S-113 conventionDeclaration detailLevel http://ica-atom.org/doc/RS-2#5.4 Minimal Residential School IRSSA School Mennonite Poplar Hill Residential School conventionDeclaration Poplar Hill Development School conventionDeclaration Mennonite Mission School conventionDeclaration Poplar Hill Indian Private School conventionDeclaration Poplar Hill School conventionDeclaration Poplar Hill Mennonite School conventionDeclaration Poplar Hill Mennonite Residential School conventionDeclaration Poplar Hill Student Residence conventionDeclaration 1962-09-01 - 1989-06-30 Poplar Hill, Ontario

Poplar Hill Indian Residential School (IRS) was located across the Berens River from the community of Poplar Hill about 120 km north of Red Lake from 1962 - 1989 (27 years). The school closed, as noted in the Mennonite Reporter, in the fall of 1989.

Other names identifying the school included Mennonite Mission School (1962), Poplar Hill Indian Residential School, Poplar Hill Residential School (1962 - 1969), and Poplar Hill Development School (1969 - 1989).

The Government of Canada was responsible for funding the school, which was managed and operated by the Mennonite Northern Light Gospel Mission from 1962 - 1989. On December 16, 1971, the federal government signed an agreement with the Northern Light Gospel Missions, Inc., for the provision of professional school services, including room and board for all students and monthly allowances for grade nine students. On January 12, 1973, the federal government signed an agreement with the Northern Light Gospel Missions, Inc., to provide professional school services and maintenance services. In 1979 and 1980, the federal government signed agreements with the Northern Light Gospel Mission to provide professional school services, including room and board for students. In 1981, an unsigned addendum to a Tuition Agreement between the federal government and the Northern Light Gospel Missions for the accommodation of fifty students at the Poplar Hill Development School notes that the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council was to approve special course outlines.

The grades taught at the IRS were primary (1, 2, 3), elementary (4, 5, 6), and junior high (7, 8, 9) with kindergarten/beginner from 1963 - 1969 and high school sporadically - 1974/75, 1979/80, 1981-1984. Student enrolment at the IRS ranged from 35 (1962/63) to 99 (1972/73), with total enrollment over 27 years reaching 1,594 students, an average of approximately 60 students annually.

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Attendence of pupils

1961-11-10

Transfer of children

1961-11-15

Vouchering for children

1962-04-17

School administration and instruction

1962-07-26

Approval of a school at Poplar Hill

1962-08-27

School budget

1962-10-12

Acceptance of the school budget

1962-10-23

School administration

1962-12-05

Buliding of school at Grassy Narrows

1963-02-20

Summer school maintenance work program

1963-04-17

Accommodation for a fishing instructor

1963-04-17

School budget

1963-10-28

School budget

1963-11-07

Over-age students

1963-11-13

Disapproval of transfer of children from Pikangikum IRS to Poplar Hill IRS

1964-06-11

Outline of the role of the Poplar Hill IRS

1964-06-24

Request for comlpetion of forms

1965-09-29

Request for establishment of agreement with the Mennonite Mission

1966-01-31

Student statistics

1966-00-00

Future changes at the Poplar Hill IRS

1966-07-16

Additional costs of operation for Poplar Hills IRS

1967-02-11

Poplar Hill IRS cost adjustment

1967-02-16

Poplar Hill IRS cost adjustment

1967-02-23

Cost of Operation of Poplar Hill

1967-04-03

Enrolment in residential schools and hostels

1967-04-11

Additional students at Poplar Hill IRS

1967-05-25

Plant requirements for Poplar Hill IRS

1967-06-14

Principal's Monthly Report for February 1967

1967-02-28

Principal's Monthly Report for March 1967

1967-03-23

Principal's Monthly Report for September 1967

1967-09-30

Principal's Monthly Report for November 1967

1967-11-30

1981 Year book for the Poplar Hill Indian Residential School

1981-06-00

1982 Year book for the Poplar Hill Indian Residential School

1982-06-00

1984 Year Book for the Poplar Hill Indian Residential School

1984-06-00

1985 Year book for the Poplar Hill Indian Residential School

1985-06-00

1986 Year book for the Poplar Hill Indian Residential School

1986-06-00

1987-1988 Year book for the Poplar Hill Indian Residential School

1988-06-00

Certain students are going to be picked up for hockey clinic

1968-12-11

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