The J. B. Mitchell school building was erected in 1955, commemorating architect J. B. 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.
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 |
“Spanking new classrooms for city, suburban pupils,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 September 1956, page 48.
“New Principals named for five city schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 2005, page B6.
Winnipeg School Division: Celebrating One Hundred Fifty Years, 1871-2021 by Winnipeg School Division, 2021.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Winnipeg School District No. 1 (J. B. Mitchell School) - Daily Registers, GR4497, Archives of Manitoba.