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Located on Dominion Street in Rivers, in the Municipality of Riverdale, this secondary school building was built for the Rolling River School Division to replace a high school that operated as part of Rivers School No. 1484 from 1957 to 1961 and included a shared Principal (1957-1959). This school was opened officially on 31 August 1961.
In 1967, a monument and plaque in front of the school were installed to commemorate the centenary of Canadian Confederation.
Period
Principal
Before 1957
See Rivers School
1957-1959
Shared with Rivers School
1959-1965
Robert Leslie McIntosh (1925-2011)
1965-1968
Arnold James Nicholls (1929-2003)
1968-1973
Benjamin J. T. F. “Ben” Ward
1968-2022
?
2022-2025
Mike Klassen
Period
Vice-Principal
Before 1959
1959-1964
?
1964-1965
Arnold James Nicholls (1929-2003)
1965-1969
Wesley Henry Sametz (1917-2009)
School Year
Teachers
1957-1958
(At Rivers Collegiate): D. Brian Conly (grade 10), John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 11), Shirley J. Lyons (grade 9)
1958-1959
(At Rivers Collegiate): John Wesley Lorne Graham (grade 11), Enid Ellen Humphries (grade 10, November-June), Shirley J. Lyons (grade 12), William Gordon Shannon (grade 10, September-October), E. M. Stalker (grade 10, October-November), Lois A. Whyte (grade 9)
1959-1960
(At Rivers Collegiate): Lavina Shirley Hamilton (grade 10), Shirley J. Lyons (grade 12), Robert Leslie McIntosh (grade 11), Lois A. Whyte (grade 9)
1960-1961
(At Rivers Collegiate): Denis Mervin Babcock (grade 9), Lewis James Foley (grade 9, January-May), K. M. Halliday? (grade 9, September-December), Lavina Shirley Hamilton (grade 10), Joyce Lorraine Johnson (grade 9), Robert Leslie McIntosh (grade 11), Roy Vance Purvis (grade 12, May-June)
1961-1962
Allan Gregory Ciekiewicz (grade 9), Barbara Criddel (grade 10), Lewis James Foley (grade 9), Emily Gurr (grade 10), Lavina Shirley Hamilton (grade 10), Joyce Lorraine Johnson (grade 9), Lorraine Elenor LeBlanc (grade 11), Arnold James Nicholls (grade 11), Walter Alan Ennis Peterkin (grade 9), Samuel Alfred Wright (grade 12)
1962-1963
Allan Gregory Ciekiewicz (grade 9), Charles Edward Clare Durnin (grade 9, September-December), Lewis James Foley (grade 12), Emily Gurr (grade 11), David Harvey Halstead (grade 10), Lavina Shirley Hamilton (grade 9), Joyce Lorraine Johnson (grade 10), Thomas Alexander Milne (grade 9), Janice Letitia Mooney (grade 11), Arnold James Nicholls (grade 11), Judith Gail Ostofy (grade 10), Russell Ashley Searle (grade 10), Maureen Stephens (grade 9, December-June), Samuel Alfred Wright (grade 12)
1963-1964
Corenne Althea Busby (grade 10), Ruth Emma Davies (grade 9), Lewis James Foley (grade 12), Emily Gurr (grade 11), David Harvey Halstead (grade 10), Thomas Alexander Milne (grade 9), John Stuart Monteith (grade 10), Janice Letitia Mooney (grade 11), Irene Marion Murray (grade 10), Victor Ian Enrique Murray (grade 9), Arnold James Nicholls (grade 11), Lavina Shirley Hamilton Russell (grade 9), Samuel Alfred Wright (grade 12)
1964-1965
Ruth Emma Davies (grade 9), Wesley Alexander Drysdale (grade 9), Sharon Gladys Greening (grade 11), David Harvey Halstead (grade 11), Carol Mavis Hoffman (grade 9), Paul Anthony Jaddock (grade 10), Kazimer Boris Matieshin (grade 11), John Stuart Monteith (grade 10), Irene Marion Murray (grade 10), Victor Ian Enrique Murray (grade 12), Arnold James Nicholls (grade 12), Kenneth Roy McCurdy (grade 9), Lavina Shirley Hamilton Russell (grade 9), Wayne Alexander Russell (grade 10), Jean Steven Joseph “John” Suszko (grade 11)
1965-1966
Bonnie May Bodner (grade 11), Anthony Emanuel Briston (grade 11), Carl Liscolm Cunningham (grade 12), Ruth Emma Davies (grade 9), Wesley Alexander Drysdale (grade 9), Barry William Forman (grade 11), Harold Arnold Gilleshammer (grade 10), Sharon Gladys Greening (grade 12), David Harvey Halstead (grade 12), Paul Anthony Jaddock (grade 10), Sylvia Hope Madsen (grade 10), Evangeline Marie Mundell (grade 9), Kazimer Boris Matieshin (grade 9), John Stuart Monteith (grade 10), Lavina Shirley Hamilton Russell (grade 9), Wesley Henry Sametz (grade 11), Marjorie Jeanette Whyte (grade 12)
1966-1967
Anthony Emanuel Briston (grade 9), John Terence Cooke (grade 9), Carl Liscolm Cunningham (grade 12), John Raaymond Dawes (grade 9), Marjorie Jeanette Dawes (grade 12), Wesley Alexander Drysdale (grade 9), Barry William Forman (grade 10), Harold Arnold Gilleshammer (grade 10), Gertrude Marilyn Grant (grade 11), Paul Anthony Jaddock (grade 10), Edwin Christie Johnson (grade 10), Donald Campbell McLaren (grade 11), Sylvia Hope Madsen (grade 11), John Stuart Monteith (grade 10), John Walter Russell (grade 11), Wesley Henry Sametz (grade 11), Joseph Peter Verdurmen (grade 11)
1967-1968
Paul Boryskavish (no grade), John Terence Cooke (guidance counsellor), Marjorie Jeanette Dawes (grade 12), Wesley Alexander Drysdale (grade 11), Barry William Forman (grade 10), Harold Arnold Gilleshammer (grade 10), Gertrude Marilyn Grant (grade 12), Ernest Janzen (grade 9), Edwin Christie Johnson (grade 10), Raymond Michael Kolochuk (grade 9), Sandra Margaret Lachter (grades 10-11), Donald Campbell McLaren (grade 11), Sylvia Hope Madsen (grade 11), Clarice M. Oldcorn (no grade), Robert Oldcorn (grade 9), Denis Roger Rondeau (grade 12), Eva Taylor (grade 10), Joseph Peter Verdurmen (grade 9), John Walter Russell (grade 11), Calvin Michael Slobodian (grade 12)
1968-1969
Eleanor Diane Barrow (grade 8), Paul Boryskavish (grade 10), Joan Barron Burgess (guidance counsellor), John Terence Cooke (guidance counsellor), Leona Amy Cowan (grade 9), Marjorie Jeanette Dawes (grade 12), Wesley Alexander Drysdale (grade 11), Barry William Forman (grade 9), George Neville Scott Garner (grade 11), Harold Arnold Gilleshammer (grade 10), Gertrude Marilyn Grant (grades 11-12), Shirley Anne Gushulak (ungraded), Ernest Janzen (grade 9), Nickie Kalyniuk (grade 9), Nancy Jean Larkin (grade 9), Karen Marie MacDonald (grade 10), Sylvia Hope Madsen (grade 11), Robert Oldcorn (grade 9), Denis Roger Rondeau (grade 12), John Walter Russell (grade 12), Calvin Michael Slobodian (grade 12), Warren George Smallwood (grade 10), Eva Taylor (grade 10), Joseph Peter Verdurmen (ungraded), William Paul Wesley (grade 11)
Aerial view of Rivers Collegiate (April 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Entrance to Rivers Collegiate (April 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Monument near the entrance to Rivers Collegiate (April 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Centenary plaque near the entrance to Rivers Collegiate (April 2025)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.03380, W100.24766
denoted by symbol on the map above
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
“Planning for the future,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 19 September 1957, page 5.
“Large crowd attend collegiate opening ceremonies,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 26 September 1957, page 1.
“Congratulations to Rivers [The new Rivers Collegiate ...],” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 26 September 1957, page 1.
“Large crowd attend graduation exercises,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 22 May 1958, page 1.
“[Effective Jan. 1, the Rivers Collegiate was turned over to the local school board ...],” Brandon Sun, 26 March 1960, page 9.
“School term starts Aug. 31,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 24 August 1961, page 6.
“New Rivers Collegiate to open August 31st,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 24 August 1961, page 6.
“Doors opened at new school,” Brandon Sun, 5 September 1961, page 9.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Rivers School District No. 1484 - Daily Registers, GR2063, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Rivers Collegiate - Daily Registers, GR2063, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba Local Government Boundaries Commission, Schools in Manitoba - Volume 2, Rivers Collegiate - File 149B, March 1968, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Gordon Goldsborough for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 28 April 2025
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