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In October 1884, the Rosenfeld School District No. 282 was established by the Board of Education in the Rural Municipality of Rhineland, with an assigned catchment area of Sections 28-33 in Township 2 Range 1 West, Sections 25-27 & 34-36 in Township 2 Range 2 West, Sections 1-3 & 10-12 in Township 3 Range 2 West and Sections 4-9 in Township 3 Range 1 West. The location of any purpose built or rented classroom quarters is not yet unknown, but classes were held during 1885-1887. Its teachers were Jacob Zacharias (Spring-Fall 1885), not in operation (Spring 1886), Jacob Friesen (Fall 1886 - Spring 1887), and W. N? Greenway (Fall 1887), after which the district ceased to operate a classroom. As other local school districts were formed, its catchment area was divided up and reassigned. On paper, its existence was maintained within Board of Education / Department of Education records until shortly after the turn of the century, with annual listings no longer including its name nor district number it after 1905. The districts name would again be used when the Acheson School District was renamed in 1921.
Known originally as the Acheson School District when it was established in May 1893, named for a family who homestead in this area, a one-room, 22-foot by 28-foot schoolhouse was built at a cost of $590 in the village of Rosenfeld (NW9-3-1W) in what is now the Municipality of Rhineland. The first teacher of Acheson School was Peter Dyck [Dueck]. Discussions began in 1902 about replacing it with a two-storey, two-classroom building. Nothing happened until around 1912 when the new school with a bell tower opened. It was renamed Rosenfeld School in 1921, hosting classes in grades 1 to 9. By 1933, classes up to grade 12 were available although the higher grades were held on the second floor of a nearby hatchery and an annual tuition fee of $10 had to be paid by students.
The two-storey school with the bell tower, constructed in 1912, was torn down after the construction of a third school building in 1937. Its bell, weighing about 600 pounds, was sold for $18 to the congregation of the Lutheran church at Greenwald.
The 1937 building was named Coronation Rosenfeld Public School, for the coronation of King George VI that year. The school had a total of five classrooms: two on either side of a hallway on the main floor with stairs leading up to a staff room (an area directly above the inside stair entrance to the school) plus one classroon in the southwest corner of the basement. Both washrooms were along the south side of the basement with the auditorium/gymnasium along the north side of the basement which included a stage area at the west end. A custodian's room (containing supplies such as sweeping compound, toilet paper, and paper towels) was underneath the stairway going down to the basement with a furnace room directly across from it, approximately in the middle of the basement and on the west side of the basement hallway), which also served as a science laboratory.
In 1964, Hoffnungsthal School No. 1136 / Hopevale School in 1964 was consolidated into Rosenfeld School No. 755. In July 1965, the Rosenfeld School No. 755 was consolidated with Amsterdam School No. 885, Reichenbach School No. 1198, and New Kennedy School No. 1573 as the Consolidated School District of Rosenfeld No. 885. The district further expanded in 1966 when Weidenfeld School No. 988 also joined.
In 1966, when Rhineland School Division built W. C. Miller Collegiate at Altona, the Division moved high school students from Rosenfeld to it. In August 1971, the Rosenfeld School District became part of the School Division but the facility continued to be used for grades 1 to 8 until 1977, when grades 7 and 8 were moved to Altona to a Parkside Junior High School.
The present Rosenfeld Elementary School building was designed by architect Rudolf Paul “Rudy” Friesen and built by Winkler Building Supplies between 1981 and 1982, adjacent to the grounds of the previous building, which was removed.
Period
Principal
1913
Minnie Port
1913-1915
Henry W. Epp
1915-1917
George Edward Walkof (1891-?)
1917
Frank W. Epp
1918-1920
George Edward Walkof (1891-?)
1920-1923
Julius George Toews (1893-1981)
1923-1929
Jacob Emerson “Jake” Suderman (1895-1945)
1929-1935
John G. Feller
1935-1938
Gerhard John Siemens
1938-1948
Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (1908-1992)
1948-1950
Henry M. Friesen
1950-1954
John Jacob Bergen
1954-1956
Edmond Velie Dyck
1956-1959
Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (1907-1981)
1959-1962
Arthur G. Toews
1962-1964
Edgar James Enns
1964-1965
Rudolph Dietrich Thiessen
1965-1968
Herman Kuhl
1968-1969
Menno Gordon Hildebrand
1969-1971
Jacob Bernhard “Jake” Martens
1971-1972
Keith Allan Wiebe
1972-1976
Bruno Mekelburg
1976-1984
Jacob Hildebrand
1984-1992
William Arthur Wiebe
1992-1997
Edwin Klassen
1997-2007
William Arthur Wiebe
2007-2009
Lane Curry
2009-2016
Jason Pilkington
2016-2017
Kathy Friesen Schroeder
2017-present
Barbara Rempel Unger
Among the early teachers of Acheson School were Peter W. Dueck (Fall 1893 - Fall 1896), Henry Siemens (Spring-Fall 1897), did not operate (Spring 1898), John A. Schepp? [Schopp?] (Fall 1898 - Spring 1906, Fall 1907 - Spring 1911), Mary C. Dunsbrack? (Fall 1906 - Spring 1907), C? L. Kyles? (pt Spring 1911), and Minnie Port (Fall 1911 - Spring 1912).
Period
Teachers
1912-1913
Esther Bookman (junior grades?, January-June), Anna Dyck (senior grades?, March-June), Minnie Port (all grades, September-December; senior grades?, January-February)
1913-1914
Anna Dyck (junior grades), Henry W. Epp (senior grades)
1914-1915
Anna Dyck (junior grades), Henry W. Epp (senior grades)
1915-1916
Tina Enns (grades 1-2, October-June), George Edward Walkof (grades 1-9, September; grades 3-9, October-June)
1916-1917
Marie Loewen (grades 1-3, September; grades 1-2, October-June), George Edward Walkof (grades 4-8, September; grades 3-8, October-June)
1917-1918
Frank W. Epp (grades 4-9, August-December), Marie Loewen (grades 1-4), George Edward Walkof (grades 4-9, January-June)
1918-1919
D. A. D. Stuart (grades 1-3, September), Sarah “Sara” Warkentin (grades 2-3, October-April; grades 1-2, April-June), George Edward Walkof (grades 4-8)
1919-1920
Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-2), George Edward Walkof (grades 4-8)
1920-1921
Julius George Toews (grades 3-8), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-2)
1921-1922
Annie J. Enns (grades 1-2, September-December), Julius George Toews (grades 3-8), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-2, January-June)
1922-1923
Julius George Toews (grades 4-8), Agnes Wiebe (grades 1-3)
1923-1924
Sarah D. Enns (grades 1-3), Jacob Emerson Suderman (grades 4-8)
1924-1925
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-3), Jacob Emerson Suderman (grades 4-8)
1925-1926
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-3), Jacob Emerson Suderman (grades 4-8)
1926-1927
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-3), Jacob Emerson Suderman (grades 4-8)
1927-1928
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-4, January-June), Anna W. Peters (grades 1-4, September-December), Jacob Emerson Suderman (grades 4-8)
1928-1929
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-4), Jacob Emerson Suderman (grades 5-10)
1929-1930
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-4), John G. Feller (grades 5-9)
1930-1931
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-4), John G. Feller (grades 5-8)
1931-1932
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-4), John G. Feller (grades 5-9)
1932-1933
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-4), John G. Feller (grades 5-9)
1933-1934
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-4), John G. Feller (grades 11-12), Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (grades 9-10)
1934-1935
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-4), John G. Feller (grades 9-11), Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8)
1935-1936
Annie Violet Elias (grades 1-4), Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Gerhard John Siemens (grades 9-11)
1936-1937
Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Gerhard John Siemens (grades 9-11), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1937-1938
Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Gerhard John Siemens (grades 9-12), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1938-1939
Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (grades 9-11), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1939-1940
Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (grades 9-11), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1940-1941
Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (grades 9-11), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1941-1942
Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (grades 9-11), Anne Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1942-1943
Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (grades 9-11), Anne Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1943-1944
Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (grades 9-11), Anne Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1944-1945
Mildred Irene Loewen (grades 1-4), Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (grades 9-11)
1945-1946
Mildred Irene Loewen (grades 1-4), Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (grades 9-11)
1946-1947
Eva Derksen (grades 1-4), Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 5-8), Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (grades 9-11)
1947-1948
Eva Derksen Martel (grades 1-4), Carl Leo “Karl” Pokrant (grades 9-11), Louis Pokrant (grades 5-8)
1948-1949
Henry M. Friesen (grades 9-11), Frieda Krahn (grades 1-4), Louis Pokrant (grades 5-8)
1949-1950
Henry M. Friesen (grades 9-11), Frieda Krahn (grades 1-2), Louis Pokrant (grades 5-8), Tina Redekopp (grades 3-4)
1950-1951
John Jacob Bergen (grades 9-11), Anne Driediger (grades 3-4), Anne H. Enns (grades 1-2), Louis Pokrant (grades 5-8)
1951-1952
John Jacob Bergen (grades 9-11), Anne Driediger (grades 3-5), Anne H. Enns (grades 1-2), Louis Pokrant (grades 6-8)
1952-1953
John Jacob Bergen (grades 9-11), Anne Driediger (grades 3-5), Anne H. Enns (grades 1-2, August-April; kindergarten & grades 1-2, April-June), Louis Pokrant (grades 6-8)
1953-1954
John Jacob Bergen (grades 9-11), Anne Driediger (grades 4-5), Anne H. Enns (grades 1-3), Louis Pokrant (grades 6-8)
1954-1955
Dorothy Esther Dyck (grades 6-8, September-October), Edmond Velie Dyck (grades 9-11), Frances Viola Dyck (grades 1-3), Mary Froese (grades 6-8, October-June), Gerta Loewen (grades 4-5)
1955-1956
Dorothy Esther Dyck (grades 6-8), Edmond Velie Dyck (grades 9-11), Frances Viola Dyck (grades 1-2), Gerta Loewen (grades 3-5)
1956-1957
Frances Viola Dyck (grades 1-3), Gerta Loewen (grades 4-6), Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grade 11), Joe Reimer (grades 7-8), Arthur G. Toews (grades 9-10)
1957-1958
Lorna Harder (grades 4-6, August; grades 4-5, September-June), Sarah S. Janzen (grades 1-2), Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grade 11), Joe Reimer (grades 7-8), Arthur G. Toews (grades 9-10)
1958-1959
Sarah S. Janzen (grades 1-2), Dorothy Penner (grades 3-5), Gustav “Gus” Pokrant (grades 9-11), Arthur G. Toews (grades 6-8)
1959-1960
J. D. “George” Driedger (grade 9, September-June), Sarah S. Janzen (grades 1-2), Herman Kuhl (grade 9, August-September), Susanna “Susan” Schroeder (grades 6-8), Arthur G. Toews (grades 9-10), Helen Toews (grades 3-5)
1960-1961
Helen Braun (grades 3-5), Edgar James Enns (grades 9-10), Lorna Giesbrecht (grades 1-2), Herman Kuhl (grades 6-8), Arthur G. Toews (grade 11)
1961-1962
Edgar James Enns (grades 9-10), Herman Kuhl (grades 6-8), Luella May Lenzmann (grades 1-2), Mary Ann Rempel (grades 3-5), Arthur G. Toews (grade 11)
1962-1963
Edgar James Enns (grades 9-11), Luella May Lenzmann (grades 1-2), Herman Kuhl (grades 6-8), June Vanderburgh (grades 3-5)
1963-1964
David Kenneth “Ken” Doell (grades 5-6), Edgar James Enns (grades 10-11), Joan Mary Paulana Fisher (grades 1-2), Katie Hildebrandt (grades 3-4), Herman Kuhl (grade 9), Eva Derksen Martel (grades 7-8)
1964-1965
Marlene Schellenberg (grades 4-5), Ruth Evelyn Siemens (grades 1-3), Rudolph Dietrich Thiessen (grades 6-8)
1965-1966
Helen Marie Epp (grades 5-6), Herman Kuhl (grades 7-8), Marlene Schellenberg (grades 3-4), Ruth Evelyn Siemens (grades 1-2),
1966-1967
Helen Marie Epp (grades 3-4), Esther Anne Froese (grades 1-2), Herman Kuhl (grades 7-8), Jacob Bernhard “Jake” Martens (grades 5-6)
1967-1968
Esther Anne Froese (grades 1-2), Herman Kuhl (grade 8), Jacob Bernhard “Jake” Martens (grades 5-6), Ruth Lydia Peters (grades 3-4), Elmer Sawatzky (grade 7)
1968-1969
Menno Gordon Hildebrand (grade 7), Jacob Bernhard “Jake” Martens (grades 5-6), Ruth Lydia Peters (grades 3-4), Delores Helen Schellenberg (grades 1-2), Daniel Joseph Spurrill (grade 8)
1969-1970
Donald William Bergen (grades 5-6), Anne Fehr (grades 3-4), Jacob Bernhard “Jake” Martens (grades 7-7), Delores Helen Schellenberg (grades 1-2)
1970-1971
Anne Fehr (grades 2-3), Anne Henrietta Hildebrand (grades 6-7), Kenneth David “Ken” Hildebrand (grades 4-5), Beverley Ann McDonald (grade 1), Jacob Bernhard “Jake” Martens (grade 8)
1971-1972
Donald William Bergen (grades 5-6), Kenneth David “Ken” Hildebrand (grades 3-4), Keith Allan Wiebe (grades 7-8), Anne Esther Zacharias (grades 1-2)
1972-1973
Esther Heinrichs (grades 5-6), Clara Ann Hildebrand (grades 1-2), Kenneth David “Ken” Hildebrand (grades 3-4), Bruno Mekelburg (grades 7-8)
The second Rosenfeld School, built around 1911 (no date) by G. G. Neufeld
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 120.
The third Rosenfeld School, built in 1937 (no date) by G. G. Neufeld
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 120.
The third Rosenfeld School, built in 1937 (no date)
Source: Arthur Wiebe
The third Rosenfeld School, built in 1937 (no date)
Source: Arnold Mekelburg
Rosenfeld School (1981)
Source: Arthur Wiebe (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre)
Rosenfeld School (November 2021)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Rosenfeld School (February 2024)
Source: Art Wiebe
Rosenfeld School (February 2024)
Source: Art Wiebe
Rosenfeld School commemorative plaque (February 2024)
Source: Art WiebeSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.20071, W97.54842
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Communities: Rosenfeld
Altona East topographic map, 62H/4 East, Edition 1 ASE, Series A743 [UFS Reference Collection].
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
[Acheson School], The Morris [Manitoba] Journal, 22 November 1967, page 16.
“First Rosenfeld village” by Elizabeth Bergen, Red River Valley Echo, 28 June 1972.
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.
Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.
Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Acheson School District No. 755 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Rosenfeld School District No. 755 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Jacob Hildebrand, Rose Kuzina, Arnold Mekelburg, and Barbara Rempel Unger for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Nathan Kramer, Al Schmidt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre), and Art Wiebe.
Page revised: 18 October 2025
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