One hundred and twenty years of school history, came to an end with the closing of ”Our Lady Of The Angels Convent," in Tignish back in 1991 Going back to as early as 1860 the people talked of the need for better education, and under the leadership of the pastor, Rev. Dougald MacDonald the convent was built.

The brick was manufactured at Hughe’s brickyard in St. Felix. Three sisters from the congregation of Notre Dame arrived on October 6,1868 and opened a boarding school for girls. The numbers in one year increased from fourteen to ninety girl students. In April of 1922 the convent became a public school under the Prince Edward Island, Department of Education. Joseph A. Bernard was the first chairman of the board of school trustees.

Eventually the convent became overcrowded, along with the old grammar school for boys across the road. The problem was solved in 1930 by the Honorable, Charles Dalton, who financed the building of the

Dalton School. At first it accommodated

L three classes for boys, enough to see the old gram- mar school close its doors for the last time. A shortage of male teachers during World War Two, resulted in the boys and girls been placed together at both schools and taught by the Sisters of Notre Dame.

A milestone in the history of the convent, was the opening

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