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Construction of this North Kildonan school began In October 1950 in the recently formed McIvor School District No. 2323. The school was located at the eastern side of Birds Hill Road (now Molson Street) at corner of McLeod Avenue, across from the former Rosewell School. It was formally opened on 22 January 1951 by North Kildonan mayor J. T. F. Aitken. Also present at the ceremonies were School District Chairman W. de Graff, Secretary-Treasurer E. Tomlinson, Chief School Inspector C. K. Rogers, Dept of Education official B. S. Bateman, Trustee W. Parasiuk, and architect Edgar Prain of the Winnipeg firm of Prain and Ward. Students came from students from both one-room Rosewell School and McIvor School. The frame and stucco structure hosted grades 1-8 and was built at a cost of $38,000. It featured an automatic fire alarm, oil burner, new furnishings and two classrooms along with a basement auditorium.
Built with future expansion in mind, the building was enlarged an additional two classrooms in 1955, based on designs by Prain and Ward. In October 1963, local voters approved a further two-room expansion at a cost of $30,000. The brick and masonry expansion at the south side of building was completed in 1964.
The school was closed at the conclusion of the 1979 Spring term and students of elementary grade level were transferred to Emerson Elementary School. The building is now partially metal-clad and in service as the Maintenance Office for the River East Transcona School Division.
Principals
Teachers
School Year |
Teachers |
1950-1951 |
Jacob “Jake” Krueger (grades 1-8, 1950; grades 4-8, 1951), Marybelle Jean McLaurin (grades 1-3, 1951) |
1951-1952 |
Marybelle Jean McLaurin (grades 1-3), Orest Stephen Roscoe (grades 4-9) |
1952-1953 |
Sarah Ann Thompson “Helen” Hunt (grades 6-9), Sarah Klassen (grades 1-2), Edith Neufeld (grades 3-5) |
1953-1954 |
Sarah Ann Thompson “Helen” Hunt (grades 6-10), Sarah Klassen (grades 1-2), Edith Neufeld (grades 3-5) |
1954-1955 |
Sarah Ann Thompson “Helen” Hunt (grades 6-10), Sarah Klassen (grades 1-2), Nan C. Yurkiw (grades 3-5) |
1955-1956 |
Sarah Ann Thompson “Helen” Hunt (grades 9-11), Sarah Klassen (grades 3-5), Eva Lorraine Robinson Taylor (grades 1-2), Anton Ed Yaworski (grades 6-8) |
1956-1957 |
Sarah Ann Thompson “Helen” Hunt (grades 9-11), Gladys Rozecki (grades 5-6), Eva Lorraine Robinson Taylor (grades 1-2), Edith Eleanor Wiens (grades 3-4), Anton Ed Yaworski (grades 7-8) |
1957-1958 |
Nicholas Andrusko (grades 7-8), Luise Regehr Krickham (grades 1-2), James M. Richtik (grades 5-6), Edith Eleanor Wiens (grades 3-4), Anton Ed Yaworski (grades 9-11) |
1958-1959 |
Anna Margaret Huculak (grades 1-2), Sylvia Parasiuk (grades 7-8), Edith Eleanor Wiens (grades 3-4), Anton Ed Yaworski (grades 9-11), Alfred Zyolor “Alf” Zorniak (grades 5-6) |
1959-1960 |
Ruth Ann Ferby (grades 5-6), Antoine Rene “Tony” Gagne (grades 7-8), Anna Margaret Huculak (grades 1-2), Florence Wicklow (grades 3-4) |
1960-1961 |
Antoine Rene “Tony” Gagne (grades 7-8), Anna Margaret Huculak (grades 1-2), Sylvia Nell Melnyk (grades 5-6), Florence Wicklow (grades 3-4) |
1961-1962 |
Antoine Rene “Tony” Gagne (grades 7-8), Anna Margaret Huculak (grades 1-2), Sylvia Nell Melnyk (grades 5-6), Florence Wicklow (grades 3-4) |
1962-1963 |
Albert E. Aline (grades 6-7), Anna Margaret Huculak (grades 1-2), Sylvia Nell Melnyk (grades 4-5), Anthony “Tony” Mikolayenko (grades 7-8), Florence Wicklow (grades 3-4) |
1963-1964 |
Albert E. Aline (grades 6-7), Donna Eleanor Fargey (grades 4-5), Anna Margaret Huculak (grades 1-2), Anthony “Tony” Mikolayenko (grades 7-8), Florence Wicklow (grades 3-4) |
1964-1965 |
Donna Eleanor Fargey (grades 4-5), Patricia Gossen (grades 3-4, 1964), Walter Hanuschak (grades 6-7), Anna Margaret Huculak (grade 1), Anthony “Tony” Mikolayenko (grades 7-8), Anne K. Voth (grades 3-4, 1965), Florence Wicklow (grade 2) |
1965-1966 |
Donna Eleanor Fargey (grades 4-5), Georgena Gaye Miko (grades 6-7), Anthony “Tony” Mikolayenko (grades 7-8), Penny Schwartz (grade 1), Florence Wicklow (grade 2), Verna Claire Workman (grades 3-4) |
1966-1967 |
Donna Eleanor Fargey (grades 4-5), Edwin Ernest Hill (grades 6-7), Gloria Susan Kowal (grade 1), Georgena Gaye Miko (grades 1-2), Anthony “Tony” Mikolayenko (grades 7-8), Florence Wicklow (grade 2), Verna Claire Workman (grades 3-4) |
1967-1979 |
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Photos & Coordinates

New Rosewell School (no date)
Source: Fiftieth anniversary of the Mennonite settlement in North Kildonan, 1928-1978, compiled and edited by Karl Fast. [Legislative Library of Manitoba, F5649.N67 Fif]

The former New Rosewell School building (September 2017) Source: Nathan Kramer

The former New Rosewell School building (September 2017)
Source: Nathan Kramer
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.92352, W97.05183 denoted by symbol on the map above
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See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Rosewell School (McLeod Avenue, Winnipeg)
Sources:
“Rosewell School officially opened in North Kildonan,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 January 1951, page 3.
“Tenders,” Winnipeg Free Press, 22 March 1955, page 28.
“Recount set for N. Kildonan,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 October 1963, page 6.
Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Services, 62H/14h East Kildonan (1969).
“Review to determine fate of elementary schools,” Winnipeg Free Press Weekly Northeast Edition 14 January 1992, page 5.
School division half-yearly attendance reports, Schedule E0757, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, GR8245, New Rosewell School Daily Registers, 1952-1967, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 1 February 2023
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