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.
Period
Principal
1948-1949
Alan Reid Miller (1925-2018)
1949-1952
Margaret Lois Cumming Lee (1926-2010)
1952
Mary Elizabeth Hanson
1952-1954
Henry Andrew Moroz (1924-2008)
1954-1963
Donald Bruce Sealey (1927-2005)
1963-1965
Walter “Wally” Stoyko
1965-1981
Auguste Armand “Gus” Laroche (1934-2000)
1981-1985
Cluzyna Mary “Zyna” Steggles
1985-1992
John Michael Patrician (1950-2008)
1992-1993
?
1990-1994
Lucy Dooley
1995-2000
Greg Meade
2000-2003
?
2003-2004
Marilyn Thorington
Period
Teachers
1948-1949
Margaret Lois Cumming (grades 1-2), Alan Reid Miller (grades 3-8)
1949-1950
Margaret Lois Cumming (grades 5-8), Mary Elizabeth Hanson (grades 2-4), Violet Evelyn Murray (grades 1-2)
1950-1951
Margaret Lois Cumming (grades 5-9), Mary Elizabeth Hanson (grades 1-2), Marie Yvonne Janine LaFleche (grades 3-4)
1951-1952
Mary Elizabeth Hanson (grades 1-2, August-January; grades 5-8, February-June), Margaret Lois Cumming Lee (grades 5-8, August-January), Violet Evelyn Murray (grades 1-2, February-June), Lorraine St. Germain (grades 3-4)
1952-1953
Mary Elizabeth Hanson (grade 1), Henry Moroz (grades 6-9), Violet Evelyn Murray (grades 4-5), Lorraine St. Germain (grades 2-3)
1953-1954
Mary Elizabeth Hanson (grades 1-2), Henry Moroz (grades 6-9), Violet Evelyn Murray (grades 4-5), Lorraine St. Germain (grades 2-3)
1954-1955
Anges Graveline (grades 1-2), Rolande Plamondon (grades 4-5), Donald Bruce Sealey (grades 6-9), Lorraine 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 Bruce Sealey (grade 6), Corinne Winstone (grades 4-5)
1963-1964
Mary-Lou Sharon Chambers (grades 1-2), Margaret Huta (grades 2-3), Mary Sawatzky (grades 4-5), Walter Stoyko (grades 1-6)
1964-1965
Mary-Lou Sharon Chambers (grades 2-3), Mary Sawatzky (grades 4-5), June Mary Standing (grade 1), Walter Stoyko (grades 1-6)
1965-1966
Mary-Lou Sharon Chambers (grades 2-3), Mary Sawatzky (grades 4-5), June Mary 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 Marion Kuryk (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6)
1976-1977
Lorna May Charles (grades 1-2), Theresa Marion Kuryk (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6)
1977-1978
Lorna May Charles (grades 1-2), Theresa Marion Kuryk (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6)
1978-1979
Lorna May Charles (grades 1-2), Theresa Marion Kuryk (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6)
1979-1980
Lorna May Charles (grades 1-2), Theresa Marion Kuryk (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grades 5-6)
1980-1981
Lorna May Charles (grades 1-2), Theresa Marion Kuryk (grades 3-4), Auguste Laroche (grade 6), Cluzyna Mary “Zyna” Steggles (grade 5)
1981-1982
Lorna May Charles (grades 1-2), Chris Anthony Isaacs (grades 5-6), Simone Doris Bachinsky (grades 3-4), Janet Susan Waytowich (teachers aide, 0.8)
1982-1983
Lorna May Charles (grades 1-2), Chris Anthony Isaacs (grades 5-6), Simone Doris Bachinsky (grades 3-4), Janet Susan Waytowich (teachers aide, 0.67)
1983-1984
Lorna May Charles (grades 1-2), Chris Anthony Isaacs (grades 5-6), Denise Marie Klassen (grades 3-4), Janet Susan Waytowich (teachers aide, 0.6)
1984-1985
Lorna May Charles (grades 1-2), Chris Anthony Isaacs (grades 5-6), Denise Marie Klassen (grades 3-4), Janet Susan Waytowich (teachers aide)
1985-1986
Lorna May Charles (grades 1-2), Laura Margaret Chartrand (special education teachers aide), Annette Theresa-May Durand (teachers aide, 0.66), Denise Marie Klassen (grades 3-4), Judith Ann Lovelace (grades 5-6, 0.5), Janet Susan Waytowich (teachers aide)
1986-1987
Ralph Neil Bartel (grades 1-2), Lorna May Charles (teacher, no grade), Annette Theresa-May Durand (teachers aide, 0.5), Denise Marie Klassen (grades 3-4), Judith Ann Lovelace (teacher, no grade 0.5), John Michael Patrician (grades 5-6), Janet Susan Waytowich (special education teachers aide, 0.5)
1987-1988
Ralph Neil Bartel (grades 1-2), Annette Theresa-May Durand (teachers aide, 0.55), Judith Ann Lovelace (grades 3-4), John Michael Patrician (grades 5-6), Jane Elizabeth Peck (grades 5-6, 0.6 Principal relief), Janet Susan Woytowich (special education teachers aide, 0.25)
1988-1989
Ralph Neil Bartel (grades 1-2), Annette Theresa-May Durand (teachers aide, 0.63), Judith Ann Lovelace (grades 3-4), John Michael Patrician (grades 5-6, 0.?), Jane Elizabeth Peck (grades 5-6, 0.85 Principal relief), Janet Susan Woytowich (special education teachers aide, 0.25)
1989-1990
Ralph Neil Bartel (grades 1-2), Denise Marie Klassen (grades 3-6, 0.65), Judith Ann Lovelace (grades 3-6), John Michael Patrician (grades 1-2 & 5-6, 0.?), Janet Susan Woytowich (special education teachers aide, 0.25)
1990-1991
Ralph Neil Bartel (grades 1-2), Judith Ann Lovelace (grades 3-4), John Michael Patrician grades 5-6, 0.1; Principal, 0.9), Brenda Karen Northwood (teachers aide), Jane Elizabeth Peck (grades 5-6, 0.9)
1991-1992
Ralph Neil Bartel (grades 1-2), Judith Ann Lovelace (grades 3-4, 0.75), Jane Elizabeth Peck (grades 5-6, 0.9), Wendy Marlene Peever (resource, 0.75), Rita Sanden (teachers aide, 0.36)
1992-1993
Lucy Dooley (grades 5-6), Judith Ann Lovelace (grades 3-4), Jane Elizabeth 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)
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 KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.76956, W97.12792
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
School division student yearly attendance reports (E 0758A), Archives of Manitoba.
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: 23 March 2025
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