Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sansome School (181 Sansome Avenue, Winnipeg)

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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.

Principals

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

Vice-Principals

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

Teachers

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.

Photos & Coordinates

Sansome School (May 2020) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.87599, W97.30633 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Manitoba Business: Pratt Lindgren Snider Tomcej and Associates

Sources:

“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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