History of Holland School

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History of Holland School

• By
• J. L. and S. D.
• Information was provided by
• Mr. LeRoy

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Mystery

• Look carefully at the highlighted places on the
  picture.What do you think it is?

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• Samuel Ian Holland

• Samuel Holland was born in 1717 in Nijmegen,
  Netherlands.

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• He served in the Dutch Artillery until 1774, then
  he went to England to join the British Army.
• In 1764 Samuel Holland was named Surveyor-General
  of Quebec and all parts of North America north of
  the Potomac River.

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Samuels Land

• On the land given to him by the British in
  recognition for services rendered, Samuel built
  a house.
• In 1740, he moved in and lived there all his
  life.
• When he died in 1801, he gave the land to the
  City of Quebec.

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Map of Old Boundaries

• The city was allowed to develop this area as long
  as the name of Holland was indicated.
• Park Samuel Holland.
• Stuart Street became Holland Avenue.
• Our school name, Holland School.

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The Present

• Holland School was built in 1960
• This is what the front of our school looks like
  in the year 2000.
• We now belong to the Central Quebec School Board.

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Play Time

• This is the great back yard we get to play in
  during recess.
• We have a soccer field, basketball court, long
  jump pit, monkey bars and more.

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Friendship Park

• We even have this cool park with climbers, slide,
  tire swings and sliding poles.
• This is where we have our obstacle race during
  our Track and Field day.

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End to the Mystery?!

• Figured it out? It may be THE house!