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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.
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
1985-1989
Victoria Mosquin Olchowecki
1989-c2008
?
c2008-c2013
Irene Nordheim
2014-?
Dionne Deer
?-?
Gail Frances Moss Atkins (c1950-2021)
Period
Vice-Principal
1963-1967
Alexander George Boyes (1934-2022)
1967-2009
?
2009-?
Michael Heilman
School Year
Teachers
1930-1952
?
1952-1953
1953-1954
1954-1955
1955-1956
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
1962-1963
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, David Alexander “Dave” Downie, and Dennis Edward Wilson.
Glenlawn Collegiate Institute (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Government Photographs (CH 0276), GR10030, WG-7-10.
Glenlawn Collegiate (September 2019)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite 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
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: 15 September 2024
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