Hirsch School #283

Hirsch, Saskatchewan, Canada

Hirsch School #283

The school was organized June 6th, 1893

Sim Alfred Coldston, was an English Jew, who set up the First Jewish School in Western Canada, at Hirsch.

July 14, 1905 the boundaries were altered in this School District


This was a picture I took in 2003 of the 2nd Hirsch School

My Uncle Ed Gesell taught in the Hirsch School, and built his home on the school grounds, and moved it later to Valley St. in Estevan, where it remains today, 2017.

Lillian Eremko, daughter of Alexander and Katherine (nee Pitts) Eremko

In 1967 during Canada's Centennial, my Mom and Dad held an antique display, in the basement of the school above


My Mom and Dad, Helen and Phil Gent, in period costumes

Estevan Band performed



Guestbook signed by lots of Hirsch, Bienfait, Frobisher, and other towns residents

My Hirsch Rural School referral page


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