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Hat tricks aren’t just for hockey. Nelson firefighters have teamed up to make a third, consecutive annual donation to School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) (SD8) to support school food programs. 

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A group of people stand in front of a fire truck inside a fire department, holding cheques in front of themselves.

As part of their ongoing mission to foster empathy and leadership, Hume Elementary’s Kindness Club—led by school counselor Mrs. Hewson—embarked on a heartwarming field trip to the Kootenay Kids Care to Learn daycare centre. The goal? To build community connections, practice kindness in action, and create joyful moments with children aged 3 to 5.

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Spreading Kindness, One Card at a Time

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For the second year in a row, Mrs. Mushumanski’s Grade 3/4 class engaged in a creative collaboration with Selkirk College’s Digital Arts students. In January, the elementary students let their imaginations soar as they designed unique monsters and wrote detailed descriptive paragraphs to bring their characters to life.

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During the month of January, students were engaged in a variety of hands-on activities and projects during their weekly Applied Design, Skills and Technology (ADST) classes.

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Recently, Hume Elementary Students concluded an Artstarts Artist in the Classroom project involving an introduction to Stop Motion Animation.  In total, 8 out of the 10 classes in the school worked with Artist, Brian Lye, a local filmmaker, artist, and arts educator living in Nelson, BC.  Brian completed three sessions in each of the classrooms.

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Hume Elementary School                                               Mrs. Mushumanski’s Grade 3 Class

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For the second consecutive year, Nelson area elementary schools in School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) have received a generous donation toward food for students and families thanks to fundraising efforts by the Nelson Professional Firefighters Association Local 1343 and community generosity. 

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A group of people lined up in front of a fire truck inside the bay of a fire department smiling, with some holding envelopes and some in fire fighter uniforms.

Hume School is working to introduce its students wholistically across the grades to the Applied Design, Skills and Technology (ADST) curriculum.

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Girl with long brown hair and in a grey sweatshirt lies on a beige carpeted classroom floor writing in a notebook with reference book and open laptop in front of her on the floor. A group of students sit together on the floor across the room in front of a large screen, discussing what's on their laptops and on the screen.

Ms. Keenan and Mrs. Wheeler's Grade 2/3 classes participated in monthly field trips to Kokanee Creek Provincial Park.

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