​On the Thursday of Education Week, SJASD recognizes current and former staff members and Trustees who have passed away during the year (April 2024 to April 2025).

Flags throughout the Division have been lowered to half-mast to recognize these colleagues for their many contributions to the education and well being of current and former SJASD students:

Albert Allan Mayer
Bob Thompson
Gloria Lynn Balfour
Jacob Froese
Joyce Harms
Katherine Ryzner
Laurence Bernard Friesen
Liz Arnold
Lorraine Martin Laroche
Lorraine Weatherby
Lyn Kemkaran
Mervyn Farough
Nelson Soltess
Norma Hanley
Ralf Kyritz
Roy Richmond
Shirley Maurice
Susan Reimer
Terry McBride
William Humphreys
William Carl Backman

Please connect with us on Facebook​ or Instagram if you would like to offer your condolences or contribute any names that we may have missed.

This is the third time SJASD has undertaken this annual observance during Education Week, which runs from April 14 to 18, 2025. Education Week acknowledges the value of education and its importance in helping Manitoba students reach their full potential, have a sense of belonging, and be active citizens prepared to live in relationship with others and the natural world and shape the future.

For more information on Education Week, read the Education Week Provincial Proclamation for 2025​. For information on Divisional half-masting, see the related policy.