Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gimli Collegiate / Gimli Composite High School / Gimli High School (52 Seventh Avenue, Gimli, RM of Gimli)

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Located at Gimli, this high school was commissioned by the Gimli School District No. 585 with architectural designs from Libling Michener and built by contractors Peterson and Funger in 1960-1961. The Evergreen School Division facility opened to senior students in Fall 1961 when the former collegiate was converted to Gimli School No. 2. This school was expanded in 1966 by Delta Construction. Junior high grades seven and up were transferred here for the start of the 1974-1975 school year from Gimli Public School / Gimli Junior High School.

Principals

Period	Principal
Before 1961	See Gimli High School
1961-1964	Richard Buck (1907-1994)
1964-1965	John Hamilton Menzies (1904-1998)
1965-1990	Haraldur Asgeir Johannes “Harvey” Benson (1924-2021)

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1961-1974	Nicholas “Nick” Melnychuk (1929-2005)
1974-1976	Theodore Orest “Ted” Jaremy (1943-1988)

Teachers

Period	Teachers
Before 1961	See Gimli High School
1961-1962	Marie Bergen (grade 9), Thelma Delores Boyles (grade 11), William Chimchak (grade 9), John Edward Dawson (grade 10), Doreen Verna Deshaver (grades 12 & commercial), Lesia Alexandra Kachor (grade 9, pt April - June), John Joseph Keryluk (grade 9), David Liang (grade 10), Doris Lillian Luprypa (grade 10), Pauline Marie McCabe (grade 10), Nicholas Melnychuk (grade 10), Michael William Onyschuk (grade 9), Alice Aileen Peaker (grade 12), Jo-Anne Kathryn Rostek (grade 9, September - pt April), George Daniel Roberts (grade 10), Roy John Spivak (grade 12), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11)
1962-1963	Thelma Delores Boyles (grade 12), Margaret Florence Campbell (grade 11), William Chimchak (grade 9), John Edward Dawson (grade 9), Charles Hamelynck (grade 9), John Joseph Keryluk (grade 10), David Liang (grade 10), Doris Lillian Luprypa (grade 10), Pauline Marie McCabe (grade 11), Nicholas Melnychuk (grade 11), Michael William Onyschuk (grade 9), Alice Aileen Peaker (grade 12), George Daniel Roberts (grade 10), Jo-Anne Kathryn Rostek (grade 9), Joyce Irene Rowe (grade 10), Thomas Frank Tyler (Grade 9), Roy John Spivak (grade 12), Howard George Wiebe (grade 11)
1963-1964	Norma Jean Bjornson (grade 10), William Chimchak (grade 9), Charlotte Louise Conrad (grade 9), Elizabeth Lillian Davidson (grade 10, August-March), John Edward Dawson (grade 9), Raymond Michael Faryna (grade 9), Shirley Ann Field (grade 10, April-June), Charles Hamelynck (grade 9, August-December; grade 10, January-June), Josephine Joyce Hupka (grade 11), John Joseph Keryluk (grade 10), David Liang (grade 12), Lorne Olga Long (grade 10, August-December), Doris Lillian Luprypa (grade 11, August-September), Pauline Marie McCabe (grade 12), Clyde Manswell (grade 11), Nicholas Melnychuk (grade 11), Lenard John Morlock (grade 9), Irene Muliyil (grade 11, October-June), William Nowosad (grade 9, January-June), Alice Aileen Peaker (grade 12), George Daniel Roberts (grade 10), Howard George Wiebe (grade 11), John M. Wilkie (grade 10, January-June)
1964-1965	Allan Andruschak (grade 11), Donald Gordon Axford (grade 10), Jean Bjornson (grade 11), Thelma Delores Boyles (grade 10, August-December), William Chimchak (grade 9), Charlotte Louise Conrad (grade 9, August - pt May), John Edward Dawson (grade 9), Arnold Dettman (grade 9, August-February), Samuel Donen (grade 9, March-June), Shirley Ellen Ewen (grade 10), Raymond Michael Faryna (grade 9), Gustaf H. Finnson (grades 11-12), Charles Hamelynck (grade 11), John Joseph Keryluk (grade 10), Marjorie Rose Kuslak (grade 10, January-June), David Liang (grade 12), Charles Raymond “Ray” Linklater (grade 9, pt May - June), Pauline Marie McCabe (grades 11-12), Clyde Manswell (grade 9, August - pt May), Nicholas Melnychuk (grade 11), Alice Aileen Peaker (grade 12), Jo-Anne Kathryn Rostek (grade 10), John Alanson Smolleck (grade 10)
1965-1966	Patricia Anna Bjornson (grade 11), Charlotte Louise Conrad (grade 9, August-April), John Edward Dawson (grade 9), Samuel Donen (grade 12), Charles Hamelynck (grade 10), Lennox K. Harris (grade 10, August - pt May), Michael John Kasjar (grade 11), John Joseph Keryluk (grade 11), Marjorie Rose Kuslak (grade 11), David Liang (grade 12), Pauline Marie McCabe (grade 12), Lynda Jean McLaren (grade 10, August - pt May), Andrew Minarik (grade 10, pt May - June), Alice Aileen Peaker (grade 12), George Penner (grade 9), Margaret Isabel Proulx (grade 9), Roy Herbert Ruth (grade 11), John Alanson Smolleck (grade 10), Dulcie Bertha Snider (grade 10, pt May - June), Gail Marjorie Anne Thompson (grade 9, May-June), Merle Armanda Winkler (grade 9)
1966-1967	Patricia Anna Bjornson (grade 11), Peter Capar (grade 9), Marjorie Rose Kuslak Catley (grade 11), David Kai-Hong Chung (grade 9, January-June), John Edward Dawson (grade 10), Peter Froese (grade 11), Charles Hamelynck (grade 12), Theodore Orest “Ted” Jaremy (grade 10), John Joseph Keryluk (grade 11), Merle Armanda Winkler Kubas (grade 9, September-December), Michael Kubas (grade 9), David Liang (grade 9, January-June), Pauline Marie McCabe (grade 12), Lynda Jean McLaren (grade 9, September-December), Normal Warren Mills (grade 12), Andrew Minarik (grade 11), Michael Thomas Olito (grade 9), Alice Aileen Peaker (grade 12), George Penner (grade 9), John Alanson Smolleck (grade 10)

Photos & Coordinates

Gimli Composite High School (1970) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Government photographs (CH 0267), GR3552, 70-2764. Gimli Composite High School (1971) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Government photographs (CH 0267), GR3552, 71-3183. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.63490, W96.99701 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gimli Public School No. 585 (74 Second Avenue, Gimli, RM of Gimli)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: George Johnson School (Third Avenue, Gimli, RM of Gimli)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gimli High School / Gimli School No. 2 / Sigurbjorg Stefansson School (Third Avenue, Gimli, RM of Gimli)

Sources:

“Gimli citizens discuss site for new collegiate,” Selkirk Enterprise, 9 December 1959, page 10.

“Commencement exercises held at Gimli High School,” Arborg Lake Centre News 3 November 1967, page 1.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Gimli School District No. 585 (Gimli High School) Daily Registers, GR6124, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in the Interlake - Manitoba - Volume 1 - File 20D Gimli Composite, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 May 2023

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