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Known originally as the Steinreich School District when it was established by Rhineland Municipality By-Law No. 32 in January 1894, a one-room schoolhouse operated at Horndean (SW10-3-2W) in what is now the Municipality of Rhineland. The district was renamed Horndean before or, depending on sources, during the Second World War. It offered instruction in grades 1 to 11 by 1940 and the original school building was replaced by a new structure around 1965.
Horndean School became part of the Rhineland School Division on 18 August 1971. After the school closed in 1979, the building and property were used for a time as a community centre, and most of the building’s windows were covered by metal sheeting. A Mennonite church in Horndean later bought it for use as a private school but this plan did not come to fruition. In October 1994, the property was purchased by a sculptor for use as a studio and residence.
Period
Principal
1936-1939
Gerhard R. Wiebe
1939-1943
Henry Martin Friesen
1943-1947
Henry D. Dyck
1947-1954
Victor Peters
1954-1956
Julius George Toews (1893-1981)
1956-1957
Abram Friesen
1957-1962
Hardy Kehler
1962-1964
Elmer Henry Penner
1964-1966
Ben Penner
1966-1979
?
Period
Teachers
1936-1937
Hilda Penner (grades 1-4), Gerhard R. Wiebe (grades 5-8)
1937-1938
Hilda Penner (grades 1-4), Gerhard R. Wiebe (grades 5-10)
1938-1939
Hilda Penner (grades 1-4), Gerhard R. Wiebe (grades 5-9)
1939-1940
Henry Martin Friesen (grades 5-10), Hilda Penner (grades 1-4)
1940-1941
Henry Martin Friesen (grades 9-11), Susann [Susan] Klassen (grades 1-4), Emma Ida Schiebe (grades 5-8)
1941-1942
Henry Martin Friesen (grades 9-11), Emma Ida Schiebe (grades 5-8), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1942-1943
Henry Martin Friesen (grades 9-11), Kate Klassen (grades 5-8, 1943), Vernon K. Toews (grades 5-8), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1943-1944
John I. Brown (grades 5-8), Henry D. Dyck (grade 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1944-1945
John I. Brown (grades 5-8), Henry D. Dyck (grade 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1945-1946
Henry D. Dyck (grade 9-11), Victor Peters (grades 5-8), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1946-1947
Henry D. Dyck (grade 9-11), Victor J. Peters (grades 5-8), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1947-1948
Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1948-1949
Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1949-1950
Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1950-1951
Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1951-1952
Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1952-1953
Mabel Patricia Enns (grades 1-4), Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11)
1953-1954
Mabel Patricia Enns (grades 1-4), Elizabeth Peters (grades 5-8), Victor Peters (grades 9-11)
1954-1955
Bertha L. Lewis (grades 4-8), Laura M. Porte (grades 1-3), Julius George Toews (grades 9-11)
1955-1956
Gerhard D. Kehler (grades 4-8), Laura M. Porte (grades 1-3), Julius George Toews (grades 9-11)
1956-1957
Tina Dyck (grades 1-4), Abram Friesen (grades 9-11), Hardy Kehler (grades 5-8)
1957-1958
Henry Dick (grades 5-8), Tina Dyck (grades 1-4), Hardy Kehler (grades 9-11)
1958-1959
Tina Dyck (grades 1-4), Gerhard A. Hildebrand (grades 5-8), Hardy Kehler (grades 9-11)
1959-1960
Elfrieda Enns (grades 1-5), Gerhard A. Hildebrand (grades 6-8), Hardy Kehler (grades 9-11)
1960-1961
Dave W. Bueckert (grades 5-8), Elfrieda Enns (grades 1-4), Hardy Kehler (grades 9-11)
1961-1962
Dave W. Bueckert (grades 5-8), Elfrieda Enns Friesen (grades 1-4), Hardy Kehler (grades 9-11)
1962-1963
Dave W. Bueckert (grades 5-8), Verna Ann Friesen (grades 1-4), Elmer Henry Penner (grades 9-10)
1963-1964
Dave W. Bueckert (grades 5-8), Verna Ann Friesen (grades 1-4), Elmer Henry Penner (grades 9-10)
1964-1965
Elizabeth A. E. Hoeppner (grades 1-4), Ben Penner (grades 5-8)
1965-1966
Elizabeth A. E. Hoeppner (grades 1-4), Ben Penner (grades 5-8)
1966-1967
Elizabeth A. E. Hoeppner (grades 1-4), ? (grades 5-8)
1967-1979
?
Among the other teachers of Steinreich School / Horndean School were Peter A. Loewen (1898-1900), Peter H. Giesbrecht (1900), ? (1901), Peter H. Petter (1902-1903), Felix Lauer (1904), Jacob J. Neufeld (1905-1908), P. A. Klassen (1909), Jacob. J. Loeppky (1909-1910), John J. Frank (1910), ? (1911), John J. Heinrichs (1912-1913), Jacob E. Suderman (1913-1915), Peter W. Warkentin (1915-1916), Helena H. Siemens (1916, 1917-1918), P. P. Toews (1917), A. Enns (1918), Anna Heinrichs (1918-1919), D. A. Toews (1919-1920), Anna B. Enns (1920-1921), Otto D. Dick (1921-1922), Ida Hiebert (1922), Adolphe Guse (1922-1924), Anna Enns (1924-1925), Henry Martin Friesen (1925-1934), Jacob N. Giesbrecht (1934-1935), Gerhard R. Wiebe (1935-1936).
Steinreich School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 6.
Steinreich School (no date)
Source: Altona and District Heritage Research Centre
The former Horndean School building (no date)
Source: Ed Arndt
The former Horndean School building (October 1994)
Source: Jake Goertzen
The former Horndean School building (April 2015)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
The former Horndean School building (November 2021)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.19279, W97.65990
denoted by symbol on the map above
Altona East topographic map, 62H/4 East, Edition 1 ASE, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].
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.
The Rural Municipality of Rhineland: 1884-1984 by G. J. Ens, page 276. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.R45 Ens]
Manitoba School Records Collection, Steinreich School District No. 820 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Horndean School District No. 820 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Al Schmidt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre), Ed Arndt, Jake Goertzen, and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 3 November 2023
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