Historic Sites of Manitoba: Glenlawn Collegiate (770 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg)

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This facility began as the High School Department of Norberry School and moved to its present site in January 1950, occupying a building designed by local architect Ewart Fitz Munn. The 10-classroom facility was commissioned by the Glenlawn School District No. 1499 and built in 1949. It served as the home to all collegiate grades from those graduating from Fernwood School, Glenwood Sschool, Norberry School, Windsor School, and Woodlawn School, and was completed at a cost of about $125,000. On January 1950, the school was officially opened by Education Minister Charles Rhodes Smith.

Additions to the school, designed the local architectural firm of Pratt Lindgren and Associates, were built between 1956 and 1957, and in 1959.

In 1959, the school became part of the St. Vital School Division in 1959.

Principals

Period	Principal
1930-1935	Samuel Burland (1880-1972)
1935-1943	William Alexander Moon (1893-1944)
1943-1957	Walter Samuel Yarwood (1899-1967)
1957-1967	John Lawrence Thistlethwaite (1916-2012)
1967-1973	Peter Derenchuk (c1928-1983)
1973-1981	?
1981-1985	Wayne Ruff
1985-1989	Victoria Mosquin Olchowecki
1989-c2008	?
c2008-c2013	Irene Nordheim
2014-?	Dionne Deer

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1963-1967	Alexander George Boyes (1934-2022)

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1930-1952	?
1952-1953	Walter Nowosad, ?
1953-1954	Walter Nowosad, ?
1954-1955	Walter Nowosad, ?
1955-1956	Walter Nowosad, ?
1956-1957	?
1957-1958	Mrs. K. Curry (Related English, Record Keeping, Bookkeeping), Peter Drosdowech (History, Guidance and Counselling), Miss H. Elliot (French, Literature, English), Louise Anne Foreman Elliott (Latin, Typing, Shorthand), Mr. O. Fillion (Health, Business Arithmetic, French), Mr. G. Frith (Mathematics, Physics), Miss V. Fryer (English, Library Supervisor), Mrs. B. McLeod Halstead (English, Related English, Literature, History), Miss M. Johnson (Mathematics, Geography), Miss N. Johnson (English, History), Mr. J. Kaplan (Physical Education, Health), Miss N. Kelly (Shorthand, Typing, Retail Merchandising), Mr. B. Kuryk, Mr. S. Maynes, Mr. G. Newton (Science, Mathematics, Health, Arithmetic), Miss O. Rosylycky (Physical Education, Health), Mr. J. Rupp (Geography, Science), Mr. F. Sametz, Dr. R. Watkins (Chemistry, Biology),
1958-1959	Alexander George Boyes, Mr. C. Bramadat, Mr. M. Burym, Mrs. M. Caine, Mr. G. Carsted, Miss Clarken, Mrs. K. Curry (Related English, Record Keeping, Bookkeeping), Peter Derenchuk, James Harvey Dow, Peter Drosdowech (History, Guidance and Counselling), Louise Anne Foreman Elliott (Latin, Typing, Shorthand), Miss V. Fryer (English, Library Supervisor), Mr. E. Gaudreau, Mrs. H. Grimsey, Mr. R. Halstead, Mrs. B. McLeod Halstead (English, Related English, Literature, History), Mr. Hryhor, Miss Y. Hutchinson, Miss N. Johnson (English, History), Miss N. Kelly (Shorthand, Typing, Retail Merchandising), Mr. Kruk, Mr. B. Kuryk, Mr. S. Maynes, Miss C. McCann, Miss F. McColl, Mr. M. Muldrew, Miss Nunn, Mr. P. Peters, Miss O. Rosylycky (Physical Education, Health), Mr. J. Stewart (Mathematics), Mr. L. Sugden, Dr. R. Watkins (Chemistry, Biology), Mr. Wyatt, Walter S. Yarwood, Mr. Yung,
1959-1960	Alexander George Boyes, Mr. C. Bramadat, Mr. M. Burym, Mrs. M. Caine, Mr. G. Carsted, Peter Derenchuk, James Harvey Dow, Peter Drosdowech (History, Guidance and Counselling), Louise Anne Foreman Elliott (Latin, Typing, Shorthand), Miss V. Fryer (English, Library Supervisor), Mr. E. Gaudreau, Mrs. H. Grimsey, Mr. R. Halstead, Mrs. B. McLeod Halstead (English, Related English, Literature, History), Mr. Hryhor, Miss Y. Hutchinson, Miss N. Johnson (English, History), Mr. B. Kuryk, Mr. S. Maynes, Miss C. McCann, Miss F. McColl, Mr. M. Muldrew, Mr. P. Peters, Miss O. Rosylycky (Physical Education, Health), Mr. J. Stewart (Mathematics), Mr. L. Sugden, Dr. R. Watkins (Chemistry, Biology), Walter S. Yarwood,
1960-1961	Miss R. Betcher, Mr. M. Bhend, Alexander George Boyes, Angus Irvin Bramadat, Mr. C. Bramadat, Mr. M. Burym, Mrs. M. Caine, Mr. G. Carsted, Peter Derenchuk, James Harvey Dow, Peter Drosdowech (History, Guidance and Counselling), Louise Anne Foreman Elliott (Latin, Typing, Shorthand), Mrs. W. Fraser, Miss V. Fryer (English, Library Supervisor), Mr. E. Gaudreau, Miss A. M. Giesbrecht, Mrs. H. Grimsey, Mr. R. Halstead, Mrs. B. McLeod Halstead (English, Related English, Literature, History), Mr. Hryhor, Mr. G. Hurlburt, Miss Y. Hutchinson, Mr. J. Ilchyshyn, Miss N. Johnson (English, History), Mr. B. Kuryk, Miss G. Lowe, Mrs. E. Luty, Mr. S. Maynes, Miss C. McCann, Miss F. McColl, Mr. M. Muldrew, Mr. P. Peters, Miss O. Rosylycky (Physical Education, Health), Mrs. J. Sigurdson, Miss C. Smith, Mr. J. Stewart (Mathematics), Mr. L. Sugden, Mrs. J. Thistlethwaite, Dr. R. Watkins (Chemistry, Biology), Mr. W. Yanchyshen, Walter S. Yarwood,
1961-1962	Alexander George Boyes, ?
1962-1963	Alexander George Boyes, ?
1963-1964	?
1964-1965	Wayne Ruff, ?
1965-1966	Wayne Ruff, ?
1966-1967	Wayne Ruff, ?
1967-1968	Wayne Ruff, ?

Among the other teachers of Glenlawn College were Celine Thuot, George Florence, and David Alexander “Dave” Downie.

Photos & Coordinates

Glenlawn Collegiate Institute (no date) Source: Archives of Manitoba, Government Photographs (CH 0276), GR10030, WG-7-10. Glenlawn Collegiate (September 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85293, W97.11236 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Norberry School (900 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg)

Memorable Manitobans: Ewart Fitz Munn (1885-1968)

Manitoba Business: Pratt Lindgren and Associates / Pratt Lindgren Snider Tomcej and Associates

Sources:

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

“Smith to open St. Vital School,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 January 1950, page 3.

“Glenlawn Collegiate opens Friday,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 January 1950, page 13.

“"St. Vital opens Collegiate,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 January 1950, page 3.

“Tenders, annex to Glenlawn Collegiate S.D. No. 1499, St. Vital, Man.,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 November 1956, page 31.

“Tenders, addition to Glenlawn Collegiate,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 May 1959, page 44.

“St. Vital School Div. No. 6,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 April 1989, page 28.

“Next stop... high school,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 July 2013, page D10.

We thank Robert Klassen for providing copies of yearbooks for Glenlawn Collegiate, from which a partial list of teachers was obtained. We thank Nathan Kramer and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 April 2023

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