SOOKE HISTORY: A look back at Sooke’s one-room schools

SOOKE HISTORY: A look back at Sooke’s one-room schools

While the first Sooke school opened in 1872, in time, as settlers began to establish households throughout the region, other one-room schools opened. It was in 1919 that Shirley School opened on Sheringham Point Road. Early schools were set up as well in Jordan River, Otter Point, and East Sooke. It was the Arden family at the lighthouse, the Clarks, the Milligans, the Crosses, the Frenches, and the Banners who were among the prominent families …