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The Reinland School District was first organized formally in the latter half of 1892 within Reinland in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. Classroom education for Reinland School No. 140 was lead by teachers Wilhelm Rempel (Fall 1882 - May 1884, who also taught locally in other schools since 1878) and Jacob Rempel (Spring 1885 - Fall 1888). That schoolhouse was later used as a barn. How and when the district was disbanded is not yet determined, though by the early 1900s all mention by name or district number to the original district had ceased within Department of Education records.
The Reinland School District was again organized formally in June 1925 as School District No. 2130. A school building was erected in Reinland in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. From 1939 to 1943, a former residence served as quarters for the junior grades until the districts teacherage was converted into a classroom. A new two-room school was built in 1951. The school building is no longer present at the site, and a rock cairn commemorates the pioneer families who founded Reinland in 1875.
Period
Principal
1939-1943
John K. Brandt
1943-1945
Gerhard G. Schmidt
1945-1948
Cornelius Peter Zacharias
1948-1949
Arthur H. “Art” Duerksen
1949-1955
Jacob K. Klassen
1955-1958
Bernhard Loeppky
1958-1963
Henry Dick
1963-1964
Edward Peter Falk
1964-1965
Theodore Henry Klassen
1965-1967
Henry W. Funk
1967-1968
Jacob Driedger
1968-1969
Jake Hildebrandt
1969-1971
Arthur F. Sawatzky
Among the teachers who worked at Reinland School No. 2130 were Peter W. Warkentin (1921-1922), Jacob A. Schellenberg (1923-1929), John W. Driedger (1929-1932), Peter B. Krahn (1932-1933), and Peter J. Dyck (1933-1938).
Period
Teachers
1937-1938
Gerhard George Baerg (grades 1-4), John K. Brandt (senior grades)
1938-1939
John K. Brandt (senior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (grades 1-6)
1939-1940
John K. Brandt (senior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (junior grades)
1940-1941
John K. Brandt (senior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (junior grades)
1941-1942
John K. Brandt (senior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (junior grades)
1942-1943
John K. Brandt (senior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (junior grades)
1943-1944
Marie Louise Friesen (grades 1-4), Gerhard G. Schmidt (senior grades)
1944-1945
Susie Peters (junior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (senior grades)
1945-1946
Tina Andres (grades 1-4), Cornelius Peter Zacharias (grades 5-9)
1946-1947
Helene Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Cornelius Peter Zacharias (grades 5-10)
1947-1948
Susan Martens (grades 1-4), Cornelius Peter Zacharias (grades 5-9)
1948-1949
Arthur H. “Art” Duerksen (grades 5-10), Susan Martens (grades 1-4)
1949-1950
Margaret Harder (grades 1-4, August - pt October; grades 1-3, pt October - June), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-9, August - pt October; grades 4-9, pt October - June)
1950-1951
Margaret Harder (grades 1-4), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-9)
1951-1952
Margaret Harder (grades 1-4), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-10)
1952-1953
Helen Ens (grades 1-4, January-June), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-10), Margaret Wiebe (grades 1-4, August-December)
1953-1954
Nellie Enns (grades 1-4), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-10)
1954-1955
Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-10), Ben Sawatzky (grades 1-4)
1955-1956
Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-10), Louise Peters (grades 1-4)
1956-1957
Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-10), Louise Peters (grades 1-4)
1957-1958
Rita Klassen (grades 1-4, August-October; grades 1-3, November-June), Helen Loeppky (grades 4-8, November-June), Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-10, August-October; grades 9-10, November-June)
1958-1959
Henry Dick (grades 9-11), Rita Klassen (grades 1-4), Esther Toews (grades 5-8)
1959-1960
Henry Dick (grades 9-11), Justina Erica Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Esther Toews (grades 5-8)
1960-1961
Henry Dick (grades 9-11), Justina Erica Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Valentine Tiessen (grades 5-8)
1961-1962
Henry Dick (grades 9-11), Justina Erica Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Valentine Tiessen (grades 5-8)
1962-1963
Henry Dick (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Marianne Enns (grades 1-4), Valentine Tiessen (grades 5-8)
1963-1964
Elizabeth Marianne Enns (grades 1-4), Edward Peter Falk (grades 9-10), Ruth Evelyn Klassen (grades 5-8)
1964-1965
Elizabeth Marianne Enns (grades 1-4), Theodore Henry Klassen (grades 5-8)
1965-1966
Jacob Driedger (grades 1-4), Henry W. Funk (grades 5-8)
1966-1967
Jacob Driedger (grades 1-4), Henry W. Funk (grades 5-8)
1967-1968
Jacob Driedger (grades 5-8), Helen Adeline Penner (kindergarten - grade 4)
1968-1969
Jake Hildebrandt (senior grades), Elizabeth Enns Reimer (junior grades)
1969-1970
Arthur F. Sawatzky (senior grades), Tina Thiessen (junior grades)
1970-1971
Arthur F. Sawatzky (senior grades), Tina Thiessen (junior grades)
Reinland School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 100.
The former site of Reinland School (February 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.04188, W97.87044
denoted by symbol on the map above
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.
Board of Education meeting minutes and office files (A 0052), GR1622, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Reinland School District No. 2130 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Reinland School District No. 2130 - Miscellaneous Records, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Reinland: An Experience in Community by Peter D. Zacharias, Reinland Centennial Committee, 1976, pages 247-268.
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.
We thank Marie Dueck for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 October 2022
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