Historic Sites of Manitoba: J. B. Mitchell School (1720 John Brebeuf Place, Winnipeg)

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The J. B. Mitchell school building was erected in 1955, commemorating architect James Bertram Mitchell, and was opened at a ceremony in June 1956. A junior high school until 1989, when it closed due to declining enrollment, it was used in 1990 to temporarily house students from Laura Secord School displaced by renovations. It reopened as a K-6 school in September 1991.

Principals

Period	Principal
1956-1965	Marshall Roscoe “Ross” Thompson (1914-1990)
1965-1970	Thomas Bell (1913-1996)
1970-1971	Richard Malcolm “Dick” Mutchmor (1928-2000)
1971-1977	J. A. Douglas Cook
1977-1983	Len W. Baron
1984-1989	Brian R. Chappell
1989-1991	Closed
1991-2005	Aurel Richard
2005-2015	Marie-France Giasson
2015-2021	Paulette Marie Gauthier Huggins (1966-2021)

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
?-1976	Adam “Ed” Nazarko (1928-1993)

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1956-1957	John Arthur Buchanan (grade 9), Doris Allegra Crookshanks (grade 8), Albert Diamond (grade 8), Stanley Alexander Didkowski (grade 8), Winona Grace Hockley (grade 9), Margaret Joan Lomonaco (grade 9), John Edward Lysecki (grade 9), Gordon Neil McInnes (grade 7), Janice Margaret Rayner (grade 7), Mary Jean Reid (grade 7), Albert Edward Rodnunsky (grade 7)
1957-1958	Mr. E. Braun, John Arthur Buchanan, Doris Allegra Crookshanks, Mr. A. Diamond, Mr. J. Didkowski, Miss W. Hockley, John Edward Lysecki, Mr. G. N. McInnes, Mr. L. A. Miller, Miss J. Rayner, Miss M. Reid, Mr. A. Rodnunsky, Mr. J. Ryan, Miss K. Utting
1958-1959	E. Braun, John Arthur Buchanan, Doris Allegra Crookshanks, A. Diamond, J. Didkowski, Mrs. M. Haugh, Miss W. Hockley, Miss M. Johnson, John Edward Lysecki, G. N. McInnes, Miss M. McLean, L. A. Miller, G. Nicholson, Miss M. Reid, A. Rodnunsky, Miss C. J. Ross, Miss K. Utting
1959-1960	E. Braun, John Arthur Buchanan, Doris Allegra Crookshanks, J. Didkowski, Mrs. M. Haigh, Miss W. Hockley, R. Hyde, Miss M. Johnson, John Edward Lysecki, L. A. Miller, G. Nicholson, A. Rodnunsky, Miss C. J. Ross, Mrs. E. Sharkey, George Rhodes Tallin, Miss K. Utting, Miss G. Warthe
1960-1961	Miss E. Bennett, E. Braun, John Arthur Buchanan, J. Derwin, Doris Allegra Crookshanks, Mrs. K. Farley, Gordon R. Fines, Mrs. M. Haigh, Miss W. Hockley, R. Hyde, John Edward Lysecki, L. A. Miller, L. Neil, Mrs. M. Neuman, G. Nicholson, Miss M. Reid, Miss C. J. Ross, George Rhodes Tallin, Miss L. Wailey
1961-1962	E. Braun, John Arthur Buchanan, Miss C. Chai, Robert Walter Cross, J. Derwin, Doris Allegra Crookshanks, Mrs. K. Farley, Gordon R. Fines, Miss W. Hockley, R. Hyde, John Edward Lysecki, Mrs. M. MacBride, Mrs. D. Mason-Apps, Mrs. M. Neuman, G. Nicholson, G. Noonan, Miss S. Redman, R. A. Robbie, Miss C. J. Ross, J. Sharkey, Miss L. Walley, Miss N. Wirth
1962-1963	Robert Walter Cross, ?
1963-1964	E. Braun, Robert Walter Cross, Doris Allegra Crookshanks, Mrs. K. Farley, Mrs. E. E. Goodridge, Miss W. Hockley, Marcel Jamault, E. Krysko, John Edward Lysecki, Mrs. M. MacBride, Mrs. D. Mason-Apps, Miss P. S. Morris, A. H. Murray, Mrs. M. Neuman, Mrs. H. K. Nicolle, G. Nicholson, Mrs. A. M. Prefontaine, R. A. Robble, Miss C. J. Ross, Miss L. Walley, Mrs. T. Warkentin, Miss A. Whittaker, P. D. Wodchyc
1964-1965	Robert Walter Cross, ?
1965-1966	?
1966-1967	D. Armstrong, P. Armstrong, Mrs. J. Bevington-Woolf, Miss J. Brann, A. N. Burak, Mrs. G. Copithorne, Miss D. Crookshanks, I. Dookeran, R. Duthoit, Mrs. K. Farley, Miss P. Green, Miss W. Hockley, H. Huber, Marcel Jamault, V. Johnson, Miss A. Gryz, John Edward Lysecki, Mrs. M. MacBride, S. Morton, H. Murray, Mrs. A. Prefontaine, Miss J. Ross, E. Single, Mrs. G. Smith, J. Standing, Mrs. T. Warkentin
1967-1968	D. Armstrong, P. Armstrong, Mrs. J. Bevington-Woolf, Miss J. Brann, A. Burak, I. Dookeran, Mrs. S. Duncan, Mrs. H. McEwan, Miss W. Hockley, Marcel Jamault, V. Johnson, A. Lomas, John Edward Lysecki, Mrs. M. MacBride, Miss P. McFadyen, Miss D. Morris, H. Murray, Mrs. S. L. Nozick, Mrs. J. Panson, Mrs. A. Prefontaine, Miss J. Ross, E. Single, Mrs. G. Smith, J. Standing, Miss J. Starosilec, Mrs. M. Temple
1968-1969	D. Armstrong, P. Armstrong, Mrs. J. Arnason, Mrs. J. Bevington-Woolf, Mrs. M. Bowie, Miss J. Brann, I. Dookeran, Miss W. Hockley, Marcel Jamault, V. Johnson, Mrs. D. Langdon, H. A. Lomas, John Edward Lysecki, Mrs. M. MacBride, Miss P. McFadyen, J. Magel, Miss D. Morris, J. Mosquin, A. H. Murray, Mrs. S. L. Nozick, Miss L. Pattern, A. Power, Mrs. A. Prefontaine, Mrs. M. J. Robinson, Miss C. J. Ross, E. Single, Mrs. G. Smith, Mrs. J. Sommers, Miss J. Starosilec, Mrs. M. Temple

Photos & Coordinates

J. B. Mitchell School (April 2017) Source: Christine Loff J. B. Mitchell School (August 2019) Source: Nathan Kramer J. B. Mitchell School (August 2019) Source: Nathan Kramer J. B. Mitchell School (August 2019) Source: Nathan Kramer Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86029, W97.19894 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: James Bertram Mitchell (1852-1945)

Sources:

“Spanking new classrooms for city, suburban pupils,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 September 1956, page 48.

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

“20 school board appointments made,” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 May 1971, page 3.

Obituary [George Rhodes Tallin], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 October 1994, page 41.

“New Principals named for five city schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 2005, page B6.

J. B. Mitchell School fact sheet, Winnipeg School Division.

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

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg School District No. 1 (J. B. Mitchell School) - Daily Registers, GR4497, Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Nathan Kramer and Christine Loff for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 January 2025

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