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 The history of Twin Lakes Community School began with the traditional one room school. This school housed many different grade levels together. It was situated near where Waite’s Fisheries is now located. The school was built in 1930 out of logs, was named Buffalo Narrows School. It had approximately 23 students. The first teacher was Eva Sereda. In 1936, John Goertzen became the teacher. This school was used until 1946.

The second school was built around 1945. This school was situated where the Aboriginal Head start Pre School is now. The student enrollment increased to 73 and the construction of another school began. The new school was built in the 1960’s with four classrooms. This school became known as Twin Lakes School. This school underwent many additions throughout the years to become the size it is now. The addition of the high school classrooms and the library was completed in 1981. Prior to this year, any student that wanted to obtain higher education had to attend schools in other major centers like Meadow Lake, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, etc. After the new construction of the high school and library, it was possible for all students to obtain a grade 12 within their home community. The class of 1981 was the first graduates of Twin Lakes School.

Today, Twin Lakes Community School has a student population of over 300 young people from the community and surrounding areas. The school has a big gymnasium with a stage, a science lab, home economics room, industrial arts shop, community/school library, two computer labs with internet access and a number of classrooms.

This was written up for a Welcome Booklet created by Ronelda McCallum. It was written by Darlene Petit, the librarian at the school
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