page_title: Grenfell, Saskatchewan
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Grenfell, Saskatchewan / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Grenfell High School circa 1925
context_page_description: Grenfell is a town in Southern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated at the junction of Highway 47 and the Trans-Canada Highway 1 80 miles east of Regina, the provincial capital. It is 15 miles south of the Qu'Appelle Valley where Crooked Lake Provincial Park and Bird's Point Resort are popular beach destinations in summer and are accessed by Highway 47.
  European settlement from Ontario and the British Isles began in 1882 before the Canadian Pacific Railway reached the site of the town. The post office was established in 1883; "the town's name honours Pasco du Pre Grenfell, a railway company official."
context_section_description: Grenfell is home to the Mechanic's Library Institute which was established in 1882 being one of the province's oldest libraries.
  Grenfell Elementary Community School offers pre-school to grade 6 with an enrolment near 160 pupils.  Grenfell High Community School offers Grade 7 to Grade 12 to an enrolment of about 134 students.  Both a part of the Prairie Valley School Division #208.
  Historically several one-room school houses served Grenfell and area.  Faulkner School District #53 was one of the first established in 1886 followed by Rillington #62, and Prospect #65.  Grenfell #150 was located south of the town site. Le Cain #224, Tetlock #289, Brown Hill #353, Arlington #429, Sims #432, Wolf Hills #823, Gettel #1904, and Oakshela #2458 came next serving the community until the 1950s.  By the 1960s only two of every former one-room schoolhouses were still in use.
caption: Grenfell High School circa 1925.
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