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The River East Collegiate was built in 1960 based on designs of the Winnipeg architectural firm of Ward and Macdonald. It opened to students on 20 December 1960, who had previously been attending staggered classes at the East St. Paul Collegiate. The River East School Division facility, built at a cost of $508,970, had 15 classrooms, auditorium/gymnasium, commercial rooms, home economics rooms, shops, and an assortment of additional rooms. It was opened officially on 27 February 1961. The original structure was expanded greatly in 1963, adding 20 classrooms, two commercial rooms, one laboratory, and increased automotive shops space. The expanded facility opened in late November 1963.
In June 1990, the River East Collegiate Student Association erected a monument in front of the school in honour of late Principal J. Bruce Brown.
Period
Principal
1960-1982
Alexander “Alex” Smaluk (1920-2016)
1982-1985
James Bruce Brown (1939-1985)
1985-1993
Peter Friesen
1993-1998
William “Bill” Welsh (1936-2017)
1998-1999
Carolyn Lintott
1999-2008
Lauren Cartwright
2008-2014
Mr. J. Beveridge
2014-2019
D. Posthumus
2019-2023
Sandy Dzuba
2023-2025
Brian Locken
Period
Vice-Principal
1956-1957
Charles Eber Douglas
1957-1968
?
1968-1969
Celina Mae Cook
Donald Ross “Don” McMaster (1931-2023)1969-1970
Celina Mae Cook
Joseph Gardner Anthony “Joe” Degen (1929-2016)1970-1971
James Bruce Brown (1939-1985)
Joseph Gardner Anthony “Joe” Degen (1929-2016)1971-1975
James Bruce Brown (1939-1985)
Henry Jacob Dick1975-1983
Henry Jacob Dick
Waldi Donald Wawrykow1983-1986
?
1986-1988
Arthur Ben Funk
Henry Jacob Dick1988-1990
Arthur Ben Funk
Heinrich Eduard Schroeder1990-2022
?
2022-2023
Luke Klassen
Colin McDonald
Jordan Zoppa2023-2024
Luke Klassen
Tracey Lintott2024-2025
Nadia Binda-Moir
Tracey Lintott
Dana Sands
School Year
Teachers
1956-1957
Mr. P. Enns, Mr. L. E. Gendron, Mrs. M. E. Lee, Mr. W. J. MacNab, Miss S. Mandziuk, Mr. G. Michalchuk, Miss J. W. Milton, Mrs. M. I. Redgwell, Mrs. N. M. Reese, Miss P. R. Taylor, Mr. R. J. Wilson
1957-1958
?
1958-1959
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1959-1960
?
1960-1961
?
1961-1962
1962-1963
1963-1964
1964-1965
1965-1966
1966-1967
1967-1968
1968-1969
Mrs. C. A. Beek, Mr. G. C. Bell, Miss E. Berthaudin, Mr. D. M. Botting, Mr. J. B. Brown, Mrs. P. Budyk, Mrs. M. R. Campbell, Mr. A. N. Cooper, Joseph Gardner Anthony “Joe” Degen (guidance), Mrs. I. de Graff, Miss N. A. Dyck, Mrs. G. D. Fast, Mr. J. R. Fast, Mr. D. Friesen, Mr. J. I. Friesen, Mr. J. Froese, Mr. E. Gilroy, Mr. L. G. Goodman, Mrs. Goodspeed, Mr. A. D. Gregor, Miss D. Head, Lawrence Paul Huska, Mr. Ilavsky (guidance), Mr. F. Kahler, Miss S. Klassen, Mr. W. Klassen, Mr. J. Koshelanyk, Miss L. C. Madill, Miss Magnusson (guidance), Mr. B. McKinnon, Miss D. J. Moroz, Mr. R. G. Morris, Mrs. B. A. Nelson, Mrs. O'Connor, Miss E. O'Gorman, Peter Jacob Olchowecki, Mr. J. S. Oliver, Mrs. E. Pankiewicz, Mr. G. Pankiewicz, Mr. C. S. Pattle, Mr. R. Peniuk, Mr. P. Peters, Miss S. Porth, Mrs. J. G. Poudrier, Mr. P. Prystupa, Mr. Reeves, Mr. J. Regher, Mr. H. Rempel, Mrs. Roy, Mr. H. Schroeder, Mr. P. J. Spencer, Mrs. N. Staska, Mr. W. Staska, Harold Melville Stinson, Mr. G. Strempler, Mr. K. L. Sturk, Mr. L. B. Syrnick, Mr. N. W. Trevenen, Mrs. J. Unruh, Hendrikus “Henry” Visch, Mrs. J. Wawrykow, Mr. W. Wawrykow, Miss Young (librarian)
1969-1970
1970-1971
Mrs. C. A. Beek, Mr. G. C. Bell, Miss E. Berthaudin, Mr. J. Bitchok, Mr. G. W. Bochinski, Mr. D. W. Botting, Mrs. P. A. Budyk, Mr. A. M. Cooper, Mr. H. Dick, Miss N. A. Dyck, Mrs. G. D. Fast, Mr. J. R. Fast, Mr. D. Friesen, Mr. J. I. Friesen, Mr. P. Friesen, Mrs. J. L. Froese, Mr. W. Funk, Mr. E. H. Gilroy, Miss S. G. Greening, Miss M. D. Head, Lawrence Paul Huska, Mr. J. Kasdorf, Mr. W. Klassen, Mr. J. Koshelanyk, Mr. K. J. Krawchuk, Mr. M. J. Krochak, Mr. E. J. Kuch, Mrs. G. L. Lakusiak, Miss L. C. Madill, Mr. B. McKinnon, Mrs. S. McLachlan, Miss D. J. Moroz, Mr. R. G. Morris, Mrs. B. A. Nelson, Miss O’Gorman, Peter Jacob Olchowecki, Mr. J. S. Oliver, Mrs. E. Pankiewicz, Mr. G. Pankiewicz, Mr. C. S. Pattle, Mr. R. Peniuk, Miss S. Porth, Mrs. J. G. Poudrier, Mr. P. Prystupa, Mr. D. M. Reed, Mr. J. Regehr, Mr. H. Rempel, Mr. L. W. Ruppel, Miss H. J. Rutherford, Harry Schellenberg, Mr. H. E. Schroeder, Mr. D. A. Sernyk, Mr. Smith, Mr. P. J. Spencer, Mrs. N. Staska, Mr. W. Staska, Miss H. Sukkau, Mr. Z. B. Syrnick, Mr. N. W. Trevenen, Mrs. J. Unruh, Waldi Donald Wawrykow (guidance counsellor)
1971-1972
Lawrence Paul Huska, Peter Jacob Olchowecki, Waldi Donald Wawrykow (guidance counsellor), ?
1972-1973
Lawrence Paul Huska, Peter Jacob Olchowecki, Waldi Donald Wawrykow (guidance counsellor), ?
1973-1974
Peter Jacob Olchowecki, Waldi Donald Wawrykow (guidance counsellor), ?
1974-1975
Waldi Donald Wawrykow (guidance counsellor), ?
1975-1976
?
1976-1977
Mr. Berger, Mr. D. Blais, Mr. Bochinski, Mr. Bradshaw, Mrs. Bradshaw, Mrs. Brocki, Mr. Carter, Miss Dale, Mr. Dentry, Miss Dyck, Mr. E. Dyck, Mr. Fast, Mr. Friesen, Mrs. Gamble, Miss Greening, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Kells, Miss Klassen, Mr. Klassen, Mr. Koshelanyk, Mr. Kozak, Miss Kran, Mr. Krawchuk, Mr. Krochak, Miss Laurie, Lynn Mattisen, Mr. McBurney, Mr. Metcalfe, Miss Moroz, Mr. Neil, Mr. Olfert, Mr. Oystryk, Mr. Pattle, Mr. Peniuk, Mr. Pomarenski, Mrs. Popeski, Mr. Puttaert, Mrs. Puttaert, Mrs. Redekop, Mr. Regehr, Mr. Rempel, Mrs. Rempel, Mr. Ruppel, Mr. Scheer, Harry Schellenberg, Mr. Schroeder, Mrs. Schurek, Mr. Scott, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Spencer, Mr. Staska, Mrs. Stoesz, Mr. Sutton, Mr. Syrnick, Mrs. Tegg, Mr. Tucker, Mrs. Vensel, Mr. Wiebe, Mr. Wilson, Mrs. Woolison, Mrs. Zubrycki, Mr. Zybrycki
1977-1978
Mr. W. Berger, Mr. Blais, Mr. Bochinski, Mr. Bradshaw, Mrs. Bradshaw, Mrs. Brochi, Mr. Carter, Miss Dale, Mr. Dentry, Mr. E. V. Dyck, Miss N. A. Dyck, Mr. Esselmont, Mr. Fast, Mr. Friesen, Mrs. Gamble, Miss Greening, Mrs. Harvey, Mr. Kells, Miss S. Klassen, Mr. B. Klassen, Mr. Koshelanyk, Mr. Kozak, Miss Kran, Mr. Krawchuk, Mr. Krochak, Miss Laurie, Miss Mathers, Mr. McBurney, Mr. Metcalfe, Miss Miller, Miss Moroz, Mr. Neil, Mr. Olfert, Mr. Oystryk, Mr. Pattle, Mr. Peniuk, Mr. Pomarenski, Mrs. Popeski, Mr. Puttaert, Mrs. Puttaert, Mrs. Quinton, Mrs. Redekop, Mr. Regehr, Mr. Rempel, Mrs. Rempel, Mr. Staska, Mrs. Stoesz, Miss Sutton, Mr. Sutton, Mr. Syrnick, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Wiebe, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Zubrycki
1978-1979
?
1979-1980
?
1980-1981
?
1981-1982
?
1982-1983
?
1983-1984
?
1984-1985
?
1985-1986
?
1986-1987
?
1987-1988
?
1988-1989
?
1989-1990
?
1990-1991
?
1991-1992
?
1992-1993
?
1993-1994
?
1994-1995
?
1995-1996
?
1996-1997
?
1997-1998
Mrs. Bistyak, Mr. Blais, Mr. Bochinski, Mr. Bohardt, Mr. Chartrand, Mr. Clark, Ms. Doell, Miss Drzystek, Ms. Ens, Mr. Esselmont, Mr. Fast, Mr. Gagne, Mr. Graham, Mr. Habing, Ms. Harris, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Hildebrandt, Mr. Janz, Mr. Kasian, Mr. Koshelanyk, Ms. Kraemer, Ms. Kraemer, Miss Kran, Mr. Krawchuk, Mrs. Mackay, Mrs. MacLaren, Mr. Magnifico, Ms. Markusa, Mrs. Marsland, Miss Mathers, Mr. Matte, Mr. McBurney, Mrs. Miller, Mr. Mohammed, Mr. Munro, Mr. Neil, Mr. Neufeld, Ms. Neumann, Mr. Oystryk, Mr. Panas, Mr. Pedersen, Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Pura, Mr. Puttaert, Mrs. Ramsay, Mr. Redekopp, Miss Richardson, Mrs. Ridd, Mr. Ruppel, Mr. Shaw, Ms. Skublics, Mr. Sparkes, Mr. Stankevicius, Mrs. Stephens, Mr. Struch, Mr. Sutton, Mrs. Tate, Mr. Tucker, Mrs. Vukets
Among the other teachers of River East Collegiate was Robert James Harris.
Entrance to River East Collegiate with commemorative monument
for Principal J. Bruce Brown (October 2015)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.94304, W97.08108
denoted by symbol on the map above
“River East School Division No. 9,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 November 1960, page 29.
[Photo caption], Winnipeg Free Press, 25 February 1961, page 6.
“Know your Principal,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 May 1964 page 3.
“Male lead Mike finds lost chord,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 February 1967, page 21.
“Students not rushing to bars at noon, Syms says,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 March 1977, page 4.
“Staggered classes set at East St. Paul Collegiate,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 August 1960, page 48.
“River East School Division No. 9 public notice,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 September 1962, page 36.
“Many suburban acclamations but bylaws may lure voters,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 October 1962, page 3.
“Tenders - addition to River East Collegiate,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 February 1963, page 36.
“New River East Collegiate addition opening Friday,” [unlisted newspaper clipping], November 1963. [North East Winnipeg Historical Society].
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
School division student yearly attendance reports (E 0758A), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Jim Daher and Peter Dyck for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 January 2025
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