunelle	1976-79
Richard Zens	1977-78	Charline Dube	1977-79
Dorraine Hayward	1977-79	Annande Prefontaine	1979-81
Danielle (Sauvan) Bouvet	1979-82	Ian McLean	1979-81
Michel Vezina	1979-80	Jocelyne Ethier	1979-80
Cecilia Hoffman	1979-80	Paulin Gareau	1980-84
Carole Voyer	1980-81	Denis Carignan	1981-84
Douglas Tucker	1981-	Wilma Mackie	1981-2003
Roberta Favreau	1981-82	Jean Soloman	1981-83
Sylvie Grimard	1982-83	Marie Massicotte	1982-
Lise Carpentier*	1982-84

*(monitor for French Programmes)

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