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The following information is extracted from the Whitewood History Book Committee's "Whitewood and Area, 1882-1992".
 
1886 - First formal school opened in Whitewood.
 
1888 - Fieldstone school house opened for classes.
 
 
1905 - Whitewood has the highest rate of students passing grades in the newly-formed province of Saskatchewan.
 
1909 - A six-classroom school opens for classes on the site of the current school.
 
 
1914-1918 - High school enrolment drops drastically during the World War I years.
 
1935 - Whitewood School has the second highest rate of achievement in Saskatchewan.
 
1947 - Whitewood School District No. 57 joins the Broadview School Unit.
 
1948 - The first "Green and Gold" yearbook is published.
 
1951 - Whitewood School is demolished by a fire.
 
 
1952-1953 - Whitewood School operated out of various buildings in town until a new facility can be built.
 
1953 - New school building opens.  This is our current elementary wing and also presently houses Southeas Regional College.
 
1959 - An addition to the school adds a gymnasium (now the library), a library, a laboratory (Bio lab) and eight other classrooms.
 
1965 - The current high school wing is opened and named the L.M. Wilson School in recognition of a long-time teacher and resident.
 
1971 - School enrolment peaks at 639 students.
 
1973 - Industrial arts and home economics facilities are added to the school.
 
1975 - The current gymnasium, named for principal Richard Schmalenberg, is constructed.
 
1980's - Special education and teaching assistants are introduced to our school.  Computers also make their first appearances in our school.
 
1990's - The deline in student enrolment begins to be noticed.
 
1998 - Southeast Regional College opens its Whitewood campus in our building.  It is housed in four former classrooms of our elementary wing.
 
2000 - We welcome the new millenium with 265 students in our building.
 
20  -  The former Broadview School Division, Scenic Valley School Division and Regina East School Division amalgamate and form Aspen Grove School Division.
 
2006 - Aspen Grove School Division amalgamates and forms Prairie Valley School Division.
 
2010 - PVSD starts offering magnet courses for our grade 11 and 12 students. This involves students travelling to a different school to take a specific course. The magnet school is a specialized center with the staff, facility and equipment to deliver specific high school programs and courses. A range of courses is available to students within a reasonable geographic radius.