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Built during the spring and summer of 1965 to serve the growing needs of the Westwood area, this St. James - Assiniboia School Division school, like the street on which it is located, commemorates local municipal official Joseph Henry Sansome. Designed by architect John M. Venables of the firm of Pratt, Lindgren and Associates, the building was constructed by the Arlington Builders at a cost of $534,016. It opened for classes in November 1965 and an official opening ceremony, attended by Premier Duff Roblin, occurred on 19 May 1966. Initially serving junior high grades, the facility was later converted into an elementary school.
Period
Principal
1965-?
Emile Dupas
?-1971
?
1971-1980
Donald Taylor “Don” McKinnon (1926-2012)
1980-1981
Mr. J. Friesen
1981-1985
Thaddeus Edward “Ted” Witoski (1932-2014)
1985-1989
John “Jack” Carnegie (c1935-2023)
1989-1994
Wenda Engbrecht
1995
Nicholas “Nick” Yacheson
1995-1996
?
1996-2006
Peter Mingo
2006-2015
?
2015-2016
Patrick Betz
Period
Vice-Principal
1969-1973
Victor Wieler
1973-1979
?
1979-1981
Steve Hyrich
1981-1982
Betty Rae
1982-1985
Donald Timmerman
1985-1987
Betty Rae
1987-1988
?
1988-1990
Elenore Wieler
1990-1992
?
1992-1993
William “Bill” Cann
1993-1996
?
1996-1997
David William “Dave” Frye (1942-2020)
1997-1998
Gail Surman
1998-2005
?
2005-2006
Michelle Gashyna
School Year
Teachers
2005-2006
Susan Arnason, Diane Beggs, Heather Bell, Tracy Betz, Kyle Briggs, Christina Brophy, Janet Cassell, Kathryn Hearsum, Lizanne Lemay, Judith Lemon, Sharon Marshall, Aimee McDonald, Jim McMurtrie, Celia Mikkelson, Andrea Paul, Tanis Ryznar, Joseph Staska, Tony Szarkiewicz, Jocelyn Ward, Gary Wasilewski, April Waters
Among the other teachers of Sansome Junior High School was Leslie B. Ewacha.
Sansome School (May 2020)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87599, W97.30633
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Pratt Lindgren Snider Tomcej and Associates
“Truck backs over cyclist on ground,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 July 1967, page 4.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), GR 1196, Archives of Manitoba.
A Brief History of the Origin and Development of Sansome Junior High, St. James Assiniboia School Division, 1974.
“St. James-Assiniboia School Division No. 2,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 December 1994, page 70.
Obituary [Leslie Bohdan Ewacha], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 April 2020.
We thank Mari-Jean Nachtigall, Bill Cann, Arnold Reimer, and Dorothy Young for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 January 2023
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