Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hochfeld School No. 2138 (Hochfeld, RM of Stanley)

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The Hochfeld School District was established in September 1925 and a one-room schoolhouse operated in Hochfeld (SE33-1-4W) in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. The district was later dissolved and its area became part of the Stanley School Division (later the Garden Valley School Division No. 26).

Principals

Period	Principal
1952-1954	Ernest Abram Kroeger
1954-1959	Siegfried Paul William Grosse (1929-1995)
1959-1960	Abram D. H. Friesen
1960-1963	John Krahn
1963-1964	Cornelius Victor Enns
1964-1966	John Derksen
1966-1967	Abram Leon Friesen
1967-1971	John Derksen
1971-1972	Edwin Wiebe
1972-1953	Erica Nettie Enns
1975-1976	Henry Warkentin
1976-1977	John Allen Loewen
1977-1981	Gordon Edward Neufeld

Teachers

Among the early teachers of Hochfeld School were Mary E. Dyck (Fall 1925 - Spring 1926), Helena Derksen (September 1926), Catherine Derksen (October 1926 - June 1927, Fall 1927 - Spring 1928, August 1928, and night school January-March 1927), Harry Topnick (September 1928 - June 1929, Fall 1929 - Spring 1938, & night school November 1928 - January 1929, January-March 1930, November 1930 - February 1931), Henry Krushel (Fall 1938 - Spring 1946), Herman Rempel (Fall 1957 - Spring 1947), Ella Epp (Fall 1947 - Spring 1948), Frank Aron Peters (Fall 1948 - Spring 1950), and Ernest Abram Kroeger (Fall 1950 - Spring 1952).

Period	Teachers
1952-1953	Helen Lily Duerksen (grades 1-3), Ernest Abram Kroeger (grades 4-8)
1953-1954	Helene Dueck (grades 1-4), Ernest Abram Kroeger (grades 5-9)
1954-1955	Helene Dueck (grades 1-4), Siegfried Paul William Grosse (grades 5-9)
1955-1956	Anna Sarah Boldt (grades 1-4), Siegfried Paul William Grosse (grades 5-9)
1956-1957	Siegfried Paul William Grosse (grades 5-9), Esther Heinrichs (grades 1-4)
1957-1958	Siegfried Paul William Grosse (grades 5-10), Hedy Poetker (grades 1-4)
1958-1959	Siegfried Paul William Grosse (grades 5-9), Hedy Poetker (grades 1-4)
1959-1960	Abram D. H. Friesen (grades 5-9), Hedy Poetker (grades 1-4)
1960-1961	Elsie Anne Janzen (grades 1-4), John Krahn (grades 5-9)
1961-1962	Elsie Anne Janzen (grades 1-4), John Krahn (grades 5-9)
1962-1963	Elsie Anne Janzen (grades 1-4), John Krahn (grades 5-10)
1963-1964	Cornelius Victor Enns (grades 5-8), Helen Erna Peters (grades 1-4)
1964-1965	John Derksen (grades 5-8), Helen Erna Peters (grades 1-4)
1965-1966	John Derksen (grades 5-7), Mary Driedger (grades 1-4)
1966-1967	Mary Driedger (grades 1-4), Abram Leon Friesen (grades 5-8)
1967-1968	John Derksen (grades 5-9), Mary Driedger (grades 1-4)
1968-1969	John Derksen (grades 5-8), Mary Driedger (grades 1-4)
1969-1970	John Derksen (grades 5-8), Mary Driedger (grades 1-4)
1970-1971	John Derksen (grades 5-8), Kathleen Milly Olfert (grades 1-4)
1971-1972	Kathleen Milly Olfert (grades 1-4), Edwin Wiebe (grades 5-8)
1972-1973	Kathleen Milly Olfert (grades 1-4), Erica Nettie Enns (grades 5-8)
1973-1974	Kathleen Milly Olfert (grades 1-4), Erica Nettie Enns (grades 5-8)
1974-1975	Helen Derksen (grades 1-4), Erica Nettie Enns (grades 5-8)
1975-1976	Helen Derksen (grades 1-4), Henry Warkentin (grades 4-8)
1976-1977	John Allen Loewen (grades 5-8), Catalina Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1977-1978	Gordon Edward Neufeld (grades 5-8), Catalina Wiebe (grades 1-4)
1978-1979	Werner Epp (grades 3-5), Gordon Edward Neufeld (grades 6-8), Patricia Jane Nickel (grades 1-2)
1979-1980	Werner Epp (grades 3-5), Gordon Edward Neufeld (grades 6-8), Patricia Jane Nickel (grades 1-2)
1980-1981	Kathleen Marion Dyck (grades 1-2), Werner Epp (grades 3-5), Gordon Edward Neufeld (grades 6-8)

Photos & Coordinates

Hochfeld School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 101. Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.07863, W97.93773 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hochfeld Monument (Hochfeld, RM of Stanley)

Sources:

Altona West topographic map, 62H/4 West, 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.

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Hochfeld School No. 2138 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Hochfeld School No. 2138 - Cash Book, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 October 2026

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