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The South Park School District was established in October 1925 and a one-room schoolhouse operated in the village of Blumenort South (Lot 26, S3-1-2W) in what is now the Municipality of Rhineland. In 1968, the district joined the Gretna Consolidated School District and later became part of the Rhineland School Division. The school was moved to Gretna to provide additional classroom space there. It was dismantled when new classrooms were built. The South Park schoolyard was sold to become part of the neighbouring property.
Period
Principal
1939-1940
Jacob S. Schellenberg
1940-1942
Gerhard George Baerg
1942
John Jacob Peters
1943
Cornelius P. Zacharias
1943-1945
John Peter Dyck
1945-1948
Jacob Jacob Peters (1909-1979)
1948-1952
David “Dave” Froese
1952-1956
John Dyck
1956-1957
John S. Klassen
1957-1959
Jacob K. Klassen
1959-1962
Bernhard Loeppky
1962-1965
Frank Henry Sawatzky
1965-1967
David F. Friesen
1967-1968
Tina Thiessen
Period
Teachers
1939-1940
John Jacob Peters (grades 1-4), Jacob S. Schellenberg (grades 5-10)
1940-1941
Gerhard George Baerg (grades 5-9), John Jacob Peters (grades 1-4)
1941-1942
Gerhard George Baerg (grades 6-10), John Jacob Peters (grades 1-5)
1942-1943
Cornelius P. Zacharias (grades 1-5, 1942; grades 5-10, 1943), Mary Dorothy Zacharias (grades 1-5, 1943), John Jacob Peters (grades 5-10, 1942)
1943-1944
John Peter Dyck (grades 5-10), Peter Aron Rempel (grades 1-4)
1944-1945
John Peter Dyck (grades 5-9), Peter Aron Rempel (grades 1-4)
1945-1946
Peter Aron Rempel (grades 1-4), Jacob Jacob Peters (grades 5-10)
1946-1947
Jacob Jacob Peters (grades 5-10), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1947-1948
Jacob Jacob Peters (grades 5-10), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1948-1949
David “Dave” Froese (grades 5-10), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1949-1950
David “Dave” Froese (grades 6-10), Helen Elsie Schellenberg (grades 1-5)
1950-1951
David “Dave” Froese (grades 6-10), Helen Elsie Schellenberg (grades 1-5)
1951-1952
David “Dave” Froese (grades 6-10), Margaret Froese (grades 1-5)
1952-1953
John Dyck (grades 6-10), Mary Franz (grades 1-5)
1953-1954
John Dyck (grades 6-10), Clara Wiebe (grades 1-5)
1954-1955
John Dyck (grades 6-10), Edna Krueger (grades 1-5)
1955-1956
John Dyck (grades 6-10), Edna Krueger (grades 1-5)
1956-1957
Betty Falk (grades 1-5), John S. Klassen (grades 6-10)
1957-1958
Agnes Friesen (grades 1-5), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 6-10)
1958-1959
Agnes Friesen (grades 1-5), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 6-10)
1959-1960
Agnes Friesen (grades 1-5), Bernhard Loeppky (grades 6-10)
1960-1961
Caroline Ann Elias (grades 1-4), Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-10)
1961-1962
Caroline Ann Elias (grades 1-4), Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-10)
1962-1963
Caroline Ann Elias (grades 1-4), Frank Henry Sawatzky (grades 5-10)
1963-1964
Caroline Ann Elias (grades 1-4), Frank Henry Sawatzky (grades 5-10)
1964-1965
Helen Thiessen (grades 1-4), Frank Henry Sawatzky (grades 5-8)
1965-1966
David F. Friesen (grades 5-8), Helen Thiessen (grades 1-4)
1966-1967
David F. Friesen (grades 5-8), Catherine Dorothy Suderman (grades 1-4)
1967-1968
Catherine Dorothy Suderman (grades 1-4), Tina Thiessen (grades 5-8)
Among the other teachers of South Park School were John Mueller (1925-1928 & night school), Jacob A. Dyck (1929), Abram Daniel Friesen (1929-1931 & night classes), and Peter Aron Rempel (1931-1939).
South Park School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 102.
South Park School (no date)
Source: Peter E. Hildebrandt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre)
The second South Park School building, constructed in 1950 (no date)
Source: Peter E. Hildebrandt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre)Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.00298, W97.65868
denoted by symbol on the map above
Altona East topographic map, 62H/4 East, Edition 1, 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 Gerhard J. Ens, 1984. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5648.R45 Ens]
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, South Park School District No. 2141 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Al Schmidt (Altona and District Heritage Research Centre), Gordon Goldsborough, and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 3 November 2023
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