Janet Carlisle Johnstone was born 19 Oct 1910 in Ferintosh, Alberta, Canada. Hers was the first birth registered there. [1] She became a school teacher, teaching in various Alberta schools from 1929 to 1952. Janet taught in New Norway, Ferintosh (1930-1935), [2][3] Mirror, and Calgary (1942-1952). [4]
"I, Mary Bean Ringwall Warke, first came to Ferintosh in 1934 ... I attended the old two-story school when Jenny Johnstone taught the primary grades..." [5]
In 1952, Janet became Primary Supervisor for Public Schools in Calgary, Alberta and held that position until 1964. Then she became Assistant Superintendant of Elementary Schools until 1973 when she retired from the Calgary Public School Board due to ill health.
Janet died of radiation therapy given for cancer on 31 Jan 1984. Her funeral service was held at Park Memorial Chapel, 1507 - 4 St. S.W. at 11:00 a.m., Rev. S.J. Stewart officiating. [6] Burial at Queen's Park Cemetery followed. [7]
In 1983 a Calgary school was named Janet C. Johnstone School in her honour.
Our school was named after Janet C. Johnstone. Janet was born in Ferintosh, Alberta, attended the Camrose Normal School, and taught in rural Alberta before settling in Calgary in 1942. She taught in several Calgary schools: James Short, Haultain, Elbow Park, Glengarry, and the University Demonstration School. Janet Johnstone was appointed Primary Supervisor in 1952 and Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Schools in 1964. She was the first woman in this senior administrative capacity. During a career that spanned 43 years, Janet Johnstone served on the Elementary School Program Commission and committees of the Department of Education and the University. She promoted the establishment of the first kindergarten programs in Calgary and was a dynamic part of every major development in the organization and curriculum in Calgary during her period in office. Janet Johnstone retired in 1973 and passed away shortly after our school opening. [8]
Sources
↑ "From Then to Now in the Village of Ferintosh" / Frank Jackson, p. 24, Ferintosh and District : Little Beaver Tales, (Ferintosh History Book Committee, Ferintosh, Alberta: 1986)
↑ Ferintosh and District : Little Beaver Tales, "Ferintosh School District #2345" by Marilyn Assheton-Smith, p. 267.
↑ "Seventh Census of Canada, 1931," database and images, Ancestry (accessed 24 Nov 2023); Evergreen, Camrose, page 4; Library and Archives Canada, folder T-27352.
↑ Teachers' Registers Province of Alberta, Book 10, 1929 - 1930, entry for Jennie C. Johnstone, New Norway, agreement valid from 3-9-29, Class I certificate, tenure 31 12 30. Salary 1000; Provincial Archives of Alberta
↑ Janet Johnstone School, webpage, downloaded 15 Oct 2007. This page is no longer on the Calgary Board of Education website for the school.
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