George V School celebrates 100 years

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Plans are well underway at George V School (265 Grey St.) to commemorate the school’s 100th anniversary. And while the official celebration of the 100th anniversary doesn’t take place until June 5 and 6, students and administrators are wasting no time in getting ready.

“We’ve already had an assembly to kick off the 100th for our students,” principal Manuel Silva said. “We’ve been involving student council in terms of planning some activities as well.”’
The 100th anniversary has also made its way into this year’s curriculum.

“Every classroom has taken on a different decade,” Silva said. “So all year long they’re studying that decade and how Elmwood, our school, and Winnipeg were impacted during that decade.”

“On June 5, every classroom will showcase their projects and what they’ve learned.”

In planning June’s festivities, Chris Yaremkiewich, George V’s phys-ed teacher, said the school has been consulting regularly with alumni.

“The general consensus is they want a place to meet, catch up with their peers and have that very casual opportunity,” Yaremkiewich said.

To facilitate that social aspect, the 100th anniversary celebration will include a come-and-go tea room set up in George V’s gym, where students and families can mingle with alumni on the afternoon of June 5.

The tea room in the gym will also host a performance from a local guitar group.

“They’ll be performing a repertoire of music from the last 100 years,” Silva said. “So that’s kind of neat, too.”

“We also have an artist, Annie Bergen, coming to do a mural,” Yaremkiewich added.

“Through collaboration with some of the students in the school, they’ll be getting together to decide how to portray the 100 years of George V School in a mural in one of our hallways.”

On June 6 — weather permitting — the parent council will be throwing a carnival, with activities, food, and a silent auction, with proceeds going towards building a new playstructure for the school.

The cornerstone for George V School was laid in August 1915, opening to 235 students a year later, in September 1916.

 

Today, there are 262 students at George V School, roughly two thirds of whom are French immersion students.

The school is also in the midst of ordering 100th anniversary wear, in both the current forest green as well as the retro royal purple and gold. They’ve even designed a logo that incorporates both the traditional crown and the current Grizzly mascot.

George V School’s 100th anniversary celebrations are taking place June 5 and 6, 2015. To get involved, or to order special 100th anniversary souvenirs— including T-shirts, hoodies, USB sticks, and more— visit https://www.winnipegsd.ca/schools/georgev/Pages/default.aspx or call Janice Fiebelkorn at 204-669-4482.