The Assiniboia school, founded in Winnipeg in 1958/9 was the first residential *high school* in Manitoba. Bycomparing and contrasting the Assiniboia school experience with the broader experience of residential schooling, respond to the following question: To what extent was the Assiniboia School unique, to what extent was it a reflection of the general experience of residential schooling, and what does its particular history add to the broader history of residential schooling?