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The Rosenort School District was formally established in November 1878 and a school building operated in the northeast quarter of 31-5-1 east of the Principal Meridian, in the Rural Municipality of Morris. In 1914, it consolidated with Rosenhoff School No. 61 to form the Rosenort Consolidated School No. 60. It became Rosenort Consolidated School No. 2455 in 1967.
In October 1967, a local referendum approved the construction of a new school building. An innovative structure based on the open area concept was designed by architect Norman Earl Reimer and constructed by Fonger Construction. The school opened in September 1968.
In September 2015, a sign commemorating the school was erected at the original site (about N49.44304, W97.43686).
Period
Principal
1957-1959
Erdman “Ed” Kroeker (1930-2014)
1959-1961
?
1961-1962
W. Schroeder
1962-1970
N. Poetker
1970-1973
J. Kornelsen
Among the other teachers of Rosenort School was Gerhard Peter Neufeld.
Rosenort School with teacherage at right (no date) by A. J. Manning
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 21.
Rosenort School commemorative sign at N49.44304, W97.43686 (September 2015)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.44047, W97.43572
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: Norman Earl Reimer (1927-1981)
Manitoba Business: Peterson and Fonger / Fonger Construction Company
Manitoba Organization: Morris-Macdonald School Division School District No. 19
Cummin’s Rural Directory Map for Manitoba published by the Cummins Map Company, 404 Chambers of Commerce, Winnipeg, 1923. [Copies held by Edward M. Ledohowski and Gordon Goldsborough]
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
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.
Aerial photograph A11638-83 [1948], Manitoba Air Photo Library.
Furrows in the Valley: A History of the Municipality [of Morris] and Its People compiled by the History Book Committee, edited by Lenore Eidse, 1980, page 377.
We thank Mariette Allen for assistance in locating an aerial photograph of Rosenort School, and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 October 2025
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