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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.
Period
Principal
Before 1961
1961-1964
Richard Buck (1907-1994)
1964-1965
John Hamilton Menzies (1904-1998)
1965-1990
Haraldur Asgeir Johannes “Harvey” Benson (1924-2021)
Period
Vice-Principal
1961-1974
Nicholas “Nick” Melnychuk (1929-2005)
1974-1976
Theodore Orest “Ted” Jaremy (1943-1988)
Period
Teachers
Before 1961
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 Macgregor 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)
1967-1968
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1968-1969
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1969-1970
1970-1971
1971-1972
1972-1973
1973-1974
1974-1975
Cecil Anderson, Robert Arnason, William Carl “Bill” Barlow, Carol Bodnarchuk, Robert Burkard, Peter Capar, Barbara Chapryk, Jean Chartrand, John Dawson, Dennis Egesz, Gus Finnson, Peter Froese, Jocelyn Hettich, Richard Johnston, Gerald Jonasson, Helen Kozar, Kenneth Kristofferson, Michael Kubas, Benjamin Kubrakovich, David Liang, Michael Lysack, Pauline McCabe, Barbara McIntosh, Andrew Minarik, Victor Moskal, Alison Olson, Michael Onyschuk, George Penner, Edward Powroznik, Randolph Sigurdson, Joseph Sorokowski, Veronica Stepa, Rudy Thiessen
Other teachers of Gimli Composite High School included Mohamed El-Sayed Hawash (1977-?).
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.
Gimli High School (July 2023)
Source: Glen ToewsSite 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)
“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.
“Evergreen Division teaching staff,” Arborg Lake Centre News and Manitouwapa Times, 27 August 1974, page 4.
We thank Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 September 2024
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