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The Arran School District was established formally in April 1919 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at NW25-7-4E in the Rural Municipality of Hanover, in what was formerly the Mennonite East Reserve. In 1949, the original building was replaced by a two-classroom structure that featured a full basement. A modern oil furnace and washrooms were added in 1963, along with a water fountain on the main floor. In January 1968, the district was dissolved and its area became part of the Hanover School Division. The school closed and the students were bused to New Bothwell or Niverville. The site and buildings, including a teacherage, were sold for $4,000. In 2013, a commemorative sign was erected at the site by the EastMenn Historical Society.
Period
Principal
1949-1951
Anna Klassen
1951-1952
Helen Goertzen
1953-1954
Irmgard “Irma” Dueck
1954-1959
John D. Stoesz
1959-1960
Peter D. Matthies
1960-1962
Susan Agnes Wiens
1962-1963
Martha Marie Rempel
1963-1964
Richard Loeppky
1964-1966
Henry Warkentin
1966-1967
Abe Toews
1967
Katie Helen Wiebe
1968
Abe Toews
Period
Teachers
1949-1950
Annie Isaac (grades 1-3), Anna Klassen (grades 4-9)
1950-1951
Anna Klassen (grades 5-10), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1951-1952
Helen Goertzen (grades 5-7), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1952-1953
Helen Goertzen (grades 5-8), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1953-1954
Irmgard “Irma” Dueck (grades 4-8), Katie Peters (grades 1-4)
1954-1955
Irmgard “Irma” Dueck (grades 1-3), John D. Stoesz (grades 4-8)
1955-1956
Irmgard “Irma” Dueck (grades 1-4), John D. Stoesz (grades 5-8)
1956-1957
Aldina Brandt (grades 1-4), John D. Stoesz (grades 5-9)
1957-1958
Aldina Brandt (grades 1-4), John D. Stoesz (grades 5-10)
1958-1959
Aldina Brandt (grades 1-4), John D. Stoesz (grades 5-8)
1959-1960
Peter D. Matthies (grades 5-9), Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4)
1960-1961
Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4), Susan Agnes Wiens (grades 5-8)
1961-1962
Tiena Victoria Warkentin (grades 1-4), Susan Agnes Wiens (grades 5-8)
1962-1963
Annie Alice Dyck (grades 1-4), Martha Marie Rempel (grades 5-8)
1963-1964
Lydia Lorraine Loeppky (grades 1-4), Richard Loeppky (grades 5-8)
1964-1965
Lydia Lorraine Loeppky Falk (grades 1-4), Henry Warkentin (grades 5-8)
1965-1966
Helen Thiessen (grades 1-4), Henry Warkentin (grades 5-8)
1966-1967
Mary Kornelson (grades 1-4), Abe Toews (grades 5-8)
1967-1968
K. H. W. Giesbrescht (grades 1-4, 1968), Anna Marie Reimer (grades 1-4, 1967), Abe Toews (grades 5-8, 1968), Katie Helen Wiebe (grades 5-8, 1967)
Among the other teachers of Arran School were Oscar Andrew Wurster (1919-1920), John S. Guenther (1920-1921), Eva P. Toews (1921-1922), Lena Eidse (1922-1923), Jacob P. Rempel (1923-1924), J. H. K. Dyck (1924-1926), Andrew Reiger Sobering (1926-1927, 1943-1946), N. J. “Nick” Martens (1927-1928), Agathe Wilhelmina Dyck (1928-1929, 1930-1936), Esther M. Hiebert (1929-1930), Nettie J. Siemens (1936-1943), Peter George Kehler (1946-1948), and Anna Klassen (1948-1949).
Arran School (no date) by A. A. Herriot
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 68.
The two-classroom Arran School, built in 1949 (no date)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba School Records Collection, GR2656, Hanover School Division Collection #3, Series 2 - Arran School District #1960.
Arran School commemorative sign (July 2019)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59896, W96.93455
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
Schools - Our Heritage: From 46 School Districts to Hanover Unitary School Division (1878-1968) by John K. Schellenberg, The Board of The Hanover School Division No. 15, May 1985, ISBN 0-919673-93-7.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Arran School District No. 1960 - Minute Books, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Arran School District No. 1960 - Cash Books, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Arran School District No. 1960 - Miscellaneous Records [Census Returns], GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Arran School District No. 1960 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Glen Klassen, Ernest Braun, Henry Esau, and Rose Kuzina for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 4 February 2023
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