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Built in 1953 in the East Kildonan School District, the school was named for North Kildonan councillor Angus Matheson McKay and opened on 1 November 1953. The building was expanded in 1958 by the firm of Smith Carter Katelnikoff Architects, and again by the same firm in 1960, a six-classroom addon with movable walls that allowed for two classrooms to become an assembly hall. The new wing was officially opened on 23 October 1960 by East Kildonan School Board Chairman L. A. McMahon. A further addition was made in 1974 on designs of Macdonald, Cockburn, McLeod, and McFeetors.
Period
Principal
1953-1963
Louise May Hudson Dunnett (1903-1993)
1963-1965
David Stewart Small (1913-2003)
1965-1967
?
1967-1970
Peter Franz Klassen (1922-2004)
1970-1983
Mosie Nicholas “Moe” Tobin (1933-2007)
1983-1996
Mary Margaret Sparling Zubek Oliver (1934-2019)
1996-2003
?
2003
Judy Vermette
2003-2014
?
2014-2018
Christi Qua
2018-2020
?
2020-2022
Ms. L. Woelcke
2022-2023
?
2023-2024
Bailey McIntyre
2024-2025
Jean-Paul Rochon
Period
Vice-Principal
1953-1965
?
1965-1967
Hubert John Jonasson
1967-1970
George Ronald Hinther
1970-1981
?
1981-1992
None
Among the teachers of Angus McKay School was Jim Ladoski.
Period
Teachers
1953-1954
?
1954-1955
?
1955-1956
?
1956-1957
?
1957-1958
?
1958-1959
?
1959-1960
?
1960-1961
?
1961-1962
?
1962-1963
?
1963-1964
?
1964-1965
?
1965-1966
Lillian Elizabeth Barry (grade 2), H. Joan Brisley (grade 6), Frieda Duerksen (grade 1), Carrie Mobray Garson (grade 2), Siegfried Wilhelm Grafe (grade 6), Robert James Hamilton (grade 5), Margaret Horne (grade 3), Agnes May Johnson (grade 3), Hubert John Jonasson (grade 6), Martha Hilde Kendall (grade 5), Mary Kathleen Mascivch (grade 4), Ann Olga Nazeravich (grade 1), Glenys Gertrude Pinkney (grade 3), Asa Lillian Reid (grade 3), Marion Louise Schick (grade 4), Kathleen Margaret Wimble (grade 5)
1966-1967
Ada Margaret Allen (grade 2), Lillian Elizabeth Barry (grade 2), H. Joan Brisley (grade 6), Judith Gale Demaniuk (grade 6), Frieda Duerksen (grade 1), Joanne Lenore Hiebert (grade 1), Margaret Horne (grade 3), Agnes May Johnson (grade 4), Hubert John Jonasson (grade 6), Martha Hilde Kendall (grade 5), Mary Kathleen Mascivch (grade 4), Ann Olga Nazeravich (grade 1), Marilyn Gail Patrick (grade 3), Glenys Gertrude Pinkney (grade 3), Marion Louise Schick (grade 4), Kathleen Margaret Wimble Eyolfson (grade 5)
1967-1968
?
1968-1969
?
1969-1970
?
1970-1971
?
1971-1972
?
1972-1973
?
1973-1974
?
1974-1975
?
1975-1976
?
1976-1977
?
1977-1978
?
1978-1979
?
1979-1980
?
1980-1981
?
1981-1982
Beverly Ellen Benson (grade 3), Jeanette Marie “Jan” Bizruchak (teachers aide, 0.8), Edward Ernest Hammond (grade 5 & French), Gregory Michael Holowka (grade 4), Maria Conception B. Madolara (grade 2), Ann Olga Nazeravich (resource), Cheryl Mildred Osborne (physical education, 0.5 at Angus McKay School, 0.5 Sherwood School), Dolores Lorain Roffey (kindergarten, 0.5), Marlene Joan Wall (grade 1), Edith Wiebe (grade 6)
1982-1983
?
1983-1984
?
1984-1985
?
1985-1986
?
1986-1987
?
1987-1988
Gladys Marilyn Bellamy (grade 6), Beverly Ellen Benson (grade 4), Jeanette Marie “Jan” Bizruchak (teachers aide, 0.86), Herta Caswell (kindergarten, 0.5), Gregory Michael Holowka (grade 5), Larry William Krause (grade 3), Maria Conception B. Madolara (grade 2 + French), Linda M. Neufeld (music, 0.33 at Angus McKay School, 0.33 at McLeod School), Cheryl Mildred Osborne (physical education, 0.5), Joyce Margaret “Joan” Pacey (teachers aide, 0.86), Eleanor Irene Reimer (grade 1), Marlene Sharon Villing (resource, 0.4 at McKay School, 0.5 at Springfield Heights School)
1988-1989
?
1989-1990
Gladys Marilyn Bellamy (grade 6), Beverly Ellen Benson (grade 4), Jeanette Marie "Jan" Bizruchak (teachers aide, 0.86), Herta Caswell (kindergarten, 0.5), Lynnell Marie Dowell (teachers aide / special needs, 0.43 at Angus McKay School, 0.43 at ?), Gregory Michael Holowka (grade 5), Larry William Krause (grade 3), Maria Conception B. Madolara (grade 2), Cheryl Mildred Osborne (physical education, 0.5), Eleanor Irene Reimer (grade 1), Lorraine W. Selk (speech and language, 0.23 at Angus McKay School, 0.24 at Polson School, 0.24 at Prince Edward School), Marlene Sharon Villing (resource), Irene Grace Warkentin (music, 0.33)
Angus McKay School (September 2014)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93405, W97.10460
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Smith Carter and Katelnikoff / Smith Carter Architects and Engineers / Architecture49
Memorable Manitobans: Angus Matheson McKay (1862-1953)
“Schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 September 1953, page 24.
[Photo caption], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 September 1957, page 15.
“School tender notices,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 October 1957, page 42.
“Notice of tender,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 1959, page 31.
“To open wing,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 October 1960, page 9.
“Jottings from the business world,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 October 1960, page 66.
“Tender notice,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 February 1960, page 37.
“McKay school tea,” Winnipeg Free Press, 29 May 1963, page 19.
“To hear Principal,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 November 1967, page 22.
“Tender notice,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1974, page 40.
“Volunteer grandparents loving it,” Winnipeg Free Press Community Review North/Northeast, 30 August 1995, page 3.
“Community spirit,” Winnipeg Free Press Neighbours Northeast, 3 September 2003, page 1.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
School division student yearly attendance reports (E 0758A), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Ted Fransen for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 17 March 2025
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