The Horyn School District was organized formally in May 1915 and a school building was erected at this site in what is now the Rural Municipality of Lakeshore. In 1936, the district became part of the Lawrence Municipal School District. The school was destroyed by fire in early 1951 and classes were held in a nearby community hall until a replacement was constructed. A small model of the school building remains at the site.
Among the teachers of Horyn School were A. L. Rheaene (1918) and Elizabeth Werbiski (1951-1952).
Horyn School (no date) by H. J. Everall
Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs,
GR8461, A0233, C131-3, page 37.
Horyn School commemorative model (May 2012)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.47816, W99.62091
denoted by symbol on the map above
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.
Opening the Door - The Past Comes Alive, The History of the Rural Municipality of Lawrence by Lawrence Municipality History Committee, 1997, page 93.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 January 2021
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