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This Winnipeg school was a $2.4 million joint project between the Winnipeg School Division (WSD) and the City of Winnipeg with planning and agreements dating back to the early 1970s. A shared-use agreement extended to community access and use by local residents of the gymnasium and several multi-purpose rooms within the school, in addition to outdoor facilities located on the school grounds. The city provided $433,900 in funding.
The facility was designed by the local architectural firm of Haid Haid Donner in consultation with School Division architect William I. “Bill” Enns. The primary building contractor was W. W. Construction Limited, with subcontracts issued to W. H. Milley & Associates (structural), Klein and Dashevsky Limited (mechanical), and L. P. Williams & Associates (electrical). Work was ahead of schedule for a planned opening date of 1 September 1977 when the building was hit by arson on 7 June 1977. The damage was assessed to be around $250,000.
Elementary students enrolled here were bused temporarily to Margaret Scott School, Luxton School, Lord Nelson School, and Lansdowne School for the 1977-1978 school year. The school opened, in a reduced capacity, in February 1978. It was fully finished and operational for the 1978-1979 school year.
Period
Principal
1977-1981
Wayne Richard Bembridge
1981-2005
?
2005-2006
Darryl Stevenson
2006-2021
?
2021-2025
Gisele Mospanchuk
2025
Ryan Erichsen (Acting)
Period
Vice-Principal
1977-1979
Heather Elizabeth Brearley
1979-1981
David Charles Riddell
1981-2004
?
2004-2005
Brian Peterson
2005-2021
?
2021-2025
Ryan Erichsen
2025
Matthew Adkins (Acting)
School Year
Teachers
1977-1978
Heather Lorraine Buakett (resource), Leon John Cousineau (grade 2), Marlene Lois Dennis (grade 3), Elaine Devine (grades 1-2), Charleen Frenette (kindergarten, 0.5), Phyllis Dorothy Godfrey (grade 5), Marjorie Luella Goodwin (library), Helen Marguerite Hawthorne (grade 1), Marilyn Janice Anne Henderson (grade 4), Jo-Anne Irving (grade 1), Greville Lindsay Jones (music 0.5, January-June), Teresa Clare Klasz (grade 2), Carol Elizabeth Klem (kindergarten), Lynn Sharon Kulyk (grade 1), Orysia Luba Lashyn (grade 6), Ruth Naomi Livingston (grade 2), Wendy Yvonne McKelvey (grade 3), Edward W. Mitcheler (grade 6), Judith Eileen Perkins (physical education), Linton Freeman Pointon (grade 5), Brenda Elaine Riguidel? (special education, January-June), Esperia Maria Serreti (grade 1), Claretta Shefrin (grade 4), Lynne Marsha Spigelman (kindergarten), John Lorne Toews (grade 5), Helen Bjorg Turner (grade 4), Deborah Ann Van Der Kraak (grade 3)
1978-1979
Heather Lorraine Buakett (resource), Gwen Jean Burg (grade 4), Leon John Cousineau (grades 1-2), Elaine Devine (grade 1), Charleen Frenette (kindergarten), Phyllis Dorothy Godfrey (grade 5), Marjorie Luella Goodwin (library), Helen Marguerite Hawthorne (grade 1), Jo-Anne Irving (grade 1), Laura-Lynn Mary Jack (grade 2), Judith Faye Schultz Janzen (special education), Teresa Clare Klasz (grade 2), Carol Elizabeth Klem (kindergarten), Lynn Sharon Kulyk (grade 1), Orysia Luba Lashyn (grade 6), Ruth Naomi Livingston (grade 2), Elizabeth Longstaff (grade 3), Wendy Yvonne McKelvey (grade 3), Edward W. Mitcheler (grade 6), Ida Irene Murdoch (grade 2), Harold Davi Neufeld (grade 6), Judith Eileen Perkins (physical education), Linton Freeman Pointon (grade 5), Donna Louise Robertson (grade 3), Fred Arnold Rosenblatt (English as a Second Language), Esperia Maria Serreti (grade 1), Claretta Shefrin (grade 4), Lynne Marsha Spigelman (kindergarten), Virginia Dorothy Tate (grade 4), John Lorne Toews (grade 5), Helen Bjorg Turner (grade 4), Deborah Ann Van Der Kraak (grade 3), Norma Louise Walker (grade 1)
Tyndall Park Community School (July 2019)
Source: Nathan Kramer
Tyndall Park Community School (June 2025)
Source: Nathan Kramer
Tyndall Park Community School (June 2025)
Source: Nathan KramerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.93683, W97.20603
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Manitoba Business: Haid Haid Donner / Marshall Haid Associates
“Gee‘s comments ‘Disappointing’,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 May 1975, page 59.
“Tyndall Park finance OK’d,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 June 1975, page 11.
“The Winnipeg School Viision No. 1 [Principal - Tyndall Park Community School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 February 1977, page 41.
“Fire to delay opening of school; arson suspected in Tyndall Park,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 June 1977, page 3.
“Girl, 11, believed responsible for fire at community school,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 June 1977, page 3.
“Winnipeg School Division to ring bells one day later for junior, senior highs,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 September 1977, page 6.
“School bells ringing today, Wednesday for 222,800 youngsters,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 September 1977, page 4.
“Bus top crowding, short lunches have mother of four up in arms,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 September 1977, page 5.
“Noon-hour busing sparks ‘lunchbox war’,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 September 1977, page 1.
“New school will start half empty,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 April 1978, page 3.
“New principals named for five city schools,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 2005, page 18.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Administration - About / History, Tyndall Park Community School.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 June 2025
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