River East Transcona School Division marked the start of construction at a sod turning ceremony on March 21 for the new gym and addition at Miles Macdonell Collegiate.
Left to right: Trustees Peter Kotyk and Jerry Sodomlak; Miles Mac student Luke McMillan; Andrew Micklefield, MLA Rossmere; trustee Brianne Goertzen; Cathy Cox, minister of sport, culture and heritage; trustees Eva Prysizney, Colleen Carswell (board chair) and Rod Giesbrecht; superintendent Kelly Barkman; assistant superintendent Greg Daniels; Miles Mac principal Mark Bruce.
The project will include a new, 13,000-sq.-ft. gym addition, and the renovation of existing gym space into four state-of-the-art classrooms and a new art room.
"A new gymnasium at Miles Macdonell Collegiate has been a board priority for several years now and will be a tremendous benefit to our students, staff and community," said Colleen Carswell, board chair of River East Transcona School Division.
This conversion will also include two large seminar rooms, a locker room, dance studio, fitness centre, and training room for the football team.
"We're thrilled to hear the new gym and additional classrooms will soon become a reality," said Mark Bruce, principal of Miles Macdonell. "This added space will help us to improve and diversify programming for all of our students and we look forward to the project's completion in early 2019."
