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)

Period	Principal
Before 1936	See Steinbach School
1936-1941	Julius George Toews (1893-1981)
1941-1944	Gerhard [Gerhardt] Otto “Gerry” Zado (1913-1956)
1944-1946	William Friesen (1904-1984)
1946-1949	Averno Milton Rempel (1919-2012)
1949-1950	Isaak J. Warkentin (1885-1971)
1950-1952	Jacob Giesbrecht “Jake” Kornelsen (1886-1953)
1952-1962	Jacob Jacob Peters (1909-1979)
After 1962	See Steinbach Collegiate Institute

Principals (Junior High School)

Period	Principal
1964-1966	Jacob Pete Siemens
1966-1968	Theodor Gerhard “Ted” Klassen
1968-1972	George G. Ewert (1921-2002)
After 1972	See Steinbach 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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