​​HISTORY
EDUCATION
ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
ST. EDWARD'S EXTRAS
by Gail Hussey-Weir
Created October 2025; Updated July 2026
​This page contains bits and bobs of information and photos regarding St. Edward's School, Bell Island, Newfoundland, 1917 - 1985. To read the history of St. Edward's School, click the "Roman Catholic Schools" button at the bottom right of this page.
Below: St. Michael's Presbytery, 1928, in the basement of which was St. Joseph's Hall where St. Edward's School was conducted from 1917-1929. Photo courtesy of A&SC, MUN Library, Livyers accession #11-147.
Below: Rear view of St. Edward's High School on the right; St. Michael's Church on the left (pre-1985):
Below: St. Edward's School class photo, year unknown, courtesy of Janette Rees:
Below: St. Edward's Grade 4, 1950, courtesy of Dolly Dwyer:
Below: St. Edward's, Grade 1, 1955-56, Miss Walsh:
Below: The next images are of St. Edward's 1962 Yearbook, courtesy of Helena Hawco Highmore. According to remarks throughout the publication, this was the first time St. Edward's produced a school yearbook.
Note: In "The History of St. Edward's" on page 11 (below) of the 1962 Yearbook, there is a typo in the second paragraph, where it says the new convent school opened in October 1921, that should be 1929. Also of note, what had become St. Edward's Academy Annex sometime before 1962 (the picture on the right below) was originally St. Michael's Boys' School from 1938 to c. 1948.
Below: St. Edward's High School Yearbook 1976-77 cover, courtesy of Fred Newton:
Below: St. Edward's High School Yearbook 1976-77 Clergy Message, courtesy of Fred Newton:
Below: St. Edward's High School Yearbook 1976-77 Principal's Message, courtesy of Fred Newton:
Below: St. Edward's High School Yearbook 1976-77 RCMP Message, courtesy of Fred Newton:
Below: St. Edward's High School Yearbook 1976-77 Staff, courtesy of Fred Newton:
Below: St. Edward's High School Yearbook 1976-77 Sports, courtesy of Fred Newton:
Below: St. Edward's High School Yearbook 1976-77 Grade 11 (1st page of Grade 11), courtesy of Fred Newton:
Below: St. Edward's High School Yearbook 1976-77 Grade 11 (2nd page of Grade 11), courtesy of Fred Newton:
Below: St. Edward's High School Yearbook 1976-77 Grade 11 (3rd page of Grade 11), courtesy of Fred Newton:
Below: St. Edward's High School Yearbook 1976-77 Grade 11 (4th page of Grade 11), courtesy of Fred Newton:
​Page from school yearbook, c. 1977 (or 1978?), courtesy of Fred Newton:
Below: St. Edward's Class of 1984, courtesy of Scott Crane: