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The Kronsfeld School District was established formally in April 1904, classes were initially held at NE12-1-5E before a school building was constructed at SW8-1-4W, at Haskett, in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. The district was renamed as Haskett School some point between July 1943 and July 1944. Around November 1947, $2,500 was borrowed for repairs to the school as well as reinforcing the basement. The district was amalgamated into the Garden Valley School Division in 1967 and the school continued to operate until closing in 1971. Around 1970, junior grades were transferred to Rosengard School, with intermediate grades taught until the summer of 1971, after which they were taught at Reinland School. The building sat vacant until 1999 when it was demolished.
Period
Principal
1923-1927
Joseph Sidney Walkof (1882-1953)
1927-1930
Frank Unrau Dyck (1893-1982)
1930-1935
John K. Friesen
1935-1938
Jacob Derk Siemens (1898-1968)
1938-1940
William Friesen
1940-1943
John S. Schellenberg (1899-1977)
1943-1947
None
1947-1948
Peter Dyck
1948-1950
Henry Neufeld
1950-1951
Henry Teichgraf Thiessen (1918-2003)
1951-1954
Peter Brown
1954-1955
Gerald H. Dyck
1955-1956
Margie Letkeman
1956-1957
Peter David Matthies
1957-1959
Menno Schulz
1959-1960
David W. “Dave” Bueckert
1960-1963
Peter Isaac Friesen
1963-1966
Peter Sawatzky
1966-1967
Abram Jacob Friesen
1967-1968
?
1968-1969
Irvin Roy Enns
Among the early teachers of Kronsfeld School were Abraham Buhr (Fall 1905), John R. Walkof (January-June 1906), Susan Neufeld (October-December 1906 & Spring 1907 - February 1909), Solomon Abraham (March 1909), I. J. Warkentin (May-July 1909), Oscar Meckling (September 1909 - June 1910), Helen Warkentin (September-December 1910), H. L. Warkentin (January-June 1911), Edward Lot Kugler (September 1911 - June 1912), Anna Dyck (September-December 1912), Frederick Philip “Fred” Grove (January-June 1913), Susan Loewen (September-December 1913), Oscar Andrew Wurster (Spring 1914 - Spring 1915), Helena J. Hiebert (Fall 1914 - Spring 1916), John R. Friesen (Fall 1916 - Spring 1917), Peter S. Buhr (Fall 1917 - Spring 1918), Peter Brown (Fall 1918 - Spring 1919), Annie Robisstol? (Fall 1919), John H. Enns (Spring 1920), and Mary Derksen (Fall 1920 - Spring 1922).
Period
Teachers
1922-1923
Joseph Sidney Wolkof (grades 1-8 & October-February night classes)
1923-1924
Tien Derksen (grades 1-3), Joseph Sidney Wolkof (grades 4-8 & November-March night classes)
1924-1925
Tien Derksen (grades 1-3), Joseph Sidney Wolkof (grades 4-9)
1925-1926
Margaret Dyck (grades 1-3), Joseph Sidney Wolkof (grades 4-10)
1926-1927
Emma F. Uhrich (grades 1-2), Joseph Sidney Wolkof (grades 3-10)
1927-1928
Frank Unrau Dyck (grades 4-9), Emma F. Uhrich (grades 1-3)
1928-1929
Frank Unrau Dyck (grades 4-9), Lillian Elsie Hooge (grades 1-3)
1929-1930
Frank Unrau Dyck (grades 4-9), Lillian Elsie Hooge (grades 1-3)
1930-1931
Tine Buhr (grades 1-4), John K. Friesen (grades 5-10)
1931-1932
Tine Buhr (grades 1-4, August-December), John K. Friesen (grades 5-9), William I. Neufeld (grades 1-4, January-June)
1932-1933
John K. Friesen (grades 5-9), Mary A. Friesen (grades 1-4)
1933-1934
John K. Friesen (grades 7-10), Jacob Derk Siemens (grades 1-6)
1934-1935
John K. Friesen (grades 5-10), Jacob Derk Siemens (grades 1-4)
1935-1936
Eva Janzen (grades 1-3), Jacob Derk Siemens (grades 4-9)
1936-1937
Eva Janzen (grades 1-4), Jacob Derk Siemens (grades 4-9)
1937-1938
Eva Janzen (grades 1-4), Jacob Derk Siemens (grades 4-9)
1938-1939
William Friesen (grades 4-8), Olga Kehler (grades 1-3)
1939-1940
William Friesen (grades 5-9), Olga Kehler (grades 1-4)
1940-1941
Alvina F. Friesen (grades 1-4), John S. Schellenberg (grades 5-10)
1941-1942
Alvina F. Friesen (grades 1-5), John S. Schellenberg (grades 6-10)
1942-1943
Esther Cathryn Klassen (grades 1-6), John S. Schellenberg (grades 1-10)
1943-1944
John S. Schellenberg (grades 1-10)
1944-1945
Peter Dyck (grades 1-9)
1945-1946
Peter Dyck (grades 1-9)
1946-1947
Peter Dyck (grades 1-9)
1947-1948
Peter Dyck (grades 4-10), Helen Grace Siemens (grades 1-3)
1948-1949
Marie Alvina Driedger (grades 1-3), Henry Neufeld (grades 4-7)
1949-1950
Henry Neufeld (grades 5-8), Laura Wall (grades 1-4)
1950-1951
Eleanora “Ella” Neufeld (grades 1-4, August-September; grades 1-3, October-June), Henry Teichgraf Thiessen (grades 5-10, August-September; grades 4-10, October-June)
1951-1952
Peter Brown (grades 4-8), Eleanora “Ella” Neufeld (grades 1-3)
1952-1953
Peter Brown (grades 5-9), Irma Ann Buhr (grades 1-4)
1953-1954
Peter Brown (grades 5-10), Irma Ann Buhr (grades 1-4)
1954-1955
Gerald H. Dyck (grades 5-9), Margaret Esther Schroeder (grades 1-4)
1955-1956
Mary Anne Ens (grades 1-4), Margie Letkeman (grades 5-9)
1956-1957
Mary Anne Ens (grades 1-4), Peter David Matthies (grades 5-9)
1957-1958
Menno Schulz (grades 5-9), Justina Zacharias (grades 1-4)
1958-1959
Menno Schulz (grades 5-10), Justina Zacharias (grades 1-4)
1959-1960
David W. “Dave” Bueckert (grades 5-9), Jessie Zacharias (grades 1-4)
1960-1961
Peter Isaac Friesen (grades 5-9), Jessie Zacharias (grades 1-4)
1961-1962
Peter Isaac Friesen (grades 5-9), Eva Hildebrand (grades 1-4)
1962-1963
Peter Isaac Friesen (grades 5-9), Eva Hildebrand (grades 1-4)
1963-1964
Susan Irene Peters (grades 1-4), Peter Sawatzky (grades 5-9)
1964-1965
Mary Funk (grades 1-4), Peter Sawatzky (grades 5-9)
1965-1966
Mary Funk (grades 1-4), Peter Sawatzky (grades 5-8)
1966-1967
Mary Funk (grades 1-4), Abram Jacob Friesen (grades 5-8)
1967-1968
Mary Funk (grades 1-4), ? (grades 5-8)
1968-1969
Mary Dyck (grades 1-4), Irvin Roy Enns (grades 5-8)
1969-1970
Irvin Roy Enns (grades 6-8)
1970-1971
Irvin Roy Enns (grades 7-8)
1971-1972
School closed; grades 1-4 taught at Rosengard School, grades 5-8 taught at Reinland School.
Kronsfeld School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 91.
Haskett School (no date)
Source: Neil Thiessen
The former Haskett School building (no date)
Source: Neil Thiessen
Former site of Haskett School with the sign from the building (November 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.01938, W97.97518
denoted by symbol on the map above
One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.
A Study of Public School Buildings in Manitoba by David Butterfield, Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 1994, 230 pages.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
School division and school district formation files (E 0027), Kronsfeld School District No. 1284, GR1688, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
School division borrowing files (MA 0038), Haskett School District No. 1284, GR1798, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Kronsfeld School District No. 1284 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Kronsfeld School District No. 1284 - Miscellaneous [Daily Register], GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Haskett School District No. 1284 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer, and Gordon Goldsborough, and Neil Thiessen.
Page revised: 17 November 2024
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