Historic Sites of Manitoba: Mountbatten School No. 2308 / Mountbatten Park (3191 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg)
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The Mountbatten School District was established in November 1947 and, the following year, a four-classroom, two-storey school building opened at the intersection of St. Mary’s Road and Forbes Road in south Winnipeg. It was completed at a cost of $24,000. In 1959, it became part of the St. Vital School Division. With declining student enrollment, the school closed in June 2004 and the building was demolished. In 2012, the City of Winnipeg acquired the property from the Louis Riel School Division and the site was re-opened officially as Mountbatten Park on 28 June 2014.
Principals
Period |
Principal |
1948-1949 |
A. Miller |
1949-1952 |
Mary Hanson |
1952-1954 |
Henry Moroz (1924-2008) |
1954-1963 |
Donald Bruce Sealey (1927-2005) |
1963-1965 |
Walter Stoyko |
1965-1980 |
Auguste Laroche (1934-2000) |
1980-1981 |
? |
1981-1985 |
Chris Isaacs |
1985-1986 |
J. Lovelace |
1986-1990 |
? |
1990-1993 |
Lucy Dooley / Jane Peck |
1993-1995 |
E. Muzyczka |
1995-1996 |
? |
1996-2004 |
C. Van de Vijsel |
Teachers
Period |
Teachers |
1948-1949 |
M. Cumming (grades 1-2), A. Miller (grades 3-8) |
1949-1950 |
Mary Hanson (grades 2-5), Violet Murray (grades 1-2) |
1950-1951 |
M. Cumming (grades 1-9), Mary Hanson (grades 1-2) |
1951-1952 |
Mary Hanson (grades 5-8), Violet Murray (grades 1-2), L. St. Germain (grades 3-4) |
1952-1953 |
Mary Hanson (grade 1), Henry Moroz (grades 1-9), Violet Murray (grades 4-5), L. St. Germain (grades 2-3) |
1953-1954 |
Mary Hanson (grades 1-2), Henry Moroz (grades 6-9), Violet Murray (grades 4-5), L. St. Germain (grades 2-3) |
1954-1955 |
Anges Graveline (grades 1-2), Rolande Plamondon (grades 4-5), Donald Bruce Sealey (grades 6-9), L. St. Germain (grades 2-3) |
1955-1956 |
Cecile Courcellas (grades 1-2), Lilian Lanthier (grades 3-4), Donald Bruce Sealey (grades 7-10), Corinne Winstone (grades 5-6) |
1956-1957 |
Yvonne Desrosiers (grades 3-4), Mariette Prefontaine (grades 1-2), Donald Bruce Sealey (grades 7-10), Corinne Winstone (grades 5-6) |
1957-1958 |
Evelyne Berube (grades 1-2), Yvonne Desrosiers (grades 3-4), Dorothy Munro (grades 1-8), Donald Bruce Sealey (grades 9-10), Corinne Winstone (grades 5-6) |
1958-1959 |
Evelyne Berube (grades 1-2), E. L’Heureux (grades 3-4), Donald Bruce Sealey (grades 7-10), Corinne Winstone (grades 5-7) |
1959-1960 |
Evelyne Berube (grade 1), Dorothy Munro (grades 2-3), Donald Bruce Sealey (grades 5-6), Corinne Winstone (grades 4-5) |
1960-1961 |
Shirley Bates (grades 1-2), Margaret Huta (grades 1-6), Donald Bruce Sealey (grades 5-6), Corinne Winstone (grades 4-5) |
1961-1962 |
Shirley Bates (grades 1-6), Margaret Huta (grades 2-3), Donald Bruce Sealey (grades 5-6), Corinne Winstone (grades 4-5) |
1962-1963 |
Margaret Huto (grades 2-3), Glenda Labman (grade 1), Donald Donald Bruce Sealey (grade 6), Corinne Winstone (grades 4-5) |
1963-1964 |
Mary-Lou Chambers (grades 1-2), Margaret Huta (grades 2-3), Mary Sawatzky (grades 4-5), Walter Stoyko (grades 1-6) |
1964-1965 |
Mary-Lou Chambers (grades 2-3), Mary Sawatzky (grades 4-5), June Standing (grade 1), Walter Stoyko (grades 1-6) |
1965-1966 |
Mary-Lou Chambers (grades 2-3), Mary Sawatzky (grades 4-5), June Standing (grade 1), Auguste Laroche (grade 6) |
1966-1967 |
Henrietta Cornies (grades 2-3), Auguste Laroche (grade 6), Lydia Thiesen (grades 4-5), June Van Arendonk (grade 1) |
1967-1968 |
Henrietta Cornies (grades 4-5), Valerie Lynne Kjernisted (grades 2-3), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6), June Van Arendonk (grade 1) |
1968-1969 |
Valerie Lynne Kjernisted (grades 2-3), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6), Arlene McClure (grades 4-5), June Van Arendonk (grades 1-2) |
1969-1970 |
Valerie Lynne Kjernisted Beatty (grades 2-3), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6), Arlene McClure (grades 4-5), June Van Arendonk (grades 1-2) |
1970-1971 |
Valerie Lynne Kjernisted Beatty (grades 3-4), Glynne Critchley (grades 1-2), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6) |
1971-1972 |
Valerie Lynne Kjernisted Beatty (grades 3-4), Glynne Critchley (grades 1-2), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6) |
1972-1973 |
Valerie Lynne Kjernisted Beatty (grades 3-4), Shirley Huntley (grades 1-2), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6) |
1973-1974 |
Patricia “Pat” Dowsett (grades 1-2), Shirley Huntley (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6) |
1974-1975 |
Patricia “Pat” Dowsett (grades 1-2), Shirley Huntley (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6) |
1975-1976 |
Patricia “Pat” Dowsett (grades 1-2), Theresa Kuryk (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6) |
1976-1977 |
Lorna Charles (grades 1-2), Theresa Kuryk (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6) |
1977-1978 |
Lorna Charles (grades 1-2), Theresa Kuryk (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6) |
1978-1979 |
Lorna Charles (grades 1-2), Theresa Kuryk (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6) |
1979-1980 |
Lorna Charles (grades 1-2), Theresa Kuryk (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6) |
1980-1981 |
Lorna Charles (grades 1-2), Theresa Kuryk (grades 3-4), ? (grades 5-6) |
1981-1982 |
Lorna Charles (grades 1-2), Chris Isaacs (grades 5-6), Simone Bachinsky (grades 3-4) |
1982-1983 |
Lorna Charles (grades 1-2), Chris Isaacs (grades 5-6), Simone Bachinsky (grades 3-4) |
1983-1984 |
Lorna Charles (grades 1-2), Chris Isaacs (grades 5-6), Denise Klassen (grades 3-4) |
1984-1985 |
Lorna Charles (grades 1-2), Chris Isaacs (grades 5-6), Denise Klassen (grades 3-4) |
1985-1986 |
Lorna Charles (grades 1-2), Denise Klassen (grades 3-4), J. Lovelace (grades 5-6) |
1986-1987 |
? (grades 1-6) |
1987-1988 |
J. Lovelace (grades 3-4), ? (grades 1-2 & 5-6) |
1988-1989 |
R. Bartel (grades 1-2), J. Lovelace (grades 3-4), ? (grades 5-6) |
1989-1990 |
R. Bartel (grades 1-2), J. Lovelace (grades 3-4), ? (grades 5-6) |
1990-1991 |
R. Bartel (grades 1-2), Lucy Dooley (grades 5-6), J. Lovelace (grades 3-4), Jane Peck (grades 5-6) |
1991-1992 |
R. Bartel (grades 1-2), J. Lovelace (grades 3-4), ? (grades 5-6) |
1992-1993 |
Lucy Dooley (grades 5-6), J. Lovelace (grades 3-4), Jane Peck (grades 5-6), J. Turner (grades 1-2) |
1993-1994 |
E. Muzyczka (grades 5-6), J. Turner (grades 1-2), ? (grades 3-4) |
1994-1995 |
L. Matheson (grade 3), E. Muzyczka (grade 5), J. Turner (grades 1-2) |
1995-1996 |
? (grades 1-6) |
1996-1997 |
L. Matheson (grades 3-4), C. Van de Vijsel (grades 5-6), ? (kindergarten - grade 2) |
1997-1998 |
L. Matheson (grades 3-4), C. Van de Vijsel (grades 5-6), J. Turner (kindergarten - grade 2) |
1998-1999 |
L. Matheson (grades 3-4), C. Van de Vijsel (grades 5-6), J. Turner (kindergarten - grade 2) |
1999-2000 |
T. Cymbalist (kindergarten - grade 2), L. Matheson (grades 3-4), C. Van de Vijsel (grades 5-6) |
2000-2001 |
? (kindergarten - grade 4), C. Van de Vijsel (grades 5-6) |
2001-2002 |
? (kindergarten - grade 4), C. Van de Vijsel (grades 5-6) |
2002-2003 |
? (kindergarten - grade 4), C. Van de Vijsel (grades 5-6) |
2003-2004 |
T. Happychuk (kindergarten - grade 2), S. Powell (grades 3-4), C. Van de Vijsel (grades 5-6) |
Photos & Coordinates

The former Mountbatten School building (circa 1990)
Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 869.

The former Mountbatten School site, now a public park (June 2019) Source: Rose Kuzina
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.76956, W97.12792 denoted by symbol on the map above
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Sources:
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.
“No other school like Mountbatten,” Winnipeg Free Press Community Review Northeast, 24 February 1999, page 5.
“Tiny city school shines in a big way,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 December 2003, page 8.
“Classes out for final time at tiny Mountbatten School,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 July 2004, page 21.
“School’s out forever," Winnipeg Free Press 14 April, wfp Winnipeg Neighbours South, page 1.
“Memories live on for beloved school," Winnipeg Free Press, 26 April 2004, page B7.
Obituary [Valerie Lynne Beatty], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 March 2012, page C9.
“Mountbatten Park now official open after refurbishment,” Winnipeg Free Press / The Lance, 5 August 2014.
“New city parks opens in Winnipeg’s south end,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 28 July 2014.
We thank the Le Centre du patrimoine of La Société historique de Saint-Boniface and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 20 July 2019
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