PATTERSON SCHOOLS

RSS

Following World War Two, plans were made to construct a high school in Rossland. It was opened for classes in 1951 on Washington Street adjacent to Jubilee Park. It consisted of 10 classrooms and rooms for music, industrial arts, science labs and home economics. It also had a gymnasium, cafeteria and auditorium.It served the Rossland […]
MACLEAN

MacLean School was opened in the fall of 1918. It was named after J. D. MacLean, a teacher and principal at Central School, who had become the Provincial Minister of Education. The building was constructed of brick in the hopes of eliminating its loss by fire. However, the school was destroyed by fire in 1981 […]
COOK AVE

Cook Avenue School was Rossland’s second school and opened for classes in 1903. It was constructed in lower Rossland in an effort alleviate the overcrowding at Central School. It was named after John Cook who was co-owner of the Rossland townsite in 1894.The school was enlarged in 1939 but had no rooms for special education […]
CENTRAL SCHOOL

The first school in Rossland was established in the Methodist Church in the fall of 1895 with 50 students in attendance. By December, attendance has grown to 98 students. In August 1896, a small two room school was constructed on Kootenay Avenue housing 143 students in eleven classes. In 1898, The Province of BC constructed […]