Students from Grades 6 to 12 at the Keeseekoose Chief鈥檚 Education Centre (KCEC) were preparing to take a highway trip in a 56-passenger bus on November 21.
Leaving at 6 a.m., 50 students plus teachers and chaperones were to go on a 鈥渞oad trip鈥� to Regina to visit the Canadian Western Agribition.
鈥淭he students are excited, and are grateful to the Mosaic Company who donated funding for the purchase of this highway bus,鈥� said Lee Ketchemonia, teacher at KCEC. 鈥淭hey have been busy making signs to show their appreciation.鈥�
Students stood beside the bus and held up their signs with words like: 鈥淭hank You Mosaic,鈥� 鈥淢ikwek Mosaic,鈥� 鈥淲e Love The Bus,鈥� and 鈥淭he Bus Is Great.鈥�
Ketchemonia held up a sign that read 鈥淭hank U Chief Straightnose & Council.鈥�
The bus will be used for future field trips for the students, and also for trips for Elders and other community members, Ketchemonia said.
Tyler Hopson of Regina is a spokesperson for the Mosaic Company which provided funding to the Keeseekoose First Nation, who then sourced and purchased the bus.
鈥淚t has had a positive impact on the community as they are employing it as transportation for children and Elders,鈥� Hopson said. 鈥淢osaic is happy to play a role in making a positive change in the lives of members of Keeseekoose First Nation.鈥�
Chief Calvin Straightnose said the purchase of the bus facilitated by the Mosaic Company has been 鈥渧ery positive for the community as a whole, and especially for the school. I thank the Mosaic Company on behalf of the Keeseekoose Chief鈥檚 Education Centre.听
鈥淚 acknowledge the council for their part in helping us purchase such a nice bus for use in our community.听
鈥淭his bus was much needed for our youth and our community as we have never had a bus this nice before.鈥�
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