Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ashland School / Diagnostic Learning Centre (170 Ashland Avenue, Winnipeg)

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The cornerstone of Ashland School was laid in a ceremony on 2 November 1951, and a one-storey structure was erected at 170 Ashland Avenue in Winnipeg. The school closed in 1982 and, as of 1993, the building now hosts a Diagnostic Learning Centre of the Winnipeg School Division.

Principals

Period	Principal
1952-1955	Evelyn Dorothy Cox (1913-2010)
1955-1959	Anne Smigel (1914-2008)
1959-1967	Dorothy May Allward (1904-1968)
1967-1969	none
1969-1974	Donalda Ruth Stewart “Donna” Stanbra (1925-2011)
1974-1976	Mary Pankiw
1976-1978	?
1978-1981	Carol M. Basarab
1981-1982	W. Garry Lally

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1967-1969	Miss A. Phillips

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1952-1953	W. J. Birtle, Miss K. L. Dixon, Miss L. Hart, Miss M. P. Holloway, Miss M. V. Irwin, Miss S. S. Quelch
1953-1954	Mrs. C. Buchner, Miss H. Drysdale, Miss J. Hamm, Miss L. E. Hart, Miss A. Laurin, Miss S. S. Quelch
1954-1955	Miss H. Drysdale, Miss L. Hart, Miss J. Hamm, Miss A. Laurin, Miss S. Quelch, Miss R. Woods
1955-1956	Miss H. Drysdale, Miss J. Hamm, Miss L. Hart, Miss A. Laurin, Mrs. S. Stevenson, Miss R. Woods
1956-1957	Miss E. Fallman, Miss L. E. Hart, Miss S. Kominetsky, Miss A. Laurin, Miss S. Reynolds, Mrs. S. Stevenson
1957-1958	Miss E. Halpenny, Miss L. Hart, Mrs. M. Howell, Miss S. Kominetsky, Miss A. Laurin, Mrs. S. Stevenson
1958-1959	Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss E. Halpenny, Miss L. Hart, Miss S. Kominetsky, Miss A. Laurin, Mrs. S. Stevenson
1959-1960	Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss D. Artibise, Miss F. Halpenny, Miss S. Kominetsky, Miss A. Nosworthy, Miss M. Sullivan
1960-1961	Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss D. Artibise, Miss E. Halpenny, Miss A. Nosworthy, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. K. Tobian
1961-1962	Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss E. Halpenny, Miss A. Nosworthy, Mrs. G. H. Ryan, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. K. Tobian
1962-1963	?
1963-1964	Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss C. Cameron, Miss E. Halpenny, Miss A. Nosworthy, Mrs. O. Slipchenko, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. E. Wellwood
1964-1965	Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss C. Cameron, Miss E. Halpenny, Miss A. Nosworthy, Mrs. O. Slipchenko, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. E. Wellwood
1965-1966	Mrs. F. Borys, Miss C. Cameron, Miss E. Halpenny, Mrs. F. Hughes, Miss A. Nosworthy, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. J. Vogt
1966-1967	Mrs. F. Borys, Miss C. Cameron, Mrs. M.E. Grills, Miss E. Halpenny, Mrs. F. Hughes, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. G. Vadenboncoeur
1967-1968	[includes Riverview School] Miss E. Alexander, Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss J. Becker, Miss P. Block, Mrs. E. Buhler, Mrs. E. Butler, Miss C. Cameron, Mrs. P. M. Coughlin, Mrs. E. Dale, Miss S. Derksen, Miss M. Feltham, Mrs. O. Flatt, Mrs. E. Grills, Mr. P. O. Heinrich, Mrs. P. Kirk, Miss M. McIntyre, Mrs. J. McKall, Miss M. McLaughlin, Miss N. Medel, Miss R. Neufeld, Miss J. Sandercock, Miss O. Serafin, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. G. Vandenboncoeur, Miss J. Warner
1968-1969	[includes Riverview School] Mrs. L. Anderson, Miss J. Becker, Miss E. Blanchette, Miss P. Block, R. Copley, Miss C. Cameron, Miss S. Derksen, Mrs. E. Dale, Mrs. O. Flatt, Mrs. E. Grills, Mrs. L. Hominick, Mrs. M. Long, Miss A. McIntyre, Miss M. McIntyre, Miss M. McLaughlin, Miss A. Moss, Mrs. R. Neufeld, Mrs. E. Pankratz, H. Pauls, Miss J. Sanderdock, Mrs. J. Sobovitch, Miss K. Stevenson, Miss M. Sullivan, Mrs. M. Toews, Miss M. Waldie, Miss J. Warner, Miss M. Wallace

Photos & Coordinates

Ashland School (no date) Source: Winnipeg School Division Ashland School (June 2019) Source: Jim Fryza Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86375, W97.12155 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Riverview School (Casey Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sanford School No. 86 (Sanford, RM of Macdonald)

Sources:

“Board expected to study closing of two schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 April 1980, page 7.

“School closing probed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 January 1981, page 20.

“Ashland clarifications,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 February 1981, page 11.

Winnipeg School Division: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years, 1871-2021 by Winnipeg School Division, 2021.

We thank the Winnipeg School Division, Jim Fryza, and George Stewart for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 6 July 2022

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