Our School

1908 - The first one room school house of Central Butte School District was opened. There was a total of 16 students.

1919 - A new, 4 room brick school house was built, employing four teachers. Only three classrooms were used that year.

1945 - Two one-room additions were annexed on to the brick school house to accompany a rising enrollment.

1963 - Four new classrooms were built onto the existing building, along with an auditorium.

1966 - The present day elementary school wing was built on the school grounds, separated from the high school building.

1967 - Annexes moved from the school.

1969 - The school in Lawson, a nearby community, was closed down and the four room school was moved to Central Butte. It was added onto the end of the high school, providing a music room, French room, and Art room.

1975 - The existing gym was built to join the elementary school and the high school.

1993 - A new library was built in the elementary wing, in the place of the computer room and the Gr. 6 classroom. The computer room was moved to the Lawson end and the elementary and high school libraries were combined.

- Due to problems with the heating and plumbing in the elementary, renovations of the hallways and the addition of air conditioners were completed that summer.

1997 - A new computer lab was constructed in the high school, supplying students with Internet and network access.

- With a grant from the provincial government, a new roof was constructed, as well as air conditioning and a new heating system, with construction going into March of 1998. (It was chilly during the winter, especially when it snowed in the hallways!) This was phase one and two of the proposed three-phase renovation project.

1999 - Phase three is due to start in January, with the addition of a corridor and several new rooms. Please look to the blueprints to see what it will be like when it is finished.

Last year (1998) construction started on renovating our school. Phase 1 and 2 was completed and now Phase 3 was approved for construction this year. These are some pictures that showed how interesting school was during renovations (and how imperative it was to wear shoes).