Historic Sites of Manitoba: Steinbach Collegiate Institute / Steinbach School No. 2 / Kornelsen Junior High School (304 Second Street, Steinbach)
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This one-storey brick building, on Second Street in Steinbach, was built in 1936, at an estimated cost of $20,000, and used as a high school. It was known as the Steinbach Collegiate or Steinbach School No. 2, with the Kornelsen name not transferred here until 1964 when another school by this name was closed. The facility then became the Kornelsen Junior High School. Students were transferred out in 1972 with the new Steinbach Regional Secondary School. The renovated building has since been used as the public library and later to house the Steinbach Arts Council.
Principals (Collegiate)
Principals (Junior High School)
Teachers (Collegiate)
Period |
Teachers |
1936-1937 |
Linda Ruth Braun (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 10), Julius George Toews (grades 11-12) |
1937-1938 |
Linda Ruth Braun (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 10), Julius George Toews (grades 11-12) |
1938-1939 |
Linda Ruth Braun (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 11), Julius George Toews (grade 12), Gerhard Otto Zado (grade 10) |
1939-1940 |
Linda Ruth Braun (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 11), Julius George Toews (grade 12), Gerhard Otto Zado (grade 10) |
1940-1941 |
Linda Ruth Braun (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 11), Julius George Toews (grade 12), Gerhard Otto Zado (grade 10) |
1941-1942 |
Laura Glazer (grade 10), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 11), Josephine Miskoley (grade 9), Gerhard Otto Zado (grade 12) |
1942-1943 |
Linda Ruth Friesen (grade 9), Peter Henry Funk (grade 11), Sebastian Berger Rieger (shops), Muriel Enid Wilson (grade 10), Gerhard Otto Zado (grade 12) |
1943-1944 |
Averno Milton Rempel (grade 11), Abraham Peter Toews (grade 10), Muriel Enid Wilson (grade 9), Gerhard Otto Zado (grade 12) |
1944-1945 |
William Friesen (grade 12), Sigurlaug Soffia Johnson (grade 9), Averno Milton Rempel (grade 11), Isaak J. Warkentin (grade 10) |
1945-1946 |
William Friesen (grade 12), Sigurlaug Soffia Johnson (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 9, 1945), Averno Milton Rempel (grade 11), Isaak J. Warkentin (grade 10) |
1946-1947 |
Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 10), Averno Milton Rempel (grade 12), Isaak J. Warkentin (grade 11) |
1947-1948 |
Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 10), Averno Milton Rempel (grade 12), Isaak J. Warkentin (grade 11) |
1948-1949 |
Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 10), Averno Milton Rempel (grade 12), Isaak J. Warkentin (grade 11) |
1949-1950 |
Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 11), Julius George Toews (grade 12), Isaak J. Warkentin (grade 10) |
1950-1951 |
Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 12), Jacob Jacob Peters (grade 11), Vernon Peters (grade 10) |
1951-1952 |
Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 12), Jacob Jacob Peters (grade 11), Vernon Peters (grade 10) |
1952-1953 |
Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 9), Jacob Giesbrecht Kornelsen (grade 12), Jacob Jacob Peters (grade 11), Vernon Peters (grade 10) |
1953-1954 |
Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Friesen (grade 9), Jacob Jacob Peters (grade 12), Isaak J. Warkentin (grade 11), Jacob J. Wedel (grade 10) |
1954-1955 |
Jacob Jacob Peters (grade 12), Gustav “Gus” Reimer (grade 9), Norma Helen Rempel (grade 9), Nicholas Toews (grade 10), Isaak J. Warkentin (grade 11), Jacob J. Wedel (grade 10) |
1955-1956 |
Michael Glenmore Myros (grade 10), Jacob Jacob Peters (grade 12), Gustav “Gus” Reimer (grade 9), Howard Reimer (grade 10), Norma Helen Rempel (grade 9), Nicholas Toews (grade 10), Jacob J. Wedel (grade 11) |
1956-1957 |
Michael Glenmore Myros (grade 10), Jacob Jacob Peters (grade 12), Gustav “Gus” Reimer (grade 9), Howard Reimer (grade 10), Norma Helen Rempel (grade 9), Nicholas Toews (grade 11), Jacob J. Wedel (grade 11) |
1957-1958 |
Abram Enns (grade 11), Frank Klassen Isaac (grade 9), Gustav “Gus” Reimer (grade 9), Hermann Rempel (grade 10), Henry J. Toews (grade 10), Nicholas Toews (grade 12), Jacob J. Wedel (grade 11) |
1958-1959 |
Arthur D. Fast (grade 10), Frank Klassen Isaac (grade 9), Gustav “Gus” Reimer (grade 9), Hermann Rempel (grade 11), Henry J. Toews (grade 10), Nicholas Toews (grade 12), Jacob J. Wedel (grade 11) |
1959-1960 |
Arthur D. Fast (grade 10), Frank Klassen Isaac (grade 9), Gustav “Gus” Reimer (grade 9), Hermann Rempel (grade 11), Henry J. Toews (grade 10), Nicholas Toews (grade 12), Jacob J. Wedel (grade 11) |
1960-1961 |
Henry P. Friesen (grade 11), Frank Klassen Isaac (grade 9), Henry Klassen (grade 9), Nicholas “Nick” Neustaedter (grade 9), Gustav “Gus” Reimer (grade 9), Tony Rempel (grade 10), Simon Thiessen (grade 10), Henry J. Toews (grade 11), Nicholas Toews (grade 12), David Voth (grade 10), Jacob J. Wedel (grade 11) |
1961-1962 |
See Steinbach Collegiate Institute |
Teachers (Junior High School)
School Year |
Teachers |
1964-1965 |
Peter Dick (grade 8), Mona Gail Dulder (kindergarten), Gerald Harry Dyck (grade 7), Elizabeth Friesen (grade 7), Peter A. Hiebert (grade 6), Irvin H. Penner (grade 7), Jacob Pete Siemens (grade 8) |
1965-1966 |
Peter Dick (grade 8), Ernest Dueck (grade 6), Gerald Harry Dyck (grade 7), Elizabeth Friesen (grade 7), Irvin H. Penner (grade 7), Jacob Pete Siemens (grade 8), Nettie Wiebe (grade 5) |
1966-1967 |
Gerald Harry Dyck (grade 7), Elizabeth Friesen (grade 7), Theodor Gerhard “Ted” Klassen (grade 8), Helen Rose Loewen (grade 7), Richard Martens (grade 8), David Peters (? grade), Gustav G. Reimer (grade 8) |
1967-1968 |
Gerald Harry Dyck (grade 7), Menno William Friesen (grade 8), Betty Mae Gingrich (grade 8, 1967), Richard Martens (grade 8), Phyllis Audrey Morgan (grade 8, 1968), Nellie Oster (grade 7), Gustav G. Reimer (grade 8) |
1968-1969 |
? |
1969-1970 |
Miss Bobrowsky, Abe Friesen, Ray Gamache, Mrs. Hayward, Richard Martens, Gus Reimer, Werner Rempel |
1970-1971 |
Mrs. Baker, Miss Bobrowsky, Abe Friesen, Ray Gamache, Vern Hildebrand, Richard Martens, Tony Penner, Gus Reimer |
1971-1972 |
? |
Photos & Coordinates

Steinbach Collegiate Institute (1954)
Source: Norm Friesen

Kornelsen School (c1960s)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba School Records Collection, GR2656, Hanover School Division Collection, Series 1, #25 - Kornelsen School.

Kornelsen School (c1960s)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Manitoba School Records Collection, GR2656,
Hanover School Division Collection, Series 1, #26 - Kornelsen School

The former Kornelsen School, now the Steinbach Cultural Arts Centre (April 2022)
Source: Rose Kuzina
Site Location (lat/long): N49.52400, W96.68762 denoted by symbol on the map above |
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kornelsen School / Steinbach School No. 65 (Steinbach)
Sources:
“School bells ring Tuesday,” Steinbach Carillon News, 1 September 1966, page 12.
“Parents admit responsibility for education,” Steinbach Carillon News, 28 November 1968, page 3.
Reflections on our Heritage: A History of Steinbach and the RM of Hanover by Abe Warkentin, 1971, page 102.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Steinbach School District No. 65 (Steinbach School) - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Steinbach School District No. 65 (Kornelsen School) - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
We thank Norm Friesen, Rose Kuzina, and Lois Braun for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Bev Kornelsen, Gordon Goldsborough, and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 28 August 2022
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