Historic Sites of Manitoba: New Rosewell School No. 2323 (1455 Molson Street, Winnipeg)

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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

Period	Principal
1950-1951	Jacob “Jake” Krueger (1925-2001)
1951-1952	Orest Stephen Roscoe (1932-2016)
1952-1957	Sarah Ann Thompson “Helen” Hunt (1908-2007)
1957-1959	Anton Ed Yaworski
1959-1962	Antoine Rene “Tony” Gagne
1962-1979	Anthony “Tony” Mikolayenko (?-2009)

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	?

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

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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