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Located in the Transcona School District and later the Transcona-Springfield School Division, the tenders originally called for a ten-classroom school to be built on the designs of Winnipeg architectural firm of Prain and Ward. With construction underway by July 1957, a “name the school” contest was held. The winning entry commemorated explorer and fur-trader Pierre-Esprit Radisson.
Built at a cost of about $110,000, the eight-room school opened officially on 25 October 1957 with a ceremony attended by Mayor Jack S. Johnston and School Board Chairman Arthur Henry Day. In 1960, it was expanded with ten new classrooms and an assembly room on designs by Ward and Macdonald. Additional capacity and an auditorium was added on the north side of the school in 1970-1971.
As of 2014, the school hosts classes in Kindergarten to grade 5.
Period
Principal
1957-1963
Margaret “Maggie” Underhill (1898-1986)
1963-1966
Alfred Leslie Stevens (1920-2004)
1966-1979
Clarence Murdoch McMullen (1937-2017)
1979-1982
Mel Belluk
1982-?
Aleck Robson
?-1993
?
1993
Onofrio Florentino
1993-2008
?
2008
Darlene Lewis
2008-2014
?
2014-?
K. Cross
No information.
Radisson School (October 2014)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.90253, W97.00840
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Prain and Ward / Ward and Macdonald / Macdonald, Cockburn, McLeod, and McFeetors / MCM Architects
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pierre Radisson Collegiate / Louis Riel Arts and Technology Centre (5 De Bourmont Avenue, Winnipeg)
“Seeks Liberal nomination in Radisson,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 March 1957, page 6.
“Transcona notes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 May 1957, page 10.
“Transcona notes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 July 1957, page 12.
“Transcona notes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 October 1957, page 46.
“Transcona notes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 October 1957, page 5.
“Transcona H and S,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 October 1957, page 3.
“Official opening for new school,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 October 1957, page 5.
“5 boards appoint new men,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 June 1966, page 31.
“Rip Van Winkle sheer delight,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 May 1970, page 9.
“Push-button arithmetic - help or hindrance?,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 September 1975, page 17.
From Slate to Computer in the Transcona-Springfield Area 1873-1983 by Nan Shipley, 1983, page 350.
“Transcona-Springfield School Division No. 12,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 August 1993, page C10.
“Students speak out against vandals after school tagger,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 May 2008, page B6.
MCM Architects Inc. fonds, 1912-1994, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 26 December 2023
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