PROJECT UPDATE:
Over 25 years of operation, our Father in Heaven has richly blessed TCS with growth in enrollment, the addition of kindergarten, high school grades, and numerous additional educational programs. During this time, TCS has also been blessed with additional facilities including a school expansion, new portables, sports fields, and an outdoor skating rink.
With the continued growth, TCS has experienced an increasing need for additional space for educational programs, physical education and sports programs. To meet this need, a combined classroom and gymnasium facility expansion was developed, presented to, and approved by the TCS school society.
The goals for the gymnasium and classroom expansion can be summarized by four key points: Enriching Education, Developing Talent, Building Community, and in all things Glorifying God.
The new facility will Enrich Education by adding classroom space to meet short- and long-term educational program requirements and expanded program options. It will provide opportunity to Develop Talent through a gymnasium that will better support physical education and sports programs. The new facility will also support Building Community through the gymnasium space which will be available for hosting recreational sports and social events for the school and the greater church community, both the Canadian Reformed Church at Calgary and other churches with members in the school society. We believe that this facility will bring significant benefits to all ages within our communities – school age children, graduated young adults, parents of children within the school, adults within the Church community, and elderly members of our community. And most importantly, it is our desire and our prayer that in all things, including this expansion project and the use of it, we Glorify God.
Preliminary engineering & design was completed in early 2019 and a development permit application was submitted to the City of Calgary in late 2019. Development permit activities continued through 2020 and the approved development permit was received from the City of Calgary in Feb, 2021. Detailed design and engineering was completed this past summer and a Building Committee was established to manage the expansion project with the first tasks being a finalized budget and a building permit.
The Building Committee was able to provide an updated budget of $1,650,000 for the project, the building permit application was submitted in early Oct 2021, and we hope to receive the permit approval in the coming weeks. The School Board received approval from the School Society membership in Oct 2021 for proceeding with initial earthwork this fall/early winter to take advantage of weather and dry conditions, and to proceed with the construction of the building (tentatively planned for the spring of 2022) pending successful fundraising of $1,050,000 (63.6%) of the total expansion budget. We are well on our way to that goal and are very grateful to all who have helped to get to this point.
We have a willing and eager – but relatively small – school membership and a local church community that is excited to move forward with this project. While the budget of $1,650,000 is challenging, we believe that with our internal resources and fundraising, volunteer labour to reduce building costs, and the help of our larger Christian family, this is an attainable goal. In all of this, we pray for and trust in God’s continued care and blessing, and are thankful for all that we continue to receive by His hand.
If you would like to help out…
Please consider becoming part of this exciting project by making a financial contribution. Donations to this project can be made by:
- ETransfer to [email protected]
(NOTE: “Gym Expansion” on transfer message) - A cheque made out to “Tyndale Christian School”, and sent to Tyndale Christian School, 28 Hart Estates Blvd NE, Calgary, AB T1X 0L3
(MEMO: “Gym Expansion” on cheque) - An online contribution through our new GoFundMe campaign by selecting the link below.
Any donations you can provide are greatly appreciated! Donations are 100% tax deductible.