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The Inkster School is named for members of the Inkster family who arrived in this region in the early 1800s. Construction started in 1948 following a sod-turning on 18 June presided over by Peter Taraska. The original configuration designed by local architect William A. Martin had eight classrooms and a gymnasium. It opened for classes in November 1949. Four more classrooms were added to the school in 1952-1953, at a cost of about $50,000, and portable classrooms were brought to the site in 1964 and 1997. A four-room expansion in 1999-2000 included a life skills area, science laboratory, and multi-purpose room.
Period
Principal
1949-1953
Barbara Marguerite McCord (1901-1954)
1953-1955
Lewis Edwin “Lew” Walker (c1910-1968)
1955-1958
Clifford Garfield Saunders (1900-1991)
1958-1962
Rachel Margaret “Rae” Scott (1906-2000)
1962-1969
Dorothy Ruth Matheson (1911-1999)
1969-1974
1974-1981
Irmgard Epp (c1929-1983)
1981-1986
E. P. Reimer
1986-1993
Harry Kreel
1993-1999
William B. “Bill” Hinther
1999-2005
Darryl Stevenson
2005-2014
Sandra Stevenson
2014-2018
James Gray
2018-?
Dino DiFabrizio
School Year
Teachers
1949-1950
Frances Madeline Davies (grade 1), Barbara Marguerite McCord (grades 5-6), Annie Galvina McLeod (grade 1), Dorothy Ina Metcalfe (kindergarten), Mary Niven (grade 2), Jean Margaret Robertson (grades 4-5), Rossme Agnes Sterling (grade 3), Mrs. R. Kulba (?*)
1950-1951
Frances Madeline Davies (grade 1), Hedie Elizabeth Dirks (kindergarten), Eileen Ellen George (grade 4), Mary Jones (grade 2), Freida Krahn (grade 2), Barbara Marguerite McCord (grade 6), Annie Galvina McLeod (grade 1), Mary Niven (grade 2), Jean Margaret Robertson (grade 5), Rossme Agnes Sterling (grade 3)
1951-1952
Frances Madeline Davies (grade 1), Hedie Elizabeth Dirks (kindergarten), Eileen Ellen George (grade 4), Freida Krahn (grade 2), Morag Seonaid MacPhail (grade 3), Barbara Marguerite McCord (grade 5), Annie Galvina McLeod (grade 1), Rossme Agnes Sterling (grade 3), Mrs. M. Bourdon (?*), Miss M. Niven (?*)
1952-1953
Esther C. Anderson (grade 3), Frances Madeline Davies (grade 1), Hedie Elizabeth Dirks (kindergarten), Eileen Ellen George (grade 3), John Hamm (grade 4), Mary Jones (grade 2), Barbara Marguerite McCord (grades 4-5), Catherine Elizabeth Shearer (grades 1-2), Miss G. Mueller (?*)
1953-1954
Esther C. Anderson (grade 3), Hedie Elizabeth Dirks (kindergarten), Eileen Ellen George (grade 4), Beverley Lois Graham (grade 1), John Hamm (grade 5), Mary Jones (grade 2), Frieda Krahn (grades 1-2), Jean Thorunn Law (grades 4-5, daughter of Claude elmer Luther Hogarth Law), Eleanor June Ridge (grades 2-3), Annie Eleanor Sweet (grade 6, wife of Weston Sweet), Miss G. Mueller (?*)
1954-1955
Isabella McWhinnie Campbell (grade 5), Clara Ruth Cohen (grades 2-3), Teresa Demchuk (grade 1), Hedie Elizabeth Dirks (kindergarten), Eileen Ellen George (grade 4), John Hamm (grades 5-6), Mary Jones (grade 2), Frieda Krahn (grade 1), Greta Sarchuk (grade 2, September-October), Annie Eleanor Sweet (grade 6), Muriel Dell Waldie (grades 3-4), Laura Wall (grade 2, November-June), Mrs. E. Thorlakson (?*)
1955-1956
Paula Achtemichuk (grade 1), Isabella McWhinnie Campbell (grades 5-6), Clara Ruth Cohen (grade 3), Teresa Demchuk (grade 1), Lilian Mary Drysdale (grade 1), Eileen Ellen George (grade 4), Frieda Krahn Klassen (grade 2), Michael John Mazur (grade 5), Nora Kathleen McKay (grades 1-2), Clifford Garfield Saunders (grade 6), Muriel Dell Waldie (grades 3-4)
1956-1957
Paula Achtemichuk (grade 1), Margaret A. Bastin (kindergarten), Isabella McWhinnie Campbell (grade 5), Clara Ruth Cohen (grade 3), Teresa Demchuk (grade 1), Eileen Ellen George (grade 4), Frieda Krahn Klassen (grades 1-2), Michael John Mazur (grades 5-6), Nora Kathleen McKay (grade 2), Clifford Garfield Saunders (grade 6), Jennie Schwartz (grades 3-4)
1957-1958
Paula Achtemichuk (grade 1), Isabella McWhinnie Campbell (grade 5), Clara Ruth Cohen (grade 3), Teresa Demchuk (grades 2-3), Andrew R. Gibb (grades 5-6), Audrey W. Graves (kindergarten), Frieda Krahn Klassen (grades 3-4), Nora Kathleen McKay (grades 2-3), Rhea Mae McKillop (grade 4), Clifford Garfield Saunders (grade 6), Marjorie Mae Wightman (grades 1-2)
1958-1959
Paula Achtemichuk (grade 2), Isabella McWhinnie Campbell (grades 5-6), Ruth Cartney (grades 3-4), Clara Ruth Cohen (grade 3), Teresa Demchuk (grade 1), John Jaman (grade 5), Violet Anna May Luciw (grade 4), Rhea Mae McKillop (grade 4), Margaret Eleanor Murray (kindergarten), Rae Margaret Scott (grade 6), Marjorie Mae Wightman (grades 1-2), Mrs. O. Kaye (?*)
1959-1960
Paula Achtemichuk (grade 2), Isabella McWhinnie Campbell (grade 5), Ruth Cartney (grades 3-4), Clara Ruth Cohen (grade 3), Teresa Demchuk (grade 1), John Jaman (grade 5), Violet Anna May Luciw (grade 4), Maria M. Michaelchuk (grades 1-2), Margaret Eleanor Murray (kindergarten), Rhea Mae McKillop (grades 5-6), Norma Kathlene Peterson (grade 6), Miss D. McGarva (?*)
1960-1961
Isabella McWhinnie Campbell (grade 6), Ruth Cartney (grades 3-4), Clara Ruth Cohen (grades 2-3), Teresa Demchuk (grade 1), John Jaman (grade 6), Leone Margaret Johannson (grade 1), Violet Anna May Luciw (grade 4), Rhea Mae McKillop (grade 5), Margaret Eleanor Murray (kindergarten), Norma Kathlene Peterson (grade 5), Norma Aileen Reid (grades 1-2)
1961-1962
Isabella McWhinnie “Isabell” Campbell (grade 6, September-October), Ruth Cartney (grade 3), Clara Ruth Cohen (grades 2-3), Teresa Demchuk (grade 1), Leone Margaret Johannson (grade 1), William Gary Lally (grade 6), Rhea Mae McKillop (grade 4), Margaret Eleanor Murray (kindergarten), Norma Kathlene Peterson (grade 5 & Principal relief), Mary Elizabeth Taylor (grade 2), John R. Young (grade 6, October-June), Mrs. J. Koshelanyk (?*)
1962-1963
Ruth Cartney (grades 3-4), Clara Ruth Cohen (grades 2-3), Evelyn Alexandria Cumming (kindergarten), Teresa Demchuk (grade 1), Effie Winona Josephine Dennis (grade 1), William Gary Lally (grade 6), Rhea Mae McKillop (grade 4), Hildegard Matsuo (grade 2), Norma Kathlene Peterson (grade 5)
1963-1964
Ruth Cartney (grades 3-4), Clara Ruth Cohen (grade 3), Angela Betty Couchman (grades 5-6), Evelyn Alexandria Cumming (kindergarten), Teresa Demchuk (grade 1), Effie Winona Josephine Dennis (grade 1), Nadia Z. Hanuschak (grades 2-3), William Gordon Hildebrand (grade 6), William Gary Lally (grade 5), Rhea Mae McKillop (grade 4), Dorene Ruby Thrush (grade 2, September-December), Margaret Toews (grade 2, January-June), Miss D. Cooper (?*)
1964-1965
Ruth Cartney (grade 4), Kewal Chohan (grade 6), Angela Betty Couchman (grade 6), Evelyn Alexandria Cumming (kindergarten), Alexandra Christine D’Arcy (grade 1), Effie Winona Josephine Dennis (grade 1), Nadia Z. Hanuschak (grade 3), William Gordon Hildebrand (grade 5), Kathlyn Ann Horne (grade 2), Rhea Mae McKillop (grade 4), Margaret Toews (grade 2)
1965-1966
Ruth Cartney (grade 3), Audrey Judith Chizick (grades 1-2, September-December; grade 2, January-June), Kewal Chohan (grade 6), Evelyn Alexandria Cumming (kindergarten), Effie Winona Josephine Dennis (grade 1), Gloria Mavis Fedorchuk (grade 3), William Gordon Hildebrand (grades 5-6), Kathlyn Ann Horne (grade 2), Angela Betty Couchman Kowalik (grade 5), Rhea Mae McKillop (grade 4), Margaret Toews (grade 2)
1966-1967
Audrey Judith Chizick Boch (grades 2-3, September-December; grade 3, January-June), Kewal Chohan (grade 6), Evelyn Alexandria Cumming (kindergarten), Alexandra Christine “Sandra” D’Arcy (grade 1), Effie Winona Josephine Dennis (grade 1), Angela Betty Couchman Kowalik (grade 5), Rhea Mae McKillop (grade 4), Kathlyn Ann Horne Moonah (grades 2-3), Anthony A. Swidinsky (grade 6), Margaret Toews (grade 2), Marty Toyoko Yasunaka (grades 3-4)
1967-1968
Audrey Judith Chizick Boch (grade 3), Kewal Chohan (grade 6), Evelyn Alexandria Cumming (kindergarten), Alexandra Christine D’Arcy (grade 1), Effie Winona Josephine Dennis (grade 1), Margaret Gail Ellerman (grades 4-5, December-June), Georgiaday Eunice Hall (grade 3, September-December; grades 3-4, January-June), Kathlyn Ann Horne Moonah (grade 2), Helen Station (grades 4-5, September-November), Anthony A. Swidinsky (grade 5), Margaret Toews (grade 2), Marty Toyoko Yasunaka (grade 4)
1968-1969
Doris Elizabeth Backman (grade 1), Audrey Judith Chizick Boch (grade 4?), Kewal Chohan (grade 6), Evelyn Alexandria Cumming (kindergarten), Effie Winona Josephine Dennis (grade 1), Margaret Gail Ellerman (grades 4-5), Olga Fowler (grade 2), Helen Bettina Francis (grade 3?), Josephine Bernice Leckie (grades 3-4), Anthony A. Swidinsky (grade 5?), Marty Toyoko Yasunaka (grades 4-5), Miss G. Sokolyk (?*), Miss M. Waldie (?*)
Inkster School (no date)
Source: Winnipeg School Division
Inkster School (May 2020)
Source: Nathan Kramer
Inkster School (May 2020)
Source: Nathan Kramer
Principal Lew Walker of Inkster School (1954)
Source: George Stewart
Teachers of Inkster School, back (L-R): Esther Anderson, Bev Zakaluk, Frieda Krahn, Jean Law; front (L-R): Hedy Dirks, Mary Jones, Eileen George (1954)
Source: George StewartSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93317, W97.14116
denoted by symbol on the map above
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 5261/1952, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Majority like idea of school meal plan,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 October 1974, page 85.
“Teacher deserves golden apple,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 May 1993, page 66.
“New Principals named for five city schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 2005, page B6.
Obituary [Paula Achtemichuk], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 October 2018.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg School District No. 1 (Inkster School) - Daily Registers, GR5756, Archives of Manitoba.
Winnipeg School Division: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years, 1871-2021 by Winnipeg School Division, 2021.
We thank the Winnipeg School Division, Henry Sosnowski, Robert Hill, Eileen George, George Stewart, and Carlos de Oliveira for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 12 July 2022
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