Former Halma Public School (Halma, Minnesota)

In 1890 a school district was organized in Halma, Minnesota. Halma started with a one-room schoolhouse located across the road on the south side of where the Eidsvold Church now stands. In 1912, a bonding election was held to build a new school in district #40. The new building was made of cement blocks and when completed was the finest schoolhouse on the Soo Line. School opened at Halma in September 1913 in their splendid new school building. The school had two elegant well lit schoolrooms, an office, library, halls, and cloak rooms on the main floor. It had a full basement part of which was used for the heating plant, while a manual training room was on the east side. There were 30 pupils in each room. The Halma school district consolidated with the Karlstad School district in 1950. A complete renovating program had been carried on throughout the summer. The interior of the Halma school was reconditioned and redecorated making a pleasant environment for the students attending. One of the major improvements at the Halma school was the construction of a kitchenette. The change was there would be only six elementary grades instead of eight grades. The elementary, grades one-six, were sent to Karlstad School the fall of 1961. The Special Ed students from Karlstad were sent over to the Halma School for the next two years. The Halma School was sold for private use in 1963.