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Build at a cost of around $11,000, this facility operated under the name of Munroe School from 1953 to 1960 and hosted grades 1 to 3. In 1960, the original Polson School across the road was closed, with students transferring to the newer building for the Fall Term of that year. The building was expanded to handle the added enrollment demands, with eight classroom designed by the Winnipeg architectural firm of by Smith Carter Katelnikoff Architects. Grades 4 to 6 were added and the school was renamed Polson School to preserve the commemoration of Hugh Polson and avoid confusion with the nearby Munroe Junior High School. An expansion in 1974-1975 was designed by Macdonald Cockburn McLeod McFeetors Architects. It was expanded further in 1981. In commemoration of the school’s centenary in 2010, a small plaque in a tribute garden to the east of the primary school doors was dedicated to all who passed through the school’s doors.
Period
Principal
1953-1957
Anna Mima McIntyre (1902-1994)
1957-1960
Genevieve Ann Craig (1909-1987)
1960-1972
Robert McElroy (1909-1986)
1972-1979
Rudolph “Rudy” Pauls
1979-1980
Edna Joan McCreath Gemmell (?-2022)
1980-1983
Rudolph “Rudy” Pauls
1983-1994
Helen McCracken
1994-2014
?
2014-2015
Nello Altomare (c1963-2025)
2015-2023
?
2023-2024
Pamela Alexander
2024-2025
?
Period
Vice-Principal
1960-1962
Paul Moroz (1926-2023)
1962-1965
?
1965-1968
Paul Moroz (1926-2023)
1968-1981
None
1981-1987
Victor Anthony Kuzyk
1987-1991
Sheilah Diane Redekop
1991-1992
None
School Year
Teachers
1953-1954
Florence Horrocks (grade 3), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Anna Mima McIntyre (grade 4), Bernice Jean Michalecki (grade 2), Agnes Mary Skibinski (grade 1), Margaret Tanchak (grade 1)
1954-1955
Florence Horrocks (grade 3), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Anna Mima McIntyre (grade 3), Bernice Jean Michalecki (grade 2), Ann Marie Mickalison (grade 1), Agnes Mary Skibinski (grade 1)
1955-1956
Patricia Joan Francis (grade 1), Florence Horrocks (grade 3), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Anna Mima McIntyre (grade 3), Bernice Jean Michalecki (grade 2), Ann Marie Mickalison (grade 1)
1956-1957
Patricia Joan Francis (grade 1), Florence Horrocks (grade 3), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Anna Mima McIntyre (grade 3), Bernice Jean Michalecki (grade 2), Ann Marie Mickalison (grade 1)
1957-1958
Genevieve Ann Craig (grade 3), Helen E. Derksen (grade 1), Florence Horrocks (grade 3), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Vida Gordon McCutcheon (grade 1), Ann Marie Motoska (grade 1, 1957), Frederica Peterson (grade 1, 1958), Barbara Fern Stevens (grade 2)
1958-1959
Genevieve Ann Craig (grade 3), Helen E. Derksen (grade 1), Florence Horrocks (grade 3), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Barbara Fern Stevens (grade 2)
1959-1960
Genevieve Ann Craig (grade 3), Florence Horrocks (grade 3), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Barbara Fern Stevens (grade 2)
1960-1961
Jeannette Marie Brunelle (grade 4), Jeanne Caron (grade 5), Ethel Catherine Edwards (grade 5), Florence Horrocks (grade 3), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Lois Elizabeth Lundy (grade 1), Vida Gordon McCutcheon (grade 1), Gloria Winifred McPherson (grade 4), Paul Moroz (grade 6), Lillian Sawadsky (grade 1), Muriel Winnifred Solomon (grade 4), Barbara Fern Stevens (grade 2), Winnifred Nellie Williams (grade 3), Mary Teenie Wolfe (grade 6)
1961-1962
Leonard Douglas Boyko (grade 5), Jeannette Marie Brunelle (grade 4), Ethel Catherine Edwards (grade 5), Florence Horrocks (grade 3), Lillian Alice Hoey (grade 1), Alexina Ellen Jorgenson (grade 2), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Lois Elizabeth Lundy (grade 1), Gloria Winifred McPherson (grade 4), Paul Moroz (grade 6), Barbara Fern Stevens (grade 2), Winnifred Nellie Williams (grade 3), Mary Teenie Wolfe (grade 6), Lillian Zacharias (grade 1)
1962-1963
Jeannette Marie Brunelle (grade 4), Ethel Catherine Edwards (grade 5), Florence Horrocks (grade 3), Lillian Alice Hoey (grade 1), Alexina Ellen Jorgenson (grade 2), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Henry Krickham (grade 5), Lois Elizabeth Lundy (grade 1), Gloria Winifred McPherson (grade 4), John Petrash (grade 6), Edith Wiebe (grade 3), Winnifred Nellie Williams (grade 3), Mary Teenie Wolfe (grade 6), Lillian Zacharias (grade 2)
1963-1964
Edith Sophia Bethel (grade 1), Lorraine Bourrier (grade 4, 1963), A. C. Burns (grade 4, 1963), Ethel Catherine Edwards (grade 5), Arthur Ben Funk (grade 6), Roberta Eileen Graham (grade 4), George Ronald Hinther (grade 5), Lillian Alice Hoey (grade 1), Alexina Ellen Jorgenson (grade 2), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Gloria Winifred McPherson Mollard (grade 4), Morna-June Cecile Morrow (grade 3), Edith Roberts (grades 4-5), Winnifred Erma Warnick (grades 1-2), Edith Wiebe (grade 3), Mary Teenie Wolfe (grade 6)
1964-1965
Oliver Percival Bansfield (grade 6, 1965), Edith Sophia Bethel (grades 1-2), Maureen Lynne Dressel (grade 1), Ethel Catherine Edwards (grade 5), Arthur Ben Funk (grade 6), George Ronald Hinther (grade 5), Lillian Alice Hoey (grade 1), Alexina Ellen Jorgenson (grade 2), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Gloria Winifred McPherson Mollard (grade 4), Morna-June Cecile Morrow (grade 3), Marlene Rebecca Tinling (grade 4), Edith Wiebe (grade 3), Mary Teenie Wolfe (grade 6)
1965-1966
Carol Jean Anderson (grade 5), Edith Sophia Bethel (grade 1), Maureen Lynne Dressel (grade 1), Lillian Alice Hoey (grade 1), James Edward Johnson (grade 6), Alexina Ellen Jorgenson (grade 2), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Leslie Irene Kolisnyk (grade 3), Jessie Violet McDonald (ungraded), Gloria Winifred McPherson Mollard (grade 4), Paul Moroz (grade 6), Edith Roberts (grade 5), Linda Irma Scharein (grade 4), Edith Wiebe (grade 3)
1966-1967
Carol Jean Anderson (grade 5), Edith Sophia Bethel (grade 1), Judy Vivian Bugera (grades 1-2), Kathie Ewert (grade 3), Lillian Alice Hoey (grade 1), James Edward Johnson (grade 6), Alexina Ellen Jorgenson (grade 2), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Leslie Irene Kolisnyk (grade 3), Gwen Arlene Mcdonald (grade 5), Jessie Violet McDonald (ungraded), Paul Moroz (grade 6), Marilyn Mavis Mushkat (grade 4), Linda Irma Scharein (grade 4)
1967-1968
Marilyn Mavis Berger (grades 3-4), Edith Sophia Bethel (grade 1), Judy Vivian Bugera (grade 1), Kathie Ewert (grade 3), Patricia Ann Hilder (grade 5), Alexina Ellen Jorgenson (grade 2), Annie Dorothy Kammrath (grade 2), Ernest Koenig (grade 6), Leslie Irene Kolisnyk (grade 3), Jessie Violet McDonald (ungraded), Paul Moroz (grade 6), Norma Katherine Peters (grade 5), Linda Irma Scharein (grade 4), Frances Annie Vidal (ungraded)
1968-1984
?
1984-1985
Mr. R. Bisset (grade 6), Miss Laurie (grades 3-4), ?
1985-1986
Miss R. Laurie, ?
1986-1987
Mr. R. Bisset, ?
Entrance to Polson School (April 2017)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.91843, W97.09896
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Polson School (Winterton Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Munroe Junior High School (405 Munroe Avenue, Winnipeg)
“E. Kildonan teaching staff announced,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 September 1953, page 22.
“Notice of tender,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 1959, page 31.
“Tender notice,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 February 1960, page 37.
“Tender notice,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1974, page 40.
Polson School, River East Transcona School Division.
Manitoba School Records Collection, River East School Division #9 - Munroe Elementary School Daily Registers, GR8245, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, River East School Division #9 - Polson School Daily Registers, GR8245, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
School division student yearly attendance reports (E 0758A), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Victor Krenz for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 17 March 2025
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