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Located in the Rural Municipality of St. Vital, now a suburb of Winnipeg, at the northeast corner of Minnetonka Street and River Road, this school was commissioned for the St. Vital School Division and was intended as a replacement for the aging Mountbatten School, though the latter remained open for many more years. Starting in Fall 1959, students assigned to this school initially attended classes at Woodlawn School prior to completion of this facility later during that school year. During the mid 1960s, the school shared a Principal with Lavallee School. A fire on 28 October 1979 fire caused some $50,000 in damages.
The school is operated by the Louis Riel School Division.
Period
Principal
1960
?
1960-1964
Gordon George “Gord” Newton
1964-1965
Gordon George “Gord” Newton [Co-Principal with Lavallee School]
1965-1966
Walter “Wally” Stoyko [Co-Principal with Lavallee School]
1966-1967
Auguste Laroche (1934-2000) [Co-Principal with Lavallee School]
1967-1968
Walter “Wally” Stoyko
1969
Richard Paul Epp
1969-1970
Simon “Cy” Nimchuk (1933-2020) ************************************************
1970-1975
Walter “Wally” Stoyko
1975-1979
Wilfrid Arcadius Perron
1979-1981
1981-1982
Mervin S. Michalyshen
1982-2015
?
2015
Lisa Lewis
2016-2022
?
2022-2024
Jason Dubeau
2024-2025
Lisa McLellan-Bowes
Period
Vice-Principal
1959-1972
None
1972-1975
Eileen Connery Wilson (1929-2006)
1975-1979
1979-1982
Brian Clifford Thorarinson
School Year
Teachers
1959-1960
Helen Irma Fast (grades 2-3), Florence Doreen Garson (grades 5-6), Rita Hirt (grades 4-5), Anne Sandra Lillie (grade 1)
1960-1961
Florence Doreen Garson (grade 5), Helen Irma Fast Hildebrand (grades 2-3), Anne Sandra Lillie (grade 1), Gordon George “Gord” Newton (grade 6), Christabel Cecilia Wilson (grades 3-4)
1961-1962
Averil Gertrude Baldwinson (grade 3), Florence Doreen Garson (grade 5), Anne Sandra Lillie (grade 1), Gordon George “Gord” Newton (grade 6), Lillian Ellen Post (grade 2), Christabel Cecilia Wilson (grade 4)
1962-1963
Averil Gertrude Baldwinson (grade 3), Margaret Mary Healey (grade 6), Florence Doreen Garson (grade 5), Anne Sandra Lillie (grade 1), Gordon George “Gord” Newton (grade 6), Lillian Ellen Post (grade 2), Christabel Cecilia Wilson (grade 4)
1963-1964
Ruth Marilyn Babcock (grade 3), Janice Lorene Hryciw (grade 5), Anne Sandra Lillie (grade 1), Gordon George “Gord” Newton (grade 6), Norma Kathlene Peterson (grade 6), Lillian Ellen Post (grade 2), Christabel Cecilia Wilson (grade 4)
1964-1965
Shirley Anne Bartlett (grade 3), Janice Lorene Hryciw (grades 5-6), Anne Sandra Lillie (grade 1), Gordon George “Gord” Newton (grade 6), Norma Kathlene Peterson (grade 5), Lillian Ellen Post (grade 2), Christabel Cecilia Wilson (grade 4)
1965-1966
Shirley Anne Bartlett (grade 3), Janice Lorene Hryciw (grade 5), Diane McGifford (grade 1), Norma Kathlene Peterson (grade 6), Lillian Ellen Post (grade 2), Walter Stoyko (grade 6), Christabel Cecilia Wilson (grade 4)
1966-1967
Shirley Anne Bartlett (grade 3), Janice Lorene Hryciw (grade 5), Norma Kathlene Peterson (grade 6), Lillian Ellen Post (grade 2), Sandra Grace Unger (grade 1), Christabel Cecilia Wilson (grade 4), Dorothy Julia Wright (grade 6)
1967-1968
Shirley Anne Bartlett (grade 3), Janice Lorene Hryciw (grade 5), Norma Kathlene Peterson (grade 5), Lillian Ellen Post (grade 2), Sandra Grace Unger (grade 1), Christabel Cecilia Wilson (grade 4), Dorothy Julia Wright (grade 6)
1968-1969
Shirley Anne Bartlett (grade 3), Richard Paul Epp, Gail Ann Hnatiuk (grade 1), Janice Lorene “Jan” Hryciw (grade 6), Bill MacDonald, Norma Kathlene Peterson (grade 5), Lilian Ellen Post (grade 2), Christine Cecilia Wilson (grade 4), Dorothy Julia Wright (grade 4)
1969-1970
Janice Marie Cystrick (grade 6, January-June), Richard Paul Epp (grades 5-6, August-December; grade 5, January-June), Janice Lorene Hryciw (grade 3), Bill MacDonald (grade 6), Norma Kathlene Peterson (French), Lilian Ellen Post (grade 2), Sharyn Lee Monica Reid (grade 1), Christine Cecelia Wilson (grade 5), Dorothy Julia Wright (grade 4)
1970-1971
Richard Paul Epp (grade 6), Sharyn Lee Froome (grade 1), Janice Lorene Hryciw (grade 3), Norma Kathlene Peterson (French), Lilian Ellen Post (grade 2), Marjorie Eileen Sawatzky (kindergarten), Louise Elaine Welsh (grades 5-6), Christine Cecelia Wilson (grade 5), Dorothy Julia Wright (grade 4)
Minnetonka School (August 2016)
Source: Nathan Kramer
Minnetonka School (August 2016)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.81871, W97.12136
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minnetonka School No. 659 (RM of Portage la Prairie)
“Staggered classes in many schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 August 1959, page 3.
“Parents rebuffed, school to close,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 September 1969, page 14.
“School blaze damage toll set at $50,000,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 1979, page 12.
“Students show school pride with murals,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 April 1981, page 2.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Gail Hnatiuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 12 January 2025
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