FIRST DIRECTORS: Ed Foster, George Olsen, William Riddell Ed Foster acted as a spokesman and brought up the idea of creating a school for Oungre. He suggested the name Lyndale because it was a well liked name taken from a street in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The first meeting of the Lyndale School District No. 1682, was held on January 3rd, 1907. Three directors were elected. George Olsen was chairperson, Ed Foster became the secretary treasurer and William Riddell served as the third director. It was decided to borrow $1000 for the building and furnishing of the school. With the help of volunteer labour the lumber was hauled.
The school opened for the first time on February 15th, 1909. The first teacher was Miss Agnes L. Armstrong who was hired for the school year (7 months). Other teachers who kept the school functioning in the early years, up until 1917 included Margaret Stevens, Kate Richardson, N. Graham, Ruby Veals, Frank Trotter, Lulu Simpson, Ethel Flethcher, Violet Preston and Coris Graff.
In 1917 the school was moved, and was staffed by Lillian Brown, Olive O'Neil, Samuel Eromovitch and Veronica Rooney until it was closed due to lack of funds in November of 1921. It was reopened in February of 1922 with Marjory Condon teaching. Other teachers of the time were George Whibbs, Lillian Endersby, Ruby Dale, Helen Lunin and Mabel Boxrud.
All during these early years the school house was not only used for educating the children, but it was the social center of the community. Local dances, box and pie socials were some of the favourites. The annual Christmas concert put on by students and some of the talented volunteers, was a big event, as were the plays put on by the young people of the district. Due to lack of church buildings the school was also used as a place of worship on Sundays and special occasions.
1929-1957
The hamlet of Oungre was in the making, and after considering moving the school there, it was decided to build a two room school. This new school opened with Mr. McKee being replaced by Art Laramour, and Ruth Hay. The thirties were hard years, as evidenced by the fact that the coal for the furnace was obtained on relief. One of the hard things the board had to do was to terminate contracts and rehire their teachers at a lower salary. Even these salaries could not be paid and notes were signed to be paid several years later. The teachers who worked under these conditions included Robert Stephenson, Viola Boxrud, William Durick, Caroline Appenheimer, Daisy Ruth Jones, Roy Brown, Earl Magwood and Violet Delrose Moore.
By 1945 the Lyndale District was a part of the Radville School Unit. Some of the teachers who staffed Lyndale during this time period included Alice Bodnar, Bertrun Husband, Signe McLeod, Marvelous Ordahl, Dorothy Barr, Mr. Geisel, Sylvia Waldal, Joseph Weimer, Florence Teed, Mr. Hennesy, Naomi Gobert, June Reid, Robert McAlpine Jr., Jack and Joyce Funk.
Other schools were starting to close and their students were being bussed into Lyndale. Two one room schools were moved in and situated near the school... obviously more room was needed. Teachers of this time included Lydia Bezoplenko, Maxine Kolot, Ray Kolot, Audrey Parks and Shirley Petrison.
1957-1975
In the summer of 1957 there was great excitement about a new school, however the old buildings had to make due until mid November when the school was finally ready for use. At the time of the opening of the current brick structure, there were seven staff members and basic academic subjects only were taught. Year one saw four Grade 12 graduates and 24 grade 1's.
In 1963 typing was an extra subject added to the school curriculum. For a brief period one of the buildings from the "old school" was moved up to the new Lyndale School to be used as a typing room. Some of the early typing teachers were Alan Smith, Terry Hurlburt and Tom Cousins. After 1966 The Radville Unit Board decided to hire one typing teacher for both Gladmar and Lyndale, and hired Fred Stushnoff who commuted between the two schools until 1976. Teachers for the new Lyndale 1957-67 included Jack Funk, Mr. and Mrs. D. Tunbridge, E Reidy, A. Ryan, Marcella Makelki, Audrey Parks, J. Thackery, B. Nagy, S. Beischel, George Howett, Lauretta Ryan, P. McNair, Mr. Fabian, R. McKinnon, T. Stephenson, Mr. Austin, Ken Johnson, Eleanor Skjerdahl, E. Dionne, Alice Williams, Ivy Pawlak, Cletus Sego, G. Edgelow, Doreen Messer, Dennis Tunbridge, G Plunz, Don Bohn, Ed Augustyn, Dolores Sampson, Terry Stephenson, J. O'Brian.
The next ten years saw Terry Stephenson as a principal over hte following teachers: Ram Singh, Olga Bjorklund, S. Rahi, Mrs. Tunbridge, B Barber, N. Romanuk, E. Daer, Tom Cousins, Ed Ens, J. Ganley, Richard Beutner, J. Ganley, Richard Beutner, Mr and Mrs W. Hainstock, Jean Langedahl, B. Carswell, Eleanor Skjerdahl, Richard Wyatt, Mr. Geran, Mr. Kennedy, Mr and Mrs Czarnecki, Audrey Privie.
Lyndale always lacked a gymnasium. In 1972 Mrs. Tunbridge and other stakeholders journeyed to Regina to meet with the Minister of Education (Gordon McMurchy) of the time and by 1974 the gym was open in a school that taught Grade 4-12, with Tribune School housing the Grade 1-3 classes for the area.
2002-2003 school year the entire Radville School Division switched to a four day week system for students. On January 1 st, 2004 the Radville School Division (#67) amalgamated with Weyburn Central (#73) to become the South Central School Division (#141). January 1, 2006 we amalgamated once again this time to become the South East Cornerstone School Division (#209). August 2009, we became a K-9 school.