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Built in 1986 upon the architectural designs of Macdonald Cockburn McLeod McFeetors at the southwest corner of Hoddinott Road (Manitoba Highway No. 401) and Raleigh Street in the Birds Hill community of East St. Paul, this elementary school added needed local classroom capacity to the River East School Division, replacing the original Birds Hill School and reducing the amount of bussing necessary to shuttle local students to nearby schools. It opened to staff and students in January 1987 and the facility was opened officially on 7 May 1987. Mounted in front of the school are the name stone and date stone from the original Birds Hill School.
In 2002, the school became part of the River East Transcona School Division.
Period
Principal
Before 1987
1987-1995
Roberta Mae Vyse
1995-1997
?
1997-1998
John Laurence “Larry’ Peachell (1942-2013)
1998-2014
?
2014-2015
Lissa Palamar
2015-2024
?
2024-?
Sharla Cockriell
Period
Teachers
Before 1987
1986-1987
(January-June): Roslyn Melody Binda, Janet Marie Butler, Marlene Joan Demchuk, Valerie Diane Kraemer, Norman James Lee, Denise Mary McWilliams, Marcelline Kerry Moody, Hilda Huldina Staska, James Henry Schellenberg
1987-1988
Carolynn Joan Beech (grade 3), Roslyn Melody Binda (grade 3), Janet Marie Butler (grade 2), Susan Francine Cohn (grade 2), Marlene Joan Demchuk (kindergarten, 0.5), Edward Firman (grade 5), Gail Mary Lynn Hamilton (grade 4 & French), Marlene Helen Hanson (grade 1), Valerie Diane Kraemer (no grade), Lara Jane Lee (teachers aide, 0.86), Norman James Lee (resource), Margaret McLachlan (teachers aide), Denise Mary McWilliams (kindergarten), Carole Ann Martin (teachers aide, 0.86), Janet Kathleen Mattis (teachers aide), Kenneth Wilmot Miller (grade 6), Marcelline Kerry Moody (music), Sherry Jane Perkins (grade 1), Mary Jeanette Rebeck (grade 4), Lila Rokosh (speech and language, 0.22 at Birds Hill School, 0.21 at Emerson Elementary School), James Henry Schellenberg (grade 5), Kenny James Smerek (grade 6), Hilda Huldina Staska (grade 3, 0.5 - shared class with C. J. Beech)
1988-1989
Carolynn Joan Beech (grade 3, 0.5), Roslyn Melody Binda (grade 3), Janet Marie Butler (grade 2), Susan Francine Cohn (grade 2), Marlene Joan Demchuk (kindergarten, 0.5), Gail Mary Lynn Hamilton (grade 4), Marlene Helen Hanson (grade 1), Caroll Anne Kroeker (grade 5), Norman James Lee (resource), Margaret Marion McLachlan (teachers aide), Denise Mary McWilliams (kindergarten, 0.5; resource & library, 0.5), Carole Ann Martin (teachers aide, 0.86), Janet Kathleen Mattis (teachers aide), Kenneth Wilmot Miller (physical education), Marcelline Kerry Moody (music), Sherry Jane Perkins (grade 1), Mary Jeanette Rebeck (grade 4), Kenny James Smerek (grade 6), Peter Paul Smolarski (grade 5), Linda Gayle Specht (teachers aide, 0.43), Hilda Huldina Staska (grade 3, 0.5 - shared class with C. J. Beech), Leota Dorothy Turner (grade 1), Edgar William Veyhl (grade 6)
1989-1990
Carolynn Joan Beech (grade 3, 0.5), Roslyn Melody Binda (grade 3), Janet Marie Butler (grade 2), Marlene Joan Demchuk (kindergarten, 0.5), Susan Cohn Dielschneider (grade 2), Gail Mary Lynn Hamilton (grade 4), Marlene Helen Hanson (grade 1), Caroll Anne Kroeker (grade 5), Norman James Lee (resource), Tracy Lee McKendry (grade 6), Margaret Marion McLachlan (teachers aide), Denise Mary McWilliams (kindergarten, 0.5; resource & library, 0.5), Carole Martin (special education, 0.86), Janet Kathleen Mattis (teachers aide), Kenneth Wilmot Miller (physical education), Isabel Louise Mirosh (paraprofessional, 0.24; also 0.? at John de Graff School and Salisbury School), Marcelline Kerry Moody (music), Michele Ann Polinuk (grade 1), Mary Jeanette Rebeck (grade 4), Kenny James Smerek (grade 6), Peter Paul Smolarski (grade 5), Linda Gail Specht (special education, 0.43), Hilda Huldina Staska (grade 3, 0.5 - shared class with C. J. Beech), Leota Dorothy Turner (grade 1), Cheryl Jane Masumi Yahiro (grade 2)
1990-1991
Carolynn Joan Beech, Roslyn Melody Binda, Janet Marie Butler, Marlene Joan Demchuk, Gail Mary Lynn Hamilton, Marlene Helen Hanson, Mrs. D. Hopkins, Caroll Anne Kroeker, Norman James Lee, Mr. T. McKee, Tracy Lee McKendry, Denise Mary McWilliams, Kenneth Wilmot Miller, Marcelline Kerry Moody, Michele Ann Polinuk, Mary Jeanette Rebeck, Kenny James Smerek, Peter Paul Smolarski, Hilda Huldina Staska, Mr. R. Stevenson, Leota Dorothy Turner, Cheryl Jane Masumi Yahiro
1991-1992
Carolynn Joan Beech, Roslyn Melody Binda, Mrs. K. Brewer, Janet Marie Butler, Marlene Joan Demchuk, Sydney James Enns, Gail Mary Lynn Hamilton, Marlene Helen Hanson, Mrs. D. Hopkins, Mrs. T. Hunt, Norman James Lee, Mrs. T. McKee, Tracy Lee McKendry, Denise Mary McWilliams, Kenneth Wilmot Miller, Marcelline Kerry Moody, Michele Ann Polinuk, Mrs. D. Sjoberg, Kenny James Smerek, Peter Paul Smolarski, Hilda Huldina Staska, Mr. R. Stevenson, Leota Dorothy Turner, Cheryl Jane Masumi Yahiro
Birds Hill School with the namestone and datestone of the 1914 school (October 2014)
Source: Nathan Kramer
Birds Hill School (November 2014)
Source: Nathan Kramer
Birds Hill School (July 2020)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.97694, W97.01263
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Prain and Ward / Ward and Macdonald / Macdonald Cockburn McLeod and McFeetors / MCM Architects
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Birds Hill School No. 541 (Birds Hill, RM of East St. Paul)
“Tenders - Birds Hill Elementary [...],” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 November 1985, page 45.
“Teachers hope they can inspire entrepreneurs,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 1993, page B5.
“Innovation links Birds Hill school with business, science, technology,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 July 1995, page D1.
“Colds and flu are taking their toll in the province,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 February 1998, page A4.
“Tenders,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 October 1986, page 69.
Heritage II, A History of East St. Paul by the RM of East St. Paul, 1991, pages 271-275 & 294-299.
School division student yearly attendance reports (E 0758A), Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 5 December 2024
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