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This school on Armitage Avenue in Minnedosa was commissioned by the Rolling River School Division and designed by Number TEN Architectural Group. It was built in 1971 with a team of 35 subcontractors lead by Procon building supervisor Tom May. The completed project coming in at $1.207 million under the estimated budget of $1.263 million.
The school's name was selected by the Division's Board of Trustees in July 1971 via a “name the school” contest, with the winning entry of “Tanner's Crossing School” submitted by Wendy Myker of Clanwilliam. It commemorates Tanner's Crossing of the Little Saskatchewan River, operated by pioneer John Tanner (c1839-1932, grandson of John “Falcon” Tanner).
The facility opened to students on 7 June 1971, with a phased migration of classes over to this location to conclude the 1970-1971 school year. An official opening was held on 23 October 1971 with a keynote address delivered by Premier Edward Richard “Ed” Schreyer before a crowd of some 600, with the ribbon-cutting performed by Mrs. Fred Clow (great-granddaughter of John Tanner) and assisted by Wendy Myker. A bronze plaque mounted near the school's main entrance commemorates the public event.
Period
Principal
Before 1971
1971-1974
John Stuart Monteith (1931-2009)
1974-2023
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2023-2025
Lindsay Konsorada
Period
Vice-Principal
Before 1971
1971-1974
Robert Marcus “Marc” Chisholm
1974-2023
?
2023-2025
Dayton Brown
Period
Teachers
Before 1971
1971-1972
Constance Bernice Alexander (grade 4), Helen Doreen Bailey (grade 4), Grace Elaine Bell (resource), Bette Louise Marnock Bliss (grade 2), Mabel Winters Boyd (grade 5), Rudrah Eileen Caughell (grade 6), Robert Marcus Chisholm (grade 7), Bernice Maud Chorneyko (resource), Shirley Marie Cummins (grade 1), Elizabeth Louise Fawcett (grade 6), Louise Aynsley Franks (grade 2), Margaret Lila Funnell (resource), Judith Ann Gomes (grade 4), Mary Anne Delilah Hancock (grade 7), Norma Elaine Howden (grade 6), Robert Leonard James Lepischak (grade 8), Catherine Enid Lochhead (grade 5), Wilma Blanche McLaughlin (grade 3), Ila Gertrude McNabb (no grade), Elizabeth Ann McNeill (grade 7), Shirley Anne Macdonald (grade 3), Helen Hazel Michalchuk (kindergarden), Janet Rene Murphy (grade 8), Evelyn Mae Oliver (grade 5), Roberta Elise Parrott (kindergarden), Marjorie Ruth Pederson (grade 1), Sheila Rebecca Pirie (grade 3), Susan Florence Proven (no grade), Greta June Robinson (resource), Wayne Franklin Rowe (grade 7), Donald Grant Sangster (grade 8), Donna Margaret Shorrock (grade 5), Jo-Anne Marie Sichewski (grade 2), James Allan Turner (no grade), Mary Mildred Vint (special education; trainable mentally handicapped), Eunice Rowena Wallace (resource)
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.24889, W99.84409
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minnedosa School No. 232 / Minnedosa South School (Minnedosa)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Minnedosa School No. 232 / Minnedosa North School (Minnedosa)
Manitoba Business: Waisman Ross and Associates / Blankstein Coop Gillmor and Hanna / Number TEN Architectural Group
“Enter the “name the school contest”,” Minnedosa Tribune, 15 April 1971, page 5.
“[Photo captions; Elementary students leave the south school for the last time ...],” Minnedosa Tribune, 10 June 1971, page 1.
“MCI renamed “Crossley Collegiate Institute”,” Minnedosa Tribune, 15 July 1971, page 1.
“Trustees pick “Tanners Crossing” as name for new school,” Minnedosa Tribune, 15 July 1971, page 1.
“New Minnedosa school gets old name,” Brandon Sun, 20 July 1971, page 3.
“M’dosa new school gets historic name,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 12 August 1971, page 1.
“Valley vistas,” by Peter Neufeld, Brandon Sun, 24 September 1971, page 18.
“New school for Minnedosa,” Brandon Sun, 25 October 1971, page 2.
“600 attend M’dosa new school opening,” Rivers Gazette Reporter, 28 October 1971, pages 1, 2, and 6.
School division half-yearly attendance reports (E 0757), Archives of Manitoba.
Tanners Crossing School, Rolling River School Division.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 8 August 2025
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