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The Springstein School District was organized formally in February 1926 and a school building was erected at Springstein, in the Rural Municipality of Cartier. A new dedicated schoolhouse was financed by a $2,700 debenture in September 1927.
In April 1969, it joined the Morris-Macdonald School Division No. 19 and continued to operate until June 1981 when it closed permanently. A commemorative monument at the former school site was erected in August 1996.
Period
Principal
1938-1947
Gerhard John Lohrenz (1899-1986)
1947-1949
Henry D. Dyck
1949-1954
Gerhard Henry Peters
1954-1957
David Froese
1957-1959
Henry David Wiebe
1959-1965
Abram “Abe” Friesen
1965-1968
Peter D. Zacharias
1968-1969
Henry Funk
1969-1973
Phyllis Sylvia Clink
1973-1976
Ruth Evelyn Klassen
1976-1979
Jessie Nettie Schellenberg
1979-1980
Marlene Ruth Podaima
Among the teachers of Springstein School were Mr. C. F. Penner (December 1925 - June 1926 & September-December 1926), Abram G. Wiens (January-June 1927), Bernhard B. Fast (Fall 1927 - Fall 1928, Fall 1929 - Spring 1938), and Henry F. Goerz (Spring 1929).
Period
Teachers
1938-1939
Helene Loewen (grades 1-6, August-September; grades 1-5, September-June), Gerhard John Lohrenz (grades 6-10)
1939-1940
Helene Loewen (grades 1-4), Gerhard John Lohrenz (grades 5-10)
1940-1941
Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 1-5), Gerhard John Lohrenz (grades 6-10)
1941-1942
Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 4-8), Gerhard John Lohrenz (grades 9-11), Agnes Willms (grades 1-3)
1942-1943
Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 5-8), Gerhard John Lohrenz (grades 9-11), Agnes Willms (grades 1-4)
1943-1944
Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 5-8), Gerhard John Lohrenz (grades 9-11), Agnes Willms (grades 1-4)
1944-1945
Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 5-8), Gerhard John Lohrenz (grades 9-11), Agnes Willms (grades 1-4)
1945-1946
Lydia Dyck (grades 1-4, August-April), Susan Krahn (grades 1-4, April-June), Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 5-8, August - pt June), Gerhard John Lohrenz (grades 9-11, August - June & grades 5-8, pt June), George Penner (grades 1-4, August?)
1946-1947
Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 5-8), Gerhard John Lohrenz (grades 9-11), Ida H. Toews (grades 1-4)
1947-1948
Henry D. Dyck (grades 9-11), Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 5-8), Ida H. Toews (grades 1-4)
1948-1949
Henry D. Dyck (grades 9-11), Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 5-8), Ida H. Toews (grades 1-4)
1949-1950
Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 5-8), Gerhard Henry Peters (grades 9-11), Ida H. Toews (grades 1-4)
1950-1951
Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 5-8), Gerhard Henry Peters (grades 9-11), Ida H. Toews (grades 1-4)
1951-1952
Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 5-8), Gerhard Henry Peters (grades 9-11), Helga Eleanor Peters (grades 1-4)
1952-1953
Gerhard N. Janzen (grades 5-8), Gerhard Henry Peters (grades 9-11), Helga Eleanor Peters (grades 1-4)
1953-1954
Helen Margaret Boldt (grades 1-4), Peter David Matthies (grades 5-8), Gerhard Henry Peters (grades 9-11)
1954-1955
Helen Margaret Boldt (grades 1-4), Peter David Matthies (grades 5-8), David Froese (grades 9-11)
1955-1956
Helen Margaret Boldt (grades 1-4), Peter David Matthies (grades 5-8), David Froese (grades 9-11)
1956-1957
David Froese (grades 9-11, September-January; grades 10-11, February-June), Margaret Froese (grades 1-4), Arthur H. Toews (grades 4-8, September-December; grades 4-9, January-June)
1957-1958
Helen Wiebe (grades 1-6), Henry David Wiebe (grades 7-11)
1958-1959
Peter Unger Dueck (grades 5-8), Helen Wiebe (grades 1-4), Henry David Wiebe (grades 9-11)
1959-1960
Peter Unger Dueck (grades 5-8), Abram Friesen (grades 9-11), Helen Pankratz (grades 1-4)
1960-1961
Abram Friesen (grades 9-11), Harry Topnik (grades 1-8)
1961-1962
Abram Friesen (grades 9-11), Harry Topnik (grades 1-8)
1962-1963
Abram Friesen (grades 9-11), Harry Topnik (grades 1-8)
1963-1964
Abram Friesen (grades 9-11), Harry Topnik (grades 1-8)
1964-1965
Abram Friesen (grades 9-11), Harry Topnik (grades 1-8)
1965-1966
Nettie Esther Funk (grades 1-3), Peter D. Zacharias (grades 4-8)
1966-1967
Nettie Esther Funk (grades 1-3), Peter D. Zacharias (grades 4-8)
1967-1968
Peter D. Zacharias (grades 4-8), Valentine Zacharias (grades 1-3)
1968-1969
Henry Funk (grades 4-8), Cheryl Elaine Todd (grades 1-3)
1969-1970
Phyllis Sylvia Clink (grades 4-6), Alice Trudy Elias (grades 1-3)
1970-1971
Phyllis Sylvia Clink (grades 4-6), Alice Trudy Elias (grades 1-3)
1971-1972
Phyllis Sylvia Clink (grades 4-6), Margaret Anneliese Franz (grades 1-3)
1972-1973
Helen Bergen (grades 1-3), Phyllis Sylvia Clink (grades 4-6)
1973-1974
Ruth Evelyn Klassen (grades 4-6), Dorothy Marie Siemens (grades 1-3)
1974-1975
Ruth Evelyn Klassen (grades 4-6), Jessie Nettie Schellenberg (grades 1-3)
1975-1976
Ruth Evelyn Klassen (grades 4-6), Jessie Nettie Schellenberg (grades 1-3)
1976-1977
Brucie Marilyn Harris (grades 4-6), Jessie Nettie Schellenberg (grades 1-3)
1977-1978
Marlene Ruth Podaima (grades 4-6), Jessie Nettie Schellenberg (grades 1-3)
1978-1979
Marlene Ruth Podaima (grades 4-6), Jessie Nettie Schellenberg (grades 1-3)
1979-1980
Marlene Ruth Podaima (grades 4-6), Jennifer Marie Streuber (grades 1-3)
1980-1981
Elsie Enns (grades 1-6 substitute, 12 days within September-December), Marlene Ruth Podaima (grades 1-6, September-June)
Springstein School (no date) by E. D. Parker
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 102.
Springstein School commemorative monument (October 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.80447, W97.49876
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Organization: Morris-Macdonald School Division School District No. 19
Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.
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.
“Morris-MacDonald Matters,” Steinbach Carillon, 28 January 1980, page 12A.
Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #2 School District of Springstein, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Orders-In-Council (EC 0003B), Order-in-Council No. 1022/27, GR1530, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Springstein School District #2143 - Daily Registers, GR2656, Archives of Manitoba.
Manitoba School Records Collection, Springstein School District #2143 (Division #19) - Daily Registers, GR0638, Archives of Manitoba.
Treasures of Time: The Rural Municipality of Cartier, 1914-1984 by RM of Cartier, c1985. [Legislative Library of Manitoba, F5648.C37 Tre]
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 27 October 2026
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