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Lumby Elementary School

It is winter and children are gathered on the wide steps of a school. Several children are playing in the snow in the schoolyard.

Cecile Daigneault Collection

In 1912, a two room school known as Lumby Primary School was built by Dave Wilson and Oliver Bonnerville.  The land was donated by Bill Shields.  In 1916, a third room was added.

The school was used until 1973 when it was condemned for health and safety reasons.

The last teachers to teach at Lumby Primary School were: Grade 1: Tosh Tabata and Norma Barnes; Grade 2: Anne Bartlett and Marion Davies.

Today, the site of Lumby’s Primary School is a grass hockey field at Charles Bloom High School.