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The Rosengard School District was established in April 1927 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at NE12-6-5E in the Rural Municipality of Hanover. In 1968, the district was dissolved and its area became part of the Hanover School Division. In 2013, a commemorative sign was erected at the site by the EastMenn Historical Society.
Period
Principal
1957-1958
Peter U. Dueck
1958-1959
William K. Schellenberg
1959-1960
Nettie Nikkel
1960-1967
Jacob P. Rempel
Among the teachers who worked at Rosengard School through the years were: Peter Jacob Rempel (Fall 1927 - Spring 1928, Spring 1929 - Spring 1939), Lena Giesbrecht (Fall 1928), Alexander Peter “Alex” Dirks (Fall 1939 - Spring 1941), Jacob Jacob Penner (Fall 1941 - Spring 1947), Jake H. Wedel (Fall 1947 - Spring 1948), Margaret Klassen (Fall 1948 - Spring 1949), Evelyn Wiens (Fall 1949 - Spring 1950), Diana Joan Toews (Fall 1950 - Spring 1951), and Henry E. Toews (Fall 1951 - Spring 1957).
Period
Teachers
1957-1958
Peter U. Dueck (grades 5-10), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1958-1959
William K. Schellenberg (grades 5-9), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1959-1960
Marianne Brandt (grades 1-4), Nettie Nikkel (grades 5-9)
1960-1961
Marianne Brandt (grades 1-4), Jacob P. Rempel (grades 5-8)
1961-1962
Carroll Anne Penner (grades 1-4), Jacob P. Rempel (grades 5-8)
1962-1963
Betty Falk (grades 1-4), Jacob P. Rempel (grades 5-8)
1963-1964
Elvira Reimer (grades 1-4), Jacob P. Rempel (grades 5-8)
1964-1965
Jacob P. Rempel (grades 5-8), Sara Rosenfeld (grades 1-4)
1965-1966
Jacob P. Rempel (grades 5-8), Sara Rosenfeld (grades 1-4)
1966-1967
Alice Bartel (grades 1-4), Jacob P. Rempel (grades 5-8)
1967-1968
Jacob P. Rempel (grades 1-8)
Rosengard School (no date) by A. A. Herriot
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 107.
Rosengard School commemorative sign (November 2020)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.46731, W96.78639
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.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Rosengard School District No. 2168 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Glen Klassen, Ernest Braun, Henry Esau, and Rose Kuzina for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 12 February 2024
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