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

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This school at Altona was constructed between 1955 and 1956 to accommodate the town's burgeoning high school enrollment. Known as the Altona Collegiate, the building contained eight classrooms, a commercial room, home economics room, manual training shop, physics and chemistry lab, library, office, and gymnasium. In 1966, it was replaced by W. C. Miller Collegiate and the building was converted for use by elementary grades.

Principals (West Park School)

Period	Principal
1965-1968	John Klassen

Teachers (West Park School)

Period	Teachers
1965-1966	Anne Froese (grade 6), Henry Ben Hoeppner (grade 5), John Klassen (grade 8), Leonard Neufeld (grade 5), Peter J. Voth (grade 8), Erwin Harry Warkentin (grade 7), Herbert Henry Warkentin (grade 7), Mary Wiebe (grade 6)
1966-1967	Henry Dueck (grade 7), John Klassen (grade 8), Eva Martel (grade 5), Leonard Neufeld (grade 6), Peter J. Voth (grade 7), Herbert Henry Warkentin (grade 8), Justina Annette Wiens (grade 6), Mary Wiebe (grade 5)
1967-1968	Bernhard C. Dueck (grade 5), Menno Giesbrecht (grade 6), William “Bill” Ginter (grade 7), Ruth Helen Heinrichs (grade 5), Eleanor Gail Hildebrand (grade 7), John Klassen (grade 8), Melvin Henry Klassen (grade 7), Myrna Arlene Loewen (grade 6), Leonard Neufeld (grade 6), Donald Reimer (grade 8), Herbert Henry Warkentin (grade 8), Justina Annette Wiens (grade 6), Mary Wiebe (grade 5)

Photos & Coordinates

Entrance to West Park School (October 2023) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.10582, W97.56331 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

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

Sources:

Altona: The Story of a Prairie Town by Esther Epp-Tiessen, 1982, pages 242-243.

Manitoba School Records Collection, Altona School District No. 333 - West Park School Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 September 2025

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