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Construction of a two-classroom, red brick building for Tuxedo School No. 1709 in the Town of Tuxedo, designed by the local architectural firm of Northwood and Chivers, was tendered in 1926 and completed in the summer of 1927. Known for many years as Tuxedo School No. 2 (with Tuxedo School No. 1 located about three miles south), it was later renamed Tuxedo Park School.
In the summer of 1947, the school district reached an agreement with the Winnipeg School Division to have students in grades 10 and 12 attend classes in the city schools. In 1957, a gymnasium and north wing were added on a design by Smith Carter and Katelnikoff and, two years later, a south wing designed by the same firm was built, bringing the building to its present configuration.
The school is now a French immersion facility of the Pembina Trails School Division. A monument was unveiled in front of the school in celebration of its 75th anniversary.
Period
Principal
1930-1931
Ronald Thornton Frederick Thompson (1907-1984)
1931-1937
Ronald Victor Shearer (1907-2000)
1937-1940
Albert James Hatcher (1880-1970)
1940-1947
Emerson Lloyd Arnett (1911-1975)
1947-1959
Eva Aleta Morrison (1906-2007)
1959-1960
Franz Julius Solmundson (1907-1989)
1960-1965
Donald William Campbell Rowan (?-1980)
1965-1972
?
1972-1973
Eldon Sims
1973-1974
James Patrick "Pat" Krecsy (1939-1996)
1974-1976
Victor Adolphe “Vic” Chaput (1939-2024)
1976-1980
John Lamb
1980-1984
G. Barry Nelin
1984-1990
John Lamb
1990-2000
Diana Fabas Pirie
2000-2001
Gordon Campbell
2001-2004
Diana Fabas Pirie
2004-2010
Elaine Giasson
2010-2013
Cheryl Chuckry
2013-2018
?
2018
Karina Rioux
2019
Kathy Bru
2019-2022
Karina Rioux
Period
Vice-Principal
1988-1989
Joycelyn Fournier Gawryluk
School Year
Teachers
1927-1928
Maud Palme Hill (grades 1-8)
1928-1929
Maud Palme Hill (grades 1-8)
1929-1930
Maud Palme Hill (grades 1-8)
1930-1931
Maud Palme Hill (grades 1-6), Ronald Thornton Frederick Thompson (grades 7-10)
1931-1932
Maud Palme Hill (grades 1-4), Irene Alexandra Finlay (grades 5-8), Ronald Victor Shearer (grades 9-11)
1932-1933
Maud Palme Hill (grades 1-4), Irene Alexandra Finlay (grades 5-8), Ronald Victor Shearer (grades 9-11)
1933-1934
Maud Palme Hill (grades 1-4), Irene Alexandra Finlay (grades 5-8), Ronald Victor Shearer (grades 9-11)
1934-1935
Maud Palme Hill (grades 1-4), Irene Alexandra Finlay (grades 5-8), Ronald Victor Shearer (grades 9-11)
1935-1936
Maud Palme Hill (grades 1-4), Irene Alexandra Finlay (grades 5-8), Ronald Victor Shearer (grades 9-11)
1936-1937
Renata Rebecca Doern (grades 1-2), Margaret Evelyn Herriot (grades 3-5), Irene Alexandra Finlay (grades 6-8), Ronald Victor Shearer (grades 9-11)
1937-1938
Renata Rebecca Doern (grades 1-2), Margaret Evelyn Herriot (grades 3-5), Irene Alexandra Finlay (grades 6-8), Albert James Hatcher (grades 9-11)
1938-1939
Renata Rebecca Doern (grades 1-3), Margaret Evelyn Herriot (grades 4-5), Irene Alexandra Finlay (grades 6-8), Albert James Hatcher (grades 9-11)
1939-1940
Renata Rebecca Doern (grades 1-3), Margaret Evelyn Herriot (grades 4-5), Irene Alexandra Finlay (grades 6-8), Albert James Hatcher (grades 9-11)
1940-1941
Lillian Townley McAdam (grades 1-3), Zelma Sanforetta Tyndale (grades 4-6), Irene Alexandra Finlay Cranstone (grades 7-8), Emerson Lloyd Arnett (grades 9-11)
1941-1942
Lillian Townley McAdam (grades 1-3), Marjorie Grace Dance (grades 4-6), Irene Alexandra Finlay Cranstone (grades 7-8), Emerson Lloyd Arnett (grades 9-11)
1942-1943
Edith Margaret Miller (grades 1-3), Marjorie Grace Dance (grades 4-6), Irene Alexandra Finlay Cranstone (grades 7-8), Emerson Lloyd Arnett (grades 9-10)
1943-1944
Edith Margaret Miller (grades 1-3), Marjorie Grace Dance (grades 4-6), Irene Alexandra Finlay Cranstone (grades 7-8), Emerson Lloyd Arnett (grades 9-11)
1944-1945
Margaret Doris Daniel (grades 1-3), Marjorie Grace Dance (grades 4-6), Irene Alexandra Finlay Cranstone (grades 7-8), Emerson Lloyd Arnett (grades 9-10)
1945-1946
Margaret Doris Daniel (grades 1-3), Marjorie Grace Dance (grades 4-6), Irene Alexandra Finlay Cranstone (grades 6-8), Emerson Lloyd Arnett (grades 7-10)
1946-1947
Mae Eileen Smith (grades 1-3), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 4-6), Marjorie Grace Dance (grades 7-8), Emerson Lloyd Arnett (grades 9-11)
1947-1948
Kate Alice Bastin (kindergarten), Henrietta Maureen Westgate (grades 1-3), Madge Wilkie Dunlop (grades 4-6), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 7-8)
1948-1949
Kate Alice Bastin (kindergarten), Jessie Hunter Angus (grades 1-2), Mrs. J. Stalker (grades 3-4, 1948), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 3-5)
1949-1950
Kate Alice Bastin (kindergarten), Mildred Alice Lloyd (grades 1-2), Catherine Anne Jackson (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 5-6)
1950-1951
Kate Alice Bastin (kindergarten), Beatrice Juliette Hamel (grades 1-2), Constance Marion Cox (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 5-6)
1951-1952
Kate Alice Bastin (kindergarten), Rubie Helen McDonald (grades 1-2), Constance Marion Cox (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 5-6)
1952-1953
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Eva Mabel Dickinson (grades 1-2), Marion Alberta Hoegi (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 4-5)
1953-1954
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Rae Elizabeth Tuckett (grades 1-2), Marion Alberta Hoegi (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 5-6)
1954-1955
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Rae Elizabeth Tuckett (grades 1-2), Esther Adelia Argue (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 5-6)
1955-1956
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Rae Elizabeth Tuckett (grades 1-2), Esther Adelia Argue (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 5-6)
1956-1957
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Rae Elizabeth Tuckett (grades 1-2), Esther Adelia Argue (grades 3-4), Eva Aleta Morrison (grades 5-6)
1957-1958
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Rae Elizabeth Tuckett (grade 1), Shirley Jean Tinkler (grade 2), Clara I. McLeod (grade 3), Esther Adelia Argue (grade 4), Shirley Louise Law (grade 5), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6)
1958-1959
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Rae Elizabeth Tuckett (grade 1), ? (grade 2), Shirley Louise Law (grade 3), Esther Adelia Argue (grade 4), Diane Elizabeth Syrnyk (grade 5), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6)
1959-1960
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Rae Elizabeth Tuckett (grade 1), Jennie Ferance (grade 2), Shirley Louise Law (grade 3), Esther Adelia Argue (grade 4), Diane Elizabeth Syrnyk (grade 5), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), Julie Anne M. Harris (grade 7), Franz Julius Solmundson (grade 8)
1960-1961
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Rae Elizabeth Tuckett (grade 1), Jennie Ferance (grade 2), Shirley Louise Law Collard (grade 3, 1960-1961) Jean Edith Vincent (grade 3, 1961), Esther Adelia Argue (grade 4), Diane Elizabeth Syrnyk (grade 5), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), Wayne Harlan Orser (grade 7), Donald William Campbell Rowan (grade 8)
1961-1962
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Rae Elizabeth Tuckett (grade 1), Jennie Ferance (grade 2), Patricia Anne Law (grade 3), Esther Adelia Argue (grade 4), Diane Elizabeth Syrnyk (grade 5), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), Wayne Harlan Orser (grade 7), Donald William Campbell Rowan (grade 8)
1962-1963
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Rae Elizabeth Tuckett (grade 1), Jennie Ferance (grade 2), Carole Lynn Pelletier (grade 3), Ruth Elisabeth Toews (grade 4), Diane Elizabeth Syrnyk (grade 5), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), Raymond Charles Chernecki (grade 7), Donald William Campbell Rowan (grade 8)
1963-1964
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Rae Elizabeth Tuckett (grade 1), Jennie Ferance (grade 2), Barbara Joanne Skinner (grade 3), Ruth Elisabeth Toews (grade 4), Sheila Bridget Keegan (grade 5), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), Raymond Charles Chernecki (grade 7), Donald William Campbell Rowan (grade 8)
1964-1965
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Adina E. Tiessen (grade 1), Jennie Ferance (grade 2), Barbara Joanne Skinner (grades 3-4), Mary Elizabeth Gilroy (grade 5), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), Arnold Ernest Reimer (grade 7), Mary Charlotte “Molly” Finkbeiner (grade 8)
1965-1966
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Adina E. Tiessen (grade 1), Jennie Ferance (grade 2), Barbara Joanne Skinner (grade 3), Rochelle Idel Zimberg (grade 4), Mary Elizabeth Gilroy (grade 5, 1965-1966), Sheila Bridget Keegan Williams (grade 5, 1966), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), Arnold Ernest Reimer (grade 7), Raymond Charles Chernecki (grade 7), Mary Charlotte “Molly” Finkbeiner (grade 8)
1966-1967
Edna Laura Randolph (kindergarten), Adina E. Tiessen (grade 1), Jennie Ferance (grade 2), Barbara Joanne Skinner (grade 3), Rochelle Idel Zimberg (grade 4), Carol Bradshaw (grade 5), Eva Aleta Morrison (grade 6), James Donald Stewart Hall (grade 7), Mary Charlotte “Molly” Finkbeiner (grade 8)
Tuxedo Park School (August 2017)
Source: Nathan Kramer
Tuxedo Park School with commemorative monument (August 2017)
Source: Nathan Kramer
Tuxedo Park School (May 2023)
Source: George Penner
Tuxedo Park School commemorative monument (August 2017)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.86614, W97.21685
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Northwood and Chivers / Northwood Chivers and Casey
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Tuxedo School No. 1709 (Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba School for the Deaf / Wireless School No. 3 / Manitoba Teachers’ College / Tuxedo Model School / Canadian Mennonite University (500 Shaftesbury Boulevard, Winnipeg)
Manitoba Business: Smith Carter and Katelnikoff / Smith Carter Architects and Engineers / Architecture49
“Notice [Tender, two-roomed brick and frame school, Town of Tuxedo],” Manitoba Free Press, 10 August 1926, page 14.
“Notice [Tender, two-roomed brick and frame school, Town of Tuxedo],” Manitoba Free Press, 22 June 1926, page 14.
“Development in Tuxedo Park this season,” Manitoba Free Press, 1 October 1927, page 35.
“Sister is hostess at breakfast party for Irene Finlay [Irene Alexandra Finlay Cranstone],” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 June 1939, page 6.
“Wilde - Doern [Renata R. Doern Wilde],” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 December 1939, page 7.
“Chicago “U” School survey plan favored,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 June 1947, page 11.
“The School District of Tuxedo No. 1709 [tender notice],” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 May 1957, page 48.
“Williams - Keegan [Sheila Bridget Keegan Williams],” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 July 1964, page 16.
Obituary [Mary Charlotte “Molly” Stalker Finkbeiner (1912-2003)], Winnipeg Free Press, 28 November 2003, page 26.
Manitoba School Records Collection (GR10356), [Tuxedo School District No. 1709 / Tuxedo School and Tuxedo Park School Daily Registers / School Division No. 3], Archives of Manitoba.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
History of Tuxedo Park School, Pembina Trails School Division.
Tuxedo School, 2300 Corydon Avenue, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, February 1998.
We thank Jane Fudge, James Arnett, Margaret Stimson, David Beer, and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 29 June 2024
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