Historic Sites of Manitoba: Rembrandt School No. 1570 (RM of Armstrong)

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The Rembrandt School District was established formally in March 1911 and a one-room schoolhouse operated at SW12-21-2E in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong. It was later relocated to SW11-21-2E by the 1930s. The school issued several debentures to finance and improve operations; taking out $1,400 in June 1916 to pay down fiscal oblications for building and equipping a schoolhouse, $1,900 in July 1916 to add an additional classroom to the existing school, $1,000 to build and furnish a three-room 20 feet by 20 feet teacherage, and $1,500 in January 1922 to finance final payments on both the schoolhouse and teacherage.

The district was dissolved in 1966 and its catchment area became part of the Arborg Consolidated School District No. 2441 and later the Evergreen School Division. The former school building was later used as a community hall. It appears to be vacant at the time of a June 2016 site visit.

Principals

Period	Principal
1924-1934	R. A. Stewart

Teachers

Period	Teachers
1920-1921	Alan Martin (grades ?), Ida E. Milligan (grades ?)
1921-1922	Ida E. Milligan (grades ?), Christina M. Walzer (grades ?)
1922-1923	Ida E. Milligan (grades ?), Christina M. Walzer (grades ?)
1923-1924	Margaret Hammel (grades ?), John Mazur (grades ?)
1924-1925	R. A. Stewart (senior grades), John Mazur (junior grades)
1925-1926	M. B. Hunter (junior grades), R. A. Stewart (senior grades)
1926-1927	S. Hershfield [Hersfield?] (junior grades), R. A. Stewart (senior grades)
1927-1928	Kate Mitchell (junior grades), R. A. Stewart (senior grades)
1928-1929	Joseph H. Lowes (junior grades), R. A. Stewart (senior grades)
1929-1930	R. A. Stewart (senior grades), Evelyn Norah Urry (junior grades)
1930-1931	N. Purak (junior grades), R. A. Stewart (senior grades)
1931-1932	N. Purak (junior grades), R. A. Stewart (senior grades)
1932-1933	Anne Nykovchuk (junior grades), R. A. Stewart (senior grades)
1933-1934	Anne Nykovchuk (junior grades), R. A. Stewart (senior grades)

Among the other teachers at Rembrandt School were Agnes Ellen Martin (?-?), Anne G? Nykovchuk (Fall 1934 - Spring 1937), Margaret Lifman (Fall 1937 - Spring 1938), Anton Solar (Fall 1938 - Spring 1941), and Mary E. Solar (1959-1965)

Photos & Coordinates

Rembrandt School (no date) by H. D. Cumming Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 141. Rembrandt School teacherage (no date) by H. D. Cumming Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-2, page 141. The former Rembrandt School building (circa 1978) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 1563. Interior of the former Rembrandt School building (circa 1978) Source: Historic Resources Branch, Public School Buildings Inventory, slide 1562. The former Rembrandt School building (June 2016) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.78812, W97.22731 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #39 School District of Rembrandt, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #53 School District of Rembrandt, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #25 School District of Rembrandt, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

Corporate Security registered documents (ATG 0089), #46 School District of Rembrandt, GR12576, Archives of Manitoba.

Orders-In-Council (EC 0003B), Order-in-Council #26174, #27940, & #38229 , GR1530, Archives of Manitoba.

Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), Rembrandt School District No. 1570 - Cash Books, GR1629, Archives of Manitoba.

Departmentally appointed school trustee files (E 0034), File 1570 - Rembrandt - Permanent, GR1206, Archives of Manitoba.

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

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 11 February 2023

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