The Seven Oaks School Division was created on 1 April 1959 by an order of the Manitoba Minister of Education, acting on a recommendation of the MacFarlane Commission on Education and the School Divisions Boundaries Commission. It became responsible for all secondary education, grades 9 to 12, within the area of the following school districts:
Ward
School Districts
1
West St. Paul School District No. 4
Parkdale School District No. 19272
Old Kildonan School District No. 2102
3
West Kildonan School District No. 8
Period
Superintendent
1959-1966
John Leamen (1908-1967)
1966-1967
Donald A. Girard
1967-1969
?
1969-?
?-1989
Norman Isler
1989-?
?
?-2001
Period
Assistant Superintendent
1967-1969
1969-1971
?
1971-1974
Alvin J. Wieler
1974-?
Norman Isler
?-?
Louise Evaschesen (c1940-2024)
H. C. Avery School (10 Marigold Bay)
Belmont School (525 Belmont Avenue)
Centennial School / Edmund Partridge School (240 Royal Avenue)
Collicutt School (75 Cottingham Street)
Constable Edward Finney School (25 Anglia Avenue)
Elwick Community School (30 Maberley Road)
Forest Park School (130 Forest Park Drive)
Governor Semple School (150 Hartford Avenue)
Jefferson Junior High School / Garden City Collegiate (711 Jefferson Avenue)
O. V. Jewitt Community School (66 Neville Street)
Leila North Community School (20 Allan Blye Drive)
Maples Collegiate (1330 Jefferson Avenue)
Margaret Park School (385 Cork Avenue)
R. F. Morrison School (25 Morrison Street)
James Nisbet Community School (70 Doubleday Drive)
Red River Community School (55 Swinford Way)
Seven Oaks Middle School (800 Salter Street)
Templeton School (1310 Templeton Avenue)
Victory School (395 Jefferson Avenue)
West Kildonan Collegiate (101 Ridgecrest Avenue)
West St. Paul School (3740 Main Street)
See also:
Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions (1959)
Events in Manitoba History: Manitoba’s Rural School Consolidation (1905-1967)
Events in Manitoba History: School Divisions Boundaries Commission (1958-1959)
Events in Manitoba History: MacFarlane Royal Commission on Education (1957-1959)
Report of the School Divisions Boundaries Commission, 13 January 1959, Manitoba Legislative Library, SpR 1958 Education.
“Pair appointed by school division,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 February 1967, page 28.
“Bend's school job filled,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 May 1969, page 3.
“W. K. students stage walkout,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 October 1971, page 4.
“Seven Oaks School Division No. 10 Principal,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 March 1973, page 36.
“Seven Oaks hit by inflation,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 February 1974, page 3.
“Give parents direct explanation: trustee,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 February 1974, page 7.
“A pointless sinecure,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 February 1991, page 9.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 13 July 2025
