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Shamrock school is a school located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in the Louis Riel School Division. Shamrock school opened its doors to students on October 16th 1975. The first principal of Shamrock school was Walter Chomichuk who was principal from its opening in 1975 until 1979. As of October 2024 approximately 625 students attend Shamrock school. The peak population of Shamrock school was in 2000-2001 when it had over 800 students.

Building Elements:

Shamrock school a a mostly single story building, with the exception of 2 penthouses housing mechanical equipment, and a crawl space that expands under most, if not all of the school. The original side of Shamrock school was designed by the architectural firm of "Moody Moore Duncan Rattray Peters Searle Christy" (now simply known as MMP). There was later an expansion in 1978, designed by Johnson and Mager architects, which follows the same basic design and the original side. Shamrock school was originally designed as an open concept school, like most schools at the time. The basic concept of it was classrooms surrounding and open sunken Common area/Library. The common area had 3' 6" railings and was sunken two feet. That basic design can also be seen in Niakwa Place School. Until the mid 2000s the older classrooms had green carpet, which could still be seen up until 2021 in some rooms. The original colors of the school were Orange, Brown, and yellow. Originally there were risers in the foyer, where there is now a display case.

Renovations:

From the late 90s into the early 2000s they started renovating the school to make it more accessible. They started in 1996 by adding a grooming room, then in later years renovating four classrooms to become designed for SLP programming. The main gymnasium has gone through two major revamps, the biggest one being in the early 2000s, when they re-painted it and revamped the stage. The second major one was in 2016, when they switched the floor from epoxy flooring to a cushier rubber/plastic floor. In the late 2010s, they renovated both of the music rooms to modernize them and improve their appearance. In 2021, the renovated two unused rooms to become practical arts rooms. One of them (in the original wing) was originally a library turned MPR, which then became the Industrial Arts room. On the opposite side of the school there is a Home Economics room, which was originally a science lab, turned MPR.

General Historical information:

There used to be a canteen (which no longer operates) that opened November 4th, 2002. The canteen window is still there, but no food is actually served out of it. There was a peace song written in 1998 by by Len Udow, Grade 5 students, with help from Peggy Emmond and Jack Laferty. There is also a peace song that is usually sung at remembrance day ceremonies, but it is not confirmed that they are the same song. no way to confirm that it is the same one. There was a new play structure built in 1995 that still stands today.

Principals

Period	Principal
1974-1979	Walter Chomichuk
1979-1981	?
1981	Joel Simpson
1981-1984	?
1984-1992	Ernie Shume
1992-1998	?
1998	Bill Sawka
1998-2000	?
2000	Tanis Pshebniski
2001-2007	Sheena Braun
2007-2010	Roberta Tucker
2010-2013	Al McDermid
2013-2014	Lisa Lewis
2014-2016	Denise Klassen
2016-2018	Rick Hailey
2018-2019	Sheila Lynch-Mondor
2019-2021	Kurt Krahn
2021-2022	Shelly Hopper
2022-?	Karen Duffield

Vice Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
?-2000	Jack Laftrey
?-2000	Gerry Noonan
2000-2004	Richard “Rick” Rajotte
2004-2006	Al McDermid
2006-2009	Jordan Falconer
2009-2013	Lisa Lewis
2012-2018	Shelly Hopper
2018-2019	Denise Klassen
2019	Sheila Lynch-Mondor
2019-2023	Dana Cormier
2023-?	Cathy Ann Winters

Last updated October 23 2024