Twillingate Island Elementary, originally known in the Twillingate area as Central School, was built in the late 1940s. Up to the end of the 1950s the original four-room, all-grade school operated by the United Church Board of Education, was one of a dozen denominational schools scattered all over Twillingate Island from Crow Head to Lower Jenkins Cove to Kettle Cove.
With the opening of the High School in 1960, Central School accommodated students from Kindergarten to Grade 8, and a few years later, from Kindergarten to Grade 6. At that time it served only those students from the local Twillingate area.
In 1969 all schools came under the jurisdiction of the Notre Dame Integrated School Board. The following year, Central School, St. Peter's, the schools at Crow Head, Little Harbour, and Kettle Cove were integrated. In 1970 - 71, while new classrooms and a gymnasium were being added to Central School, kindergarten to Grade Three were accomodated at Central and Grades Four to Six attended St. Peter's. In September, 1971, Central School was ready to accept all students. Early in 1972, a second extension was completed and students from the schools at Manuel's Cove and Bluff Head Cove moved in.
In 1987 the original four-room section was torn down and construction of another extension began. That year Central School and Durrell Academy were consolidated. For the next two years Kindergarten to Grade Two attended the Academy and Grades Three to Six attended Central. In 1989 all students moved into Central. Consolidation was complete. It was time for a new name.
Today Twillingate Island Elementary is a modern facility serving students from all over Twillingate Island with an enrollment of approximately 217 students. |
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