Jasper Schools

1913 Jasper School District established

1914 A railway construction shack left by contractors Phelan and Shirley became Jasper’s first school

1924 classes swelled when residents from Lucerne were transferred to Jasper

1925 Jasper Public school built

1926 A second story was added

1942 An extension was added

1953 Jasper High School was constructed

1958 An extension was added to the Jasper High School

1963 Jasper Elementary School was built

1988 Jasper School District celebrates 75 years

2002 Ecole Desrochers opens in the Royal Canadian Legion

2004 Portable classrooms were added across the street from the Royal Canadian Legion

2014 Jasper Junior Senior High School & Ecole Desrochers built

2016.84.43.05 Students and a teacher in front of the Cox School on Patricia Street. [ca. 1920]
 
993.06   Jasper Public School [ca. 1925]
PA 48-32  Jasper Public School 1930
PA 43-1   New addition to the Jasper Public School under construction. November 1941
001.63.325 Jasper High School [ca. 1953]
2010.22.2086   Jasper Elementary School.  July 1963
001.63.332 Demolition of Jasper Public School. [1963]
2015.06.137 Jasper Junior Senior High School & Ecole Desrochers 2014

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