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The Mitchell School District was established in April 1919 and a one-room schoolhouse operated in the village of Mitchell (SE6-7-6E) in the Rural Municipality of Hanover. In the 1950s, another classroom was added to cope with increased student enrollment, and a teacherage was built. In 1968, the district was dissolved and its area became part of the Hanover School Division. Students were bused to nearby Steinbach and the Division used the former school building as a workshop and warehouse. Later the property was sold to a local resident. In 2013, a commemorative sign at the site was erected by the EastMenn Historical Society.
Period
Principal
1955-1956
Gerhard Peter Neufeld (c1890-1968)
1956-1960
Gerhard Solomon Rempel (c1896-1969)
1960-1963
Gerd Manfred “Bert” Suss
1963-1964
John Friesen
1964-1965
Joseph G. Plett
1965-1966
Mrs. Katherine Peters
1966
Monroe Doerksen
1966-1967
Elmer Sawolty
1967-1968
Henry Schultz
School Year
Teachers
1952-1955
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1955-1956
Gerhard Peter Neufeld (grades 4-6), Elizabeth Loewen “Betty” Plett (grades 1-3)
1956-1957
Gerhard Peter Neufeld (grades 1-4), Gerhard Solomon Rempel (grades 4-9)
1957-1958
Elizabeth Loewen “Betty” Plett (grades 1-4), Gerhard Solomon Rempel (grades 5-9)
1958-1959
Elizabeth Loewen “Betty” Plett (grades 1-4), Gerhard Solomon Rempel (grades 5-9)
1959-1960
Elizabeth Loewen “Betty” Plett (grades 1-4), Gerhard Solomon Rempel (grades 5-9)
1960-1961
Elizabeth Loewen “Betty” Plett (grades 1-4), Gerd Manfred “Bert” Suss (grades 5-8)
1961-1962
Elizabeth Loewen “Betty” Plett (grades 1-4), Gerd Manfred “Bert” Suss (grades 5-8)
1962-1963
Helen Woelke (grades 1-4), Gerd Manfred “Bert” Suss (grades 5-8)
1963-1964
John Friesen (grades 5-8), Ruth Giesbrecht (grades 1-4)
1964-1965
Anne Dueck (grades 1-4), Joseph G. Plett (grades 5-8)
1965-1966
Monroe Doerksen (grades 5-8, 1966), Verna Nettie Funk (grades 1-4), Mrs. Katherine Peters (grades 5-8, 1965-1966)
1966-1967
Ramona Eva Dueck (grades 3-5), Verna Nettie Funk (grades 1-2), Elmer Sawolty (grades 6-7)
1967-1968
Ramona Eva Dueck (grades 3-5), Verna Nettie Funk (grades 1-2), Henry Schultz (grades 6-8)
Among the other teachers of Mitchell School were Catherine Froese (1921), Gerhard J. P. Kliewer (1921-1922), Lena F. Reimer (1922), Henry Nerada (1923), Peter J. B. Reimer (1924-1925), Mary Derksen (1925-1926), Sarah E. Warkentin (1926), Werner Schnoor (1927), E. Jendt (1927), Mary Kornelsen (1928-1929, 1930-1933), Elly Peters (1929-1930), Agathe Warkentin (1933-1936), Anne J. Siemens (1936-1941), Sara Janzen (1941-1942), Abram Peter Janzen (1942-1945), Frank John Willms (1945-1946), Alexander Isaac “Alex” Fast (1947-1949, 1951-1952), Bert Suss, G. S. Rempel, Betty Plett, Ivan Headings, Kathy Peters, H. Warkentin, Elizabeth Plett, F. J. Willms, G. P. Neufeld, Helen Woelke, Mrs. R. Giesbrecht, J. Friesen, Joseph Plett, Verna Funk, Anne Dueck, Elmer Sawatsky, Ramona Dueck, Henry Schultz, Charlotte Quasso, and A. Hildebrand.
Mitchell School (early 1920s) by James Tod
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 68
Mitchell School commemorative sign (April 2022)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.53260, W96.75668
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.
Schools - Our Heritage: From 46 School Districts to Hanover Unitary School Division (1878-1968) by John K. Schellenberg, The Board of The Hanover School Division No. 15, May 1985, ISBN 0-919673-93-7.
Manitoba School Records Collection (GR2656), Mitchell School District No. 1965 Daily Attendance Registers, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Glen Klassen and Ernest Braun (EastMenn Historical Society) and Rose Kuzina for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 17 April 2022
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