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The Gimli School District was formally established in May 1889 within Gimli and a schoolhouse was constructed. This first building was expanded and was used until 1900. It was then used as the Gimli Town Hall (?-1965) and Health Unit (1965-?). Removed from its site around 1970, the property was developed into the Gimli Fire Hall.
To replace the original building's capacity, a new two-room frame structure was commissioned in 1900 to house both elementary and high school grades. As enrollment grew, additional classroom space was made available. A third classroom was added in 1906, a fourth classroom was established within the Good Templar Hall at the corner of Third Avenue and First Street South in 1912, and space for a fifth classroom furnished on the seocond floor of H. P. Tergesen General Store.
In 1915, the district sought to consolidate its presence into a single structure and commissioned a new brick schoolhouse to be built by contractor Halldor Sigurdsson. It was expanded by two classrooms in the early 1930s. In the summer of 1950, work began on construction of a new Gimli High School, on the block north of the Gimli Public School. At that time, separate Principals were assigned to the elementary grades (at the Public School) and senior grades (in the new Collegiate). The Gimli Composite High School building opened in Fall 1961 at which time the former high school became the Gimli School No. 2. In 1967, the Gimli Public School survived a name-the-school contest sponsored by the Gimli Women’s Institute which saw the two other elementary schools on the same grounds both named; however, it was decided to retain the well-known moniker. The Gimli Public School served the community under that name into the 1960s when it, along with Sigurbjorg Stefansson School (formerly Gimli School No. 2) and the new George Johnson School, became collectively known as the Gimli Elementary Schools, though each all retaining their individuals names. From 1972-1974, the Gimli Public School became the Gimli Junior High School before closing in the summer of 1974 and junior high grades were subsequently transferred to the Gimli Composite High School.
The Gimli Junior High School facility was closed and condemned in the spring of 1974, being deemed unsafe by local School Inspectors following a dislodged portion of masonry falling from above the buildings front door. It would subsequently see usage as a maintendance facility for the Evergreen School Division. It was later fully renovated and now provides offices for the Municipality of Gimli and other governmental and community groups. The attic in the school is the home of Gimli’s own Huldufolk (hidden people) from Iceland. If you make your way up the spiral staircase and sit quietly, you may even hear them.
The building became a municipally-designated heritage site in 1991.
Period
Principal
1900-1903
Hjortur Jonas Leo (1875-1931)
1904
John Erickson (?-?)
1905
Charles L. Fillmore
1905-1908
John Erickson (?-?)
1908
Freda S. Harold
1909
W. H. Metcalfe
1909-1910
Walter Gard Jose (1878-1948)
1910-1911
Everett George Porter (1889-1961)
1911-1912
Stefan Agust Bjarnason (c1886-1922)
1912-1914
Benjamin Hodkinson (1864-1948)
1914-1915
J. E. Rothery
1915
Sigrun Ingibjorg Helgason (1892-1963)
1916-1918
Olafia Jonina Jonsson Melan (1887-1966)
1918-1919
Asta Austmann Oddson (1893-1974)
1919
M. Johnson
1919
Paul G. Hiebert
1919-1921
Gudmundur Olafur Thorsteinson (1888-1934)
1921-1925
Olafia Jonina Jonsson Melan (1887-1966)
1925-1926
Robert Cameron Mulligan (1889-1976)
1926-1929
Alfred Blakely Gillespie (1870-1939)
1929-1935
William Meldrum (1884-1959)
1935-1947
Jon Kristinn Laxdal (1900-1971)
1947-1949
Clarence David “Casey” Voigt (1903-1988)
1949-1950
John Franklin Morrison (1910-1984)
1950-1951
Johann Edvald Sigurjonsson (1900-1972)
1951-1956
John Charles Gottfried (1917-1980)
1956-1959
Samuel Yaremchuk (1933-1997)
1959-1961
Michael William “Mike” Moroz (1923-1991)
Period
Principal
After 1951
Period
Assistant-Principal / Vice-Principal
1921
Samuel Stewart Bryan (1889-1972)
1922
M. A. Leet
1922-1923
Stewart W. Code
1923-1926
Sigurbjorg Stefansson (1897-1985)
1926-1927
Ethel Bendit (1902-1995)
1927-1931
Sigurbjorg Stefansson (1897-1985)
1931-1932
Jon Kristinn Laxdal (1900-1971)
1932-1940
Sigurbjorg Stefansson (1897-1985)
1940-1941
Matthildur “Matth” Frederickson
1941-1950
Sigurbjorg Stefansson (1897-1985)
1950-1961
?
Among the early teachers of Gimli School were Sig Thorarinson (Fall 1889 - Spring 1890), Annie Anderson (Fall 1890 - Spring 1891), J. E. Elden (Fall 1890 - Spring 1892), none? (Fall 1892), Johann Solmundsson (Spring 1893), Sveinn Thorvaldson (Fall 1893 - Spring 1895 & pt Fall 1897), Hjortur J. Leo (Fall 1895 - Spring 1896), S. Gulloimsson? (Fall 1896 - Spring 1897), Bjorn B. Olson (pt Fall 1897 & Spring 1898), J. P. Johannason? (Fall 1898), J. P. Solmundsson (Spring 1899), and Albert Edward Kristjansson (Fall 1899).
Period
Teachers
1900
Hjortur J. Leo (senior grades, Fall), Boris J. Sigvaldason (senior grades, Spring), Jennie Vopni (junior grades)
1901
Hjortur J. Leo (senior grades), Jennie Vopni (junior grades)
1902
Hjortur J. Leo (senior grades), Jennie Vopni (junior grades)
1903
Hjortur J. Leo (senior grades), Jennie Vopni (junior grades)
1904
John Erickson (senior grades), Estella M. Thompson (junior grades)
1905
Irene B. Bradley (junior grades, Fall), John Erickson (senior grades, Fall), Charles L. Fillmore (senior grades, Spring), Eva Hodgins (junior grades, Spring)
1906
Mary K. Anderson (grades 1-4, Fall), Irene B. Bradley (grades 1-4, Spring), John Erickson (grades 5-9)
1907
Mary K. Anderson (grades 1-5, January-June), John Erickson (grades 6-9, January-June; grades 7-9, September-December), Gudny Solmundson (grades 3-6, September-October), Steinunn Jonasina “Steina” Stefanson (grades 3-6, November-December), Olof S. Sveinsson (grades 1-2, September-December)
1908
John Erickson (grades 7-9, January-June), Freda S. Harold (grades 7-9, August-December), Runolfur Marteinsson (grades 3-6, August-December), Steinunn Jonasina “Steina” Stefanson (grades 3-6, January-June), Olof S. Sveinsson (grades 1-2)
1909
Walter Gard Jose (grades 6-9, September-December), W. H. Metcalfe (grades 6-9, January-June), Steinunn Jonasina “Steina” Stefanson (grades 1-2), Runolfur Marteinsson (grades 3-5)
1910
Olafia Jonina Jonsson (grades 1-3), Walter Gard Jose (grades 8-9, January-June), Everett George Porter (grades 8-9, September-December), Steinunn Jonasina “Steina” Stefanson (grades 4-6, September-December), Runolfur Marteinsson (grades 4-6, January-June)
1911
Stefan A. Bjarnason (grades 8-9, September-December), Olafia Jonina Jonsson (grades 1-3), Everett George Porter (grades 8-9, January-June), Steinunn Jonasina “Steina” Stefanson (grades 4-6, January-June), Annie Z. Tuttle (grades 4-6, September-December)
1912
(Spring only): Stefan A. Bjarnason (grades 8-9, January-June), Olafia Jonina Jonsson (grades 1-3, January-June), Annie Z. Tuttle (grades 4-6, January-June)
1912-1913
Benjamin Hodkinson (grades 8-10), Dorothy L. Hodkinson (grades 4-6), Olof A. Jonsson (grade 1, November-June), Elizabeth H. Polson (grade 1, September-October), Olof S. Sveinsson (grades 1-3)
1913-1914
Benjamin Hodkinson (grades 7-10), Dorothy L. Hodkinson (grades 4-6), Olof A. Jonsson (grades 2-3), Jonasina Stefanson (grades 2-4)
1914-1915
Winnifred Caldwell (? grades, Spring), John Erickson (? grades, Fall), Olof Jonsson (? (grades), J. C? Lothery (? grades, Spring), Ethel W. McBeth (? grades, Spring), J. E. Rothery (grades 7-10, Spring), Jonasina Stefanson (? grades), Emma Thompson (? grades)
1915-1916
S. Bjornsson (grades 4-6, January-June), Sigrun Ingibjorg Helgason (grades 9-11, August-December), Olof A. Jonnason (grades 2-3), Olafia Jonina Jonsson (grades 9-11, January-June), Mabel S. Joseph (grades 4-5, January-June), Ethel W. McBeth (graeds 4-6, August-December), Jonasina Stefanson (grades 4-5, August-December), Emma Thompson (grades 1-2)
1916-1917
Olafia Jonina Jonsson (grades 9-11), Mabel S. Joseph (grades 4-5), Mildred Agnes Olsen (grades 1-2), Ingibjorg J. Peturson [Petursson] (grades 6-7), Emma Thompson (grades 1-2)
1917-1918
Olafia Jonina Jonsson (grades 7-10), Mildred Agnes Olsen (grades 1-2, September-December; grades 1-3, January-June), Ingibjorg J. Peturson [Petursson] (grades 5-6), Lara B. Thordarson (grades 3-4)
1918-1919
Asta Austmann Oddson (grades 8-11, September-December; grades 9-11, January-June), Marion Evans (grades 1-2), Mildred Agnes Olsen (grades 2-4, January-June), Ingibjorg J. Peturson [Petursson] (grades 5-7, September-December; grades 6-8, January-June), Lara B. Thordarson (grades 2-4, September-December; grades 4-6, January-June)
1919-1920
Paul G. Hiebert (grades 8-10, pt September - pt October), M. Johnson (grades 8-10, pt September), Ingibjorg J. Peturson [Petursson] (grades 5-8, October-June), Claire V. O’Connor (grades 3-4, September-December), Delia J. O’Connor (grades 1-2), Lara B. Thordarson (grades 5-7, September; grades 3-4, February-June), ? (grades 3-4, January), Gudmundur Olafur Thorsteinson (grades 8-10, pt October - June)
1920-1921
J. Abrahamson (grades 2-3, March), Elizabeth Knox (grades 2-3, April-June), Samuel Stewart Bryan (grade 9, January-June), Ingibjorg J. Peturson (grades 6-7, September-December; grades 7-8, January-June), Jonasina Stefanson (grades 2-3, September-February), J. Inga Tergesen? (grade 1), Lara B. Thordarson (grades 4-5, September-December; grades 4-6, January-June), Gudmundur Olafur Thorsteinson (grades 8-10, September-December;grades 10-11, January-June)
1921-1922
Samuel Stewart Bryan (grade 9, September-December), Jean Gray (grades 2-3), Olafia Jonina Jonsson (grades 10-11), M. A. Leet (grade 9, January-June), Delle M. Myers (grade 1), Ingibjorg J. Peturson (grades 6-8, September - pt March), Margaret Shiel (grades 6-8, pt March - June), Lara B. Thordarson (grades 4-5)
1922-1923
Stewart W. Code (grade 9), Elizabeth Fahey (grade 1), Jean Gray (grades 2-3), Ethel Emily Melita Groves (grades 6-8), Olafia Jonina Jonsson (grades 10-11), Margaret H. Skaptason (grades 4-5)
1923-1924
Jean Gray (grades 2-3), Ethel Emily Melita Groves (grades 6-8), Olafia Jonina Jonsson (grades 10-11), Any McPherson (grades 4-5), Margaret H. Skaptason (grades 2-3), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 9)
1924-1925
L? M. Cameron (grades 2-3, pt April - June), Jean Gray (grade 1), Ethel Emily Melita Groves (grades 6-8), Olafia Jonina Jonsson (grades 10-11), Benjamin Franklin Olson (grades 4-5), Margaret H. Skaptason (grades 2-3, September - pt April), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 9)
1925-1926
Jean Gray (grade 1), Ethel Emily Melita Groves (grades 6-8), Robert Cameron Mulligan (grades 10-11), Benjamin Franklin Olson (grades 4-5), Laura H. Solmundson (grades 1-5), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 9)
1926-1927
Ethel Bendit (grade 9), Jessie Bell Chambers (grades 2-3), Mrs. Fergesen (grades 1-3, April-June), Alfred Blakely Gillespie (grades 10-11), Thuridur Johnson (grades 4-5), Laura H. Solmundson (grades 1-3, September-March), Christine Jona Thorsteinson (grades 6-8)
1927-1928
Jessie Bell Chambers (grades 3-4), Alfred Blakely Gillespie (grades 10-11), Thuridur Johnson (grades 5-6), Vigdes Magnusson (grades 1-2), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 9), Christine Jona Thorsteinson (grades 6-8)
1928-1929
School closed for September due to infant paralysis outbreak. Alfred Blakely Gillespie (grades 10-11), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grades 7-8), Vigdes Magnusson (grades 3-4), Elsie Petursson (grades 1-2), Franz Juluis Solmundson (grades 4-6), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 9)
1929-1930
Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grades 7-8), Vigdes Magnusson (grades 3-4), William Meldrum (grades 10-11), Elsie Petursson (grades 1-2), Franz Juluis Solmundson (grades 5-6), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 9)
1930-1931
Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grades 7-8), Vigdes Magnusson (grades 3-4), William Meldrum (grades 10-11), Franz Juluis Solmundson (grades 5-6), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 9), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2)
1931-1932
Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grade 11), Vigdes Magnusson (grades 7-8), William Meldrum (grades 9-10), Alma Adelaide Olson (grades 3-4), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2), Sylvia Thorsteinson (grades 5-6)
1932-1933
William Meldrum (grades 10-11), Alma Adelaide Olson (grades 3-4), Benjamin Franklin Olson (grades 7-8), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 9), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2), Sylvia Thorsteinson (grades 5-6)
1933-1934
William Meldrum (grades 10-11), Alma Adelaide Olson (grades 3-4), Benjamin Franklin Olson (grades 7-8), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 9), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2), Sylvia Thorsteinson (grades 5-6)
1934-1935
William Meldrum (grades 9-10), Alma Adelaide Olson (grades 3-4), Benjamin Franklin Olson (grades 7-8), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2), Sylvia Thorsteinson (grades 5-6)
1935-1936
Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grades 9-10), Alma Adelaide Olson (grades 3-4), Oscar George Solmundson (grades 7-8), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2), Sylvia Thorsteinson (grades 5-6)
1936-1937
Ellen Gudrun Frederickson (grades 3-4), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grades 9-10), Oscar George Solmundson (grades 7-8), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2), Sylvia Thorsteinson (grades 5-6)
1937-1938
Ellen Gudrun Frederickson (grades 2-3), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grades 9-10), Oscar George Solmundson (grades 6-8), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2), Sylvia Thorsteinson (grades 4-5)
1938-1939
Kristine Gudrun Benson (grades 4-5), Ellen Gudrun Frederickson (grades 2-3), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grades 9-10), Oscar George Solmundson (grades 6-8), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2)
1939-1940
Kristine Gudrun Benson (grades 5-6), Ellen Gudrun Frederickson (grades 2-4), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grades 9-10), Oscar George Solmundson (grades 7-8), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2)
1940-1941
Kristine Gudrun Benson (grades 5-6), Matthildur “Matth” Frederickson (grade 11), Roland Albert Hunt (grades 7-8), Margaret Kristiana Johnson (grades 2-4), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grades 9-10), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2)
1941-1942
Hugh Edward Beddome (grades 5-6), Kristine Gudrun Benson (grades 3-4), Alexander W. Ewanchuk (grades 7-8), Matthildur “Matth” Frederickson (grades 9-10), Margaret Kristiana Johnson (grades 2-3), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grade 12), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2)
1942-1943
Edna Virginia Alferd (grade 9), Hugh Edward Beddome (grades 5-6), Kristine Gudrun Benson (grades 3-4), Alexander W. Ewanchuk (grades 7-8), Margaret Kristiana Johnson (grades 2-3), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grade 10), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2)
1943-1944
Edna Virginia Alferd (grades 9-10), Hugh Edward Beddome (grades 7-8), Kristine Gudrun Benson (grades 4-5), Margaret Kristiana Johnson (grades 2-3), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grade 12), Edith Ann Loewen (grades 5-6), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2)
1944-1945
Hugh Edward Beddome (grades 7-8), Kristine Gudrun Benson (grades 4-5), Aline A. Hebert (grade 9), Margaret Kristiana Johnson (grades 2-4), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grade 10), Edith Ann Loewen (grades 5-6), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grades 11-12), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2)
1945-1946
Hugh Edward Beddome (grade 7), Kristine Gudrun Benson (grades 4-5), Margaret Kristiana Johnson (grades 2-3), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grade 10), Margaret Roberta Paterson (grades 5-6), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grades 1-2), Bertha Alida Vandersteen (grade 9)
1946-1947
Harvey Edgar Hedley (grades 6-7), John Charles Gottfried (grades 7-8), Kristine Gudrun Benson Kristofferson (grades 3-4), Jon Kristinn Laxdal (grade 10), Margaret Alison Millar (grades 2-3), Margaret Roberta Paterson (grades 4-5), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grade 1), Bertha Alida Vandersteen (grade 9)
1947-1948
Elizabeth Barkwell (grade 9), John Charles Gottfried (grade 8), Ethel Greenberg (grades 4-5), Harvey Edgar Hedley (grade 7), Kristine Gudrun Benson Kristofferson (grades 3-4, August-December), Margaret Alison Millar (grade 2), Margaret Roberta Paterson (grade 6), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grade 11), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grade 1), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grades 3-4, January-June), Clarence David “Casey” Voigt (grade 10)
1948-1949
Earl Calverley (grade 9), John Charles Gottfried (grade 8), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Margaret Alison Millar (grade 2), Margaret Roberta Paterson (grades 5-6), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grades 11-12), Peter Paul Susky (grade 7), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grade 1), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grade 3), Clarence David “Casey” Voigt (grade 10)
1949-1950
Iris Sigridur Frederickson (grade 2), Harry Herbert Galan (grade 10), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), John Charles Gottfried (grade 8), John Franklin Morrison (grade 9), Alfred Arnold Roehl (grades 5-6), Sigurbjorg Stefansson (grades 11-12), Peter Paul Susky (grades 6-7), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grade 1), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grade 3)
1950-1951
Asta Jonina Asmundson (grade 5), James Randolph Cameron (grade 12), Harry Herbert Galan (grade 10), John Charles Gottfried (grade 8), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Alfred Arnold Roehl (grade 6), Elma Elsie Ruchotski (commercial), Johann Evald “Eddie” Sigurjonsson (grade 9), Peter Paul Susky (grade 7), Iris Sigridur Frederickson Tarfason (grade 2), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grade 1), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grade 3)
1951-1952
Marjorie Constance Bullock (grade 5), John Charles Gottfried (grade 8), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Alfred Arnold Roehl (grade 6), Peter Paul Susky (grade 7), Jorun Valdis Thordarson (grade 1), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grade 3)
1952-1953
John Charles Gottfried (grade 8), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Elizabeth Horobetz (grade 5), Evelyn Laura Lambert (grade 1), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Edith Ann Orton (grade 6), Peter Paul Susky (grade 7), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grade 3)
1953-1954
John Charles Gottfried (grade 8), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Eileen Victoria Keith (grade 1), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Edith Ann Orton (grade 6), Peter Paul Susky (grade 7), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grade 3), Lorna Leonard Walley (grade 5)
1954-1955
Minna “Minnie” Boyd (grade 6, January-June), Yvonne Mae Copeland (grade 5, January-June), Patricia Helen Foster (grade 1), John Charles Gottfried (grade 8), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Helga Emily Johnson (grade 7), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Edith Ann Orton (grade 6, September-December), Alma Margaret Sirurdson (grade 5, September-December), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grade 3)
1955-1956
Minna “Minnie” Boyd (grade 6), Yvonne Mae Copeland (grade 5), Patricia Helen Foster (grade 1), John Charles Gottfried (grade 8), Ethel Greenberg (grade 4), Cecil Ens? Hopko (grade 7), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grade 3)
1956-1957
Violet Rose Blaker (grade 1), Cecil Ens? Hopko (grade 7), Mildred Evelyn McCurdy (grade 5), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Margaret Louise Sumner (grade 4), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grade 3), Inga Wipper (grade 6), Samuel Yaremchuk (grade 8)
1957-1958
Violet Rose Blaker (grade 1), Minna “Minnie” Boyd (grade 6), Mildred Evelyn McCurdy (grade 5), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Michael William “Mike” Moroz (grade 7), Margaret Louise Sumner (grade 4), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grade 3), Samuel Yaremchuk (grade 8)
1958-1959
Violet Rose Blaker (grade 1), Irene June Eggertson (grade 4), Patricia Helen Foster (grade 5, January-June), Helga E. Johnson (grade 5, pt December), Michael Kubas (graed 6), Mildred Evelyn McCurdy (grade 5, September - pt December), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Agnes Martens (grade 1), Michael William “Mike” Moroz (grade 7), Ljotun Thorsteinsson (grade 3), Samuel Yaremchuk (grade 8)
1959-1960
Hulda F. Bjarnason (grade 3), Irene June Eggertson (grade 4), Patricia Helen Foster (grades 1-2), Michael Kubas (grade 6), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Agnes Martens (grade 1), Michael William “Mike” Moroz (grade 7), Machiko Shibuya (grade 5), Samuel Yaremchuk (grade 8)
1960-1961
Hulda Frances Bjarnason (grade 3), Dorothy Pauline Coates (grade 1), Marian Adelheid Enns (grades 2-3), Doris Jean Howard (grade 4), Michael Kubas (grade 6), Theodore Lagloire (grade 8), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Michael William “Mike” Moroz (grade 7), Machiko Shibuya (grade 5)
Period
Principal
1961-1965
Michael William “Mike” Moroz (1923-1991)
Period
Supervising Principal
1965-1972
Michael William “Mike” Moroz (1923-1991)
After 1972
Period
Vice-Principal
1961-1967
Ellen Gudrun Frederickson Magnusson (1910-1985)
Period
Teachers
1961-1962
Donna Irene Gunn (grades 3-4), Doris Jean Howard (grade 4), Daisy Gudrun S. Isfjord (grade 1), Sylvia May Kardal (grade 6), Mrs. S. J. Johnson (grade 3, pt January), Kristine Gudrun Benson Kristofferson (grade 1, January-February), Michael Kubas (grade 6), Mrs. M. Lagloire (grade 3, pt September), Theodore Lagloire (grade 8), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grades 1-2), Michael William “Mike” Moroz (grade 7), Gladys Rozecki (grade 3, pt September - December & pt January - June), Machiko Shibuya (grade 5), Lillian Wlosek (grade 1, September-December & March-June)
1962-1963
Margaret Irene Bergner (kindergarten), Hulda Frances Bjarnason (grade 3), Doris Roberta Griffiths (grades 5-6), Doris Jean Howard (grade 4), Kristine Gudrun Benson Kristofferson (grades 3-4), Michael Kubas (grade 7), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Michael William “Mike” Moroz (grade 8), Gladys Reinhart (grades 1-2), Sylvia May Kardal Rye (grade 5), Iwan Suprowich (grade 6), Lillian Wlosek (grade 1)
1963-1964
Niels Melvin Annell (grade 6), Margaret Irene Bergner (kindergarten), Karen Adrene Dixon (grade 5), Daisy Gudrun S. Isfjord (grade 1), Kristine Gudrun Benson Kristofferson (grades 3-4), Michael Kubas (grade 7), Mary-Ann Luprypa (grade 4), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Michael William “Mike” Moroz (grade 8), Gladys Reinhart (grade 1), Ladine Fredricka Rousseau (grade 3), Sylvia May Kardal Rye (grade 5), Mary Angeline Shebeski (grades 6-7), Iwan Suprowich (grade 6)
1964-1965
Cecil Walter Anderson (grades 7-8), Margaret Irene Bergner (kindergarten), Hulda Frances Bjarnason (grade 5), Elizabeth Mary Finnson (grades 1-2), Daisy Gudrun S. Isfjord (grade 1), Kristine Gudrun Benson Kristofferson (grades 3-4), Michael Kubas (grade 7), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Mary-Ann Luprypa Masyk (grade 4), Michael William “Mike” Moroz (grade 8), Ladine Fredricka Rousseau (grade 3), Sylvia May Kardal Rye (grade 5), Mary Angeline Shebeski (grade 6)
1965-1966
Cecil Walter Anderson (grade 8), Gerald Bernacki (grade 7), Hulda Frances Bjarnason (grade 5), Sylvia Loraine Cherepak (grade 3), Elizabeth Mary Finnson (grade 1), Margaret Irene Bergner Grabenhof (kindergarten), Ellen Gudrun Halfdanson (grade 6), Daisy Gudrun S. Isfjord (grade 1), Kristine Gudrun Benson Kristofferson (grade 4), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2), Frances Olson (grades 4-5), Sylvia May Kardal Rye (grade 5), Elsie A. Senkow (grade 7), Mary Angeline Shebeski (grade 6), Sharon Dianne Stefanson (grade 3), Lillian Wlosek (grades 1-2)
1966-1967
Cecil Walter Anderson (grade 8), Sylvia Loraine Cherepak (grade 3), Shirley anne Marie Cook (grade 1), Elizabeth Mary Finnson (grade 2, November-December; grade 2, January-June), Marlene Katherine Friesen (grade 1), Ellen Gudrun Halfdanson (grade 4), Donald Norman “Don” Hrehoruk (grade 5), Christine Margaret Louise Albrecht Isfeld (grade 2, September-April & June), S. J. Johnson (grade 2, May), Kristine Gudrun Benson Kristofferson (grade 4), Frances Julia Kuzik (grade 5), Sandra Yvonne Letain (grade 6), Ladine Fredricka Luprypa (grade 3), Ellen Gudrun Magnusson (grade 2, September-October & February-June), Edward Michael Powroznik (grade 7), Mary Angeline Shebeski (grade 6), Dorothy Lorraine Salzsauler (grade 6), Joseph Peter Sorokowski (grade 7), Janet Stewart (grade 2, January), Michael John Syrnyk (grade 8), Lillian Wlosek (grade 1)
Period
Vice-Principal
1967-1969
Mary Angeline Bialek Shebeski (1920-2017)
1969-1972
Cecil Walter Anderson (c1931-2001)
Period
Teachers
1967-1968
Christine Esther Carol Johnson (grade 5), Kristine Gudrun Benson Kristofferson (grade 4), Frances Julia Kuzik (grade 5), Jill Elaine Lockwood (grade 5), Frances Dorothy Olson (grade 4), Sister Lena Renaud (grade 6), Mary Angeline Shebeski (grade 6), Shirley Elizabeth Zinman (grade 4)
1968-1969
Bety Helen Ganczar (grade 5), Frances Dorothy Olson Gushulak (grade 4), Kristine Gudrun Benson Kristofferson (grade 4), Frances Julia Kuzik (grade 5), Sophia Plowiec (grade 5), Sister Lena Renaud (grade 6), Mary Angeline Shebeski (grade 6), Emily Dern Yurchi (grade 6), Shirley Elizabeth Zinman (grade 4)
1969-1970
Cecil Walter Anderson (grade 7), Cecilia Ann Atkinson (grade 8), Jean M. Chartrand (grade 7), Charlotte Louise Conrad (grade 7), Donald Norman “Don” Hrehoruk (graed 8, Occupational Entrance), Richard Davis Johnston (grade 7), Margaret Rose Milne (grade 8), Roberta Marion Nesbitt (grade 7), Edward Michael Powroznik (grade 8), Michael John [Sirnick] Syrnyk (grade 8), Joseph Peter Sorokowski (grade 8), Peter Wesley (grade 7, Occupational Entrance). For shared staff of "Gimli Elementary Schools" (Gimli Public School, George Johnson School, & Sigurbjorg Stefansson School): See George Johnson School
1970-1971
Cecil Walter Anderson (grade 7), Cecilia Ann Atkinson (grade 8), Jean M. Chartrand (grade 8), Charlotte Louise Conrad (grade 7), Richard Davis Johnston (grade 8), Roberta Marion Nesbitt (grade 7), Janice Lola Olafson (music), Edward Michael Powroznik (grade 8), Michael John [Sirnick] Syrnyk (grade 8), Joseph Peter Sorokowski (grade 7), Rudolph Dietrich Thiessen (grade 7). For shared staff of "Gimli Elementary Schools" (Gimli Public School, George Johnson School, & Sigurbjorg Stefansson School): See George Johnson School
1971-1972
Cecil Walter Anderson (grade 8), Jean M. Chartrand (grade 8), Richard Davis Johnston (grade 7), Edward Michael Powroznik (grade 7), Michael John [Sirnick] Syrnyk (grade 8), Joseph Peter Sorokowski (grade 7), Veronia Joan Stepa (grade 8), Rudolph Dietrich Thiessen (grade 7). For shared staff of "Gimli Elementary Schools" (Gimli Public School, George Johnson School, & Sigurbjorg Stefansson School): See George Johnson School
Period
Principal
1972-1974
Theodore Orest “Ted” Jaremy (1943-1988)
After 1974
No information.
Period
Teachers
1972-1973
Cecil Walter Anderson (grade 7), Jean M. Chartrand (grade 8), Richard Davis Johnston (grade 7), Edward Michael Powroznik (grade 8), Joseph Peter Sorokowski (grade 7), Veronia Joan Stepa (grade 8), Michael John Syrnyk (grade 8), Rudolph Dietrich Thiessen (grade 7). For shared staff of Gimli Junior High School & "Gimli Elementary Schools" (George Johnson School & Sigurbjorg Stefansson School): See George Johnson School
1973-1974
Cecil Walter Anderson (grade 7), Jean M. Chartrand (grade 8), Richard Davis Johnston (grade 7), Edward Michael Powroznik (grade 8), Joseph Peter Sorokowski (grade 7), Veronia Joan Stepa (grade 8), Michael John Syrnyk (grade 8), Rudolph Dietrich Thiessen (grade 7). For shared staff of Gimli Junior High School & "Gimli Elementary Schools" (George Johnson School & Sigurbjorg Stefansson School): See George Johnson School
After 1974
Postcard view of Gimli School (no date)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough, 2011-0053
Gimli School (no date) by H. D. Cumming
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 91.
Gimli School (August 1961)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, George Harris Fonds, Acc. 1979-141, P7448, Album 2, Page 5.
Gimli School (September 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Gimli School (August 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.63417, W96.98743
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Halldor “Dori” Sigurdsson [Sigurdson] (c1885-1974)
Historical Tours in Manitoba: Walking Tour of Gimli
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites
Historic Sites of Manitoba: New Iceland Heritage Museum (First Avenue, Gimli)
Memorable Manitobans: Leo Friman Kristjanson (1932-2005)
Manitoba Municipalities: 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)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gimli Composite High School (52 Seventh Avenue, Gimli, RM of Gimli)
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
Board of Education meeting minutes and office files (A 0052), GR1622, Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Gimli School District No. 585, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Gimli School District No. 585 (Gimli School) - Daily Registers, GR6124, 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 20B Gimli Public, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.
Birth [Ellen Gudrun Frederickson] and marriage [Ellen Gudrun Frederickson & Franklin Bergthor Magnusson] registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
A History of Education in the Evergreen School Division by John C. Gottfried, MA thesis, University of Manitoba, 1965.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 7.
“Around the Town of Gimli,” Arborg Lake Centre News, 5 June 1973, page 2.
Gimli Saga, The History of Gimli, Manitoba by the Gimli Women's Institute, 1975.
Obituary [Ellen Magnusson], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 June 1985, page 26.
“Heritage group seeks to save old Gimli school,” Interlake Spectator, 11 September 1991, page 11.
Obituary [Cecil Walter Anderson], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 January 2001, page 36.
Obituary [Mary Shebeski], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 July 2017, page A25.
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
Gimli Public School, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch.
We thank Tim Worth and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 April 2024
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