Historic Sites of Manitoba: Reinland School No. 140 / Reinland School No. 2130 (Reinland, RM of Stanley)

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The Reinland School District was first organized formally in the latter half of 1892 within Reinland in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. Classroom education for Reinland School No. 140 was lead by teachers Wilhelm Rempel (Fall 1882 - May 1884, who also taught locally in other schools since 1878) and Jacob Rempel (Spring 1885 - Fall 1888). That schoolhouse was later used as a barn. How and when the district was disbanded is not yet determined, though by the early 1900s all mention by name or district number to the original district had ceased within Department of Education records.

The Reinland School District was again organized formally in June 1925 as School District No. 2130. A school building was erected in Reinland in the Rural Municipality of Stanley. From 1939 to 1943, a former residence served as quarters for the junior grades until the districts teacherage was converted into a classroom. A new two-room school was built in 1951. The school building is no longer present at the site, and a rock cairn commemorates the pioneer families who founded Reinland in 1875.

Principals

Period	Principal
1939-1943	John K. Brandt
1943-1945	Gerhard G. Schmidt
1945-1948	Cornelius Peter Zacharias
1948-1949	Arthur H. “Art” Duerksen
1949-1955	Jacob K. Klassen
1955-1958	Bernhard Loeppky
1958-1963	Henry Dick
1963-1964	Edward Peter Falk
1964-1965	Theodore Henry Klassen
1965-1967	Henry W. Funk
1967-1968	Jacob Driedger
1968-1969	Jake Hildebrandt
1969-1971	Arthur F. Sawatzky

Teachers

Among the teachers who worked at Reinland School No. 2130 were Peter W. Warkentin (1921-1922), Jacob A. Schellenberg (1923-1929), John W. Driedger (1929-1932), Peter B. Krahn (1932-1933), and Peter J. Dyck (1933-1938).

Period	Teachers
1937-1938	Gerhard George Baerg (grades 1-4), John K. Brandt (senior grades)
1938-1939	John K. Brandt (senior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (grades 1-6)
1939-1940	John K. Brandt (senior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (junior grades)
1940-1941	John K. Brandt (senior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (junior grades)
1941-1942	John K. Brandt (senior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (junior grades)
1942-1943	John K. Brandt (senior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (junior grades)
1943-1944	Marie Louise Friesen (grades 1-4), Gerhard G. Schmidt (senior grades)
1944-1945	Susie Peters (junior grades), Gerhard G. Schmidt (senior grades)
1945-1946	Tina Andres (grades 1-4), Cornelius Peter Zacharias (grades 5-9)
1946-1947	Helene Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Cornelius Peter Zacharias (grades 5-10)
1947-1948	Susan Martens (grades 1-4), Cornelius Peter Zacharias (grades 5-9)
1948-1949	Arthur H. “Art” Duerksen (grades 5-10), Susan Martens (grades 1-4)
1949-1950	Margaret Harder (grades 1-4, August - pt October; grades 1-3, pt October - June), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-9, August - pt October; grades 4-9, pt October - June)
1950-1951	Margaret Harder (grades 1-4), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-9)
1951-1952	Margaret Harder (grades 1-4), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-10)
1952-1953	Helen Ens (grades 1-4, January-June), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-10), Margaret Wiebe (grades 1-4, August-December)
1953-1954	Nellie Enns (grades 1-4), Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-10)
1954-1955	Jacob K. Klassen (grades 5-10), Ben Sawatzky (grades 1-4)
1955-1956	Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-10), Louise Peters (grades 1-4)
1956-1957	Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-10), Louise Peters (grades 1-4)
1957-1958	Rita Klassen (grades 1-4, August-October; grades 1-3, November-June), Helen Loeppky (grades 4-8, November-June), Bernhard Loeppky (grades 5-10, August-October; grades 9-10, November-June)
1958-1959	Henry Dick (grades 9-11), Rita Klassen (grades 1-4), Esther Toews (grades 5-8)
1959-1960	Henry Dick (grades 9-11), Justina Erica Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Esther Toews (grades 5-8)
1960-1961	Henry Dick (grades 9-11), Justina Erica Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Valentine Tiessen (grades 5-8)
1961-1962	Henry Dick (grades 9-11), Justina Erica Sawatzky (grades 1-4), Valentine Tiessen (grades 5-8)
1962-1963	Henry Dick (grades 9-11), Elizabeth Marianne Enns (grades 1-4), Valentine Tiessen (grades 5-8)
1963-1964	Elizabeth Marianne Enns (grades 1-4), Edward Peter Falk (grades 9-10), Ruth Evelyn Klassen (grades 5-8)
1964-1965	Elizabeth Marianne Enns (grades 1-4), Theodore Henry Klassen (grades 5-8)
1965-1966	Jacob Driedger (grades 1-4), Henry W. Funk (grades 5-8)
1966-1967	Jacob Driedger (grades 1-4), Henry W. Funk (grades 5-8)
1967-1968	Jacob Driedger (grades 5-8), Helen Adeline Penner (kindergarten - grade 4)
1968-1969	Jake Hildebrandt (senior grades), Elizabeth Enns Reimer (junior grades)
1969-1970	Arthur F. Sawatzky (senior grades), Tina Thiessen (junior grades)
1970-1971	Arthur F. Sawatzky (senior grades), Tina Thiessen (junior grades)

Photos & Coordinates

Reinland School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 100. The former site of Reinland School (February 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.04188, W97.87044 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Board of Education registers (A 0050), GR7643, Archives of Manitoba.

Summative half-yearly returns for school districts (A 0051), GR0571, Archives of Manitoba.

Board of Education meeting minutes and office files (A 0052), GR1622, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Reinland School District No. 2130 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Reinland School District No. 2130 - Miscellaneous Records, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

Reinland: An Experience in Community by Peter D. Zacharias, Reinland Centennial Committee, 1976, pages 247-268.

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.

We thank Marie Dueck for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 October 2022

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