Historic Sites of Manitoba: W. C. Miller Collegiate (181 Sixth Street SE, Altona)

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Built in 1965 to replace the Altona Collegiate, this high school in Altona, named for Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller, was opened officially on 31 January 1966.

Principals

Period	Principal
1966-1968	?
1968-1973	John B. Wiebe (1929-2014)
1973-1976	John Richard Wiens
1976-1977	Henry Richard Schellenberg (?-?)
?-?	J. Donald “Don” Wiebe
1992-1996	Melvin Klassen
1996-1999	Theodore “Ted” Fransen
1999-?	Todd Tyler
?-?	Reg Klassen

Vice-Principals

Period	Vice-Principal
1966-c1969	?
c1969	Peter Hildebrand
c1969-1976	?
1976-1977	J. Donald “Don” Wiebe
?-?	David John Campbell (1942-2023)

Teachers

School Year	Teachers
1966	(January-June only): ?
1966-1967	?
1967-1968	?
1968-1969	Henry Dick (no grade), Edward John Doell (no grade), Wanda Regina Dreczkowski (home economics), Edgar James Enns (no grade), Donald Edward Fehr (no grade), Irvin George Friesen (grade 12), Sharon Paziuk Friesen (no grade), Dennis Louis Gebrouer (grade 12), Allan Giesbrecht (grade 9), Lawrence Giesbrecht (grade 9), Rhonda Louise Harper (grade 10), Peter Hildebrand (grade 12), William Henry Janzen (no grade), Ray Klippenstein (grade 9), Marlene Selma Kran (grade 11), Abram Peter Penner (grade 10), Abram Rempel (grade 10), Eddie Sawatzky (no grade), Frank Henry Sawatzky (grade 10), Albert Schmidt (grade 12), Peter Thiessen (no grade), Peter J. Voth (grade 9), Cornelius Peter Zacharias (grade 11)

Photos & Coordinates

W. C. Miller Collegiate (October 2023) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.09882, W97.55094 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Wallace Conrad “Wally” Miller (1896-1959)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Altona Collegiate / West Park School (83 Third Street NW, Altona)

Sources:

School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.

We thank Ted Fransen and Art Wiebe for providing information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 16 March 2026

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