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Operated in the community of Steinbach, this educational facility was initially known Steinbach School No. 4 within the Steinbach School District No. 65. It was built in 1954 at a cost of $110,000, with a further $20,000 to furnish. The School Board held a name-the-school contest, though after deeming no received submission to be satisfactory, decided upon the Elmdale School name. Its doors first opened to students on 31 August 1954, with an official ceremony held on 25 September. Noted guests included Education Minister W. C. Miller, Mayor K. R. Barkman, Reverend G. S. Rempel, along with School Board Chairman G. S. Derksen who performed the ribbon-cutting. The school was later expanded around 1972 based upon architectural designs of Haid and Malkin.
Principals
Teachers
Period |
Teachers |
1954-1955 |
Elizabeth Bergman (grade 1), Mary Dueck (grade 1), Adeline Enns (grade 3), Henry P. Friesen (grade 8), Peter S. Guenther (grade 7), Frank K. Isaak (grade 6), Katie Peters (grade 1, 1954), Margaret Toews (grade 2), LaVerna June Reimer (grade 5), Tina Redekopp (grade 4), Aganetha Johanna “Hanna” Vogt (kindergarten) |
1955-1956 |
Elizabeth Bergman (grade 1), Adeline Enns (grade 3), Henry P. Friesen (grade 8), Margaret Friesen (grade 2), Peter S. Guenther (grade 7), Frank K. Isaak (grade 6), Margaret Toews (grade 2), LaVerna June Reimer (grade 5), Tina Redekopp (grade 4), Aganetha Johanna “Hanna” Vogt (kindergarten) |
1956-1957 |
Susie Andres (grade 1), Henry P. Friesen (grade 8), Margaret Friesen (grade 3), Peter S. Guenther (grade 7), Frank K. Isaak (grade 6), John E. Martens (grade 5), Tina Redekopp (grade 4), Doreen Catherine Reimer (grade 4), Louise Marina Reimer (kindergarten), Margaret Toews (grade 2), Melvin Clifford Toews (grade 5) |
1957-1958 |
Susie Andres (grade 1), Gerald Harry Dyck (grade 7), Henry P. Friesen (grade 8), John Friesen (grade 5), Peter S. Guenther (grade 7), Esther Heinrichs (grade 4), Eleonore Isaac (kindergarten), Hedy Martens (grade 3), John E. Martens (grade 5), Tina Redekopp (grade 4), Lena Sawatzky (grade 2), Melvin Clifford Toews (grade 6) |
1958-1959 |
Susie Andres (grade 1), Gerald Harry Dyck (grade 7), Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 8), John Friesen (grade 5), Marie Funk (grade 1, 1958), Peter S. Guenther (grade 7), Esther Heinrichs (grade 4), Eleonore Isaac (kindergarten), Katherine Reimer (grade 3), Tina Redekopp (grade 5), Lena Sawatzky (grade 2), Melvin Clifford Toews (grade 6), Edith Mary Wiebe (grade 1) |
1959-1960 |
Gerald Harry Dyck (grade 7), Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 8), John Friesen (grade 5), Peter S. Guenther (grade 7), Esther Heinrichs (grade 4), Lydia Martens (grade 1), Katherine Reimer (grade 3), Tina Redekopp (grade 5), Lena Sawatzky (grade 2), Eleonore Isaac Thiessen (kindergarten), Melvin Clifford Toews (grade 6), Edith Mary Wiebe (grade 1) |
1960-1961 |
Peter Dick (grade 5), Gerald Harry Dyck (grade 7), Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 8), Jean Gray (grade 1), Peter S. Guenther (grade 7), Ruth Irene Hiebert (grade 4), Lydia Martens (kindergarten), Katherine Reimer (grade 3), Tina Redekopp (grade 5), Lena Sawatzky (grade 2), Melvin Clifford Toews (grade 6), Edith Mary Wiebe (grade 1) |
1961-1962 |
Jeanette Brown (grade 1), Peter Dick (grade 5), Margaret Rose Dueck (grade 1), Lydia Martens Epp (kindergarten), Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 8), Peter S. Guenther (grade 7), Edith Lehmann (grade 4), Katherine Reimer (grade 3), Tina Redekopp (grade 5), Lena Sawatzky (grade 2), Melvin Clifford Toews (grade 6) |
1962-1963 |
Jeanette Brown (grade 1), Harold Leonard Driedger (grade 5), Margaret Rose Dueck (grade 1), Eileen Mary Enns (grade 4), Lydia Martens Epp (kindergarten), John Friesen (grade 8), Shirley Francis Hiebert (grade 2), Edith Lehmann (grade 4), Caroll Anne Penner (grade 2), Mildred Penner (grade 3), Katherine Reimer (grade 3), Melvin Clifford Toews (grade 6), ? (grade 7) |
1963-1964 |
John Bestvater (grade 6), Helena Braun (grade 4), Ann Alice Dyck (grade 1), Eileen Mary Enns (grade 4), Lydia Martens Epp (kindergarten), Dorothy Margaret Friesen (grade 1), Shirley Francis Hiebert (grade 2), Erwin Frank Kroeker (grade 5), Caroll Anne Penner (grade 2), Mildred Penner (grade 3), Carole Edna Simpkins (grade 3), Melvin Clifford Toews (grade 6) |
1964-1965 |
Elfrieda Mary Bergmann (gade 2), John Bestvater (grade 6), Helena Braun (grade 4), Dorothy Margaret Friesen (grade 1), Menno William Friesen (grade 5), Ruth Elizabeth Giesbrecht (kindergarten), Judith Lynn Kliewer (grade 2), Mary Kornelsen (grade 1), Mildred Penner (grade 3), Carole Edna Simkins (grade 3) |
1965-1966 |
Elfrieda Mary Bergmann (grade 2), John Bestvater (grade 6), Helena Braun (grade 4), Ruth Elizabeth Giesbrecht (kindergarten), Waldo Edwin Klassen (grade 5), Judith Lynn Kliewer (grade 2), Mary Kornelsen (grade 1), Agnes Mary Neufeld (grade 3), Irene Kathy Peters (grade 1), Leona Joanne Smuk (grade 3) |
1966-1967 |
Elfrieda Mary Bergmann (grade 2), John Bestvater (grade 6), Helena Braun (grade 4), Mary Rose Derksen (kindergarten), Waldo Edwin Klassen (grade 5), Mary Kornelsen (grade 1), Agnes Mary Neufeld (grade 3), Irene Kathy Peters (grade 1), Leona Joanne Smuk (grade 3), Mildred Toews (grade 2) |
1967-1968 |
Levi Royden Barkman (grade 6), John Bestvater (grade 6), Helena Braun (grade 4), Helen Erna Dueck (grade 3), Lorna Gwendolyn Giesbrecht (grade 2, 1968), Ruth Elizabeth Giesbrecht (grade 1), Benjamin Hiebert (grade 5), Lois Anne Janzen (grade 3), Dolores Marilyn Kiesman (grade 2, 1967), Waldo Edwin Klassen (grade 5), Mary Kornelsen (grade 1), Mabel Diane Schmitke (grade 4), Mildred Toews (grade 2) |
Among the other teachers of Elmdale School was Alice Bernice Keith Laing (1968-1978).
Photos & Coordinates

Elmdale School (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba School Records Collection, GR2656, Hanover School Division Collection #12, Series 1, Elmdale School.

Elmdale School (April 2022)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.52978, W96.68866 denoted by symbol on the map above
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Sources:
“Back to school,” Steinbach Carillon, 27 August 1954, page 1.
““Elmdale” School ready Aug. 31,” Steinbach Carillon, 27 August 1954, page 4.
“Steinbach & district news [The official opening of the new Elmdale School ...],” Steinbach Carillon, 17 September 1954, page 4.
“.. And their four schools,” Steinbach Carillon, 1 October 1954, page 13.
“Elmdale School officially opened here Saturday,” Steinbach Carillon, 1 October 1954, page 10.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Steinbach School District No. 65 (Elmdale School) - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Building Plans and Specifications submitted to the Office of the Fire Commissioner (L 0017), Project #A2-5479-72 Elmdale School - Additions - Steinbach, GR0332, Archives of Manitoba.
Steinbach, So Much to Celebrate: 1946-1996, Derksen Printers, 1997. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F 5649.S84]
Obituary [Alice Bernice Keith Laing], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 June 2019.
We thank Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 3 June 2022
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