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Keeseekoose First Nation students benefit from new highway coach bus

Students from Grades 6 to 12 at the Keeseekoose Chief’s Education Centre (KCEC) were preparing to take a highway trip in a 56-passenger bus on November 21. Leaving at 6 a.m.
Students from Grades 6 to 12 at the Keeseekoose Chief’s 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 “road trip” to Regina to visit the Canadian Western Agribition.
“The students are excited, and are grateful to the Mosaic Company who donated funding for the purchase of this highway bus,” said Lee Ketchemonia, teacher at KCEC. “They have been busy making signs to show their appreciation.”
Students stood beside the bus and held up their signs with words like: “Thank You Mosaic,” “Mikwek Mosaic,” “We Love The Bus,” and “The Bus Is Great.”
Ketchemonia held up a sign that read “Thank U Chief Straightnose & Council.”
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.
“It has had a positive impact on the community as they are employing it as transportation for children and Elders,” Hopson said. “Mosaic is happy to play a role in making a positive change in the lives of members of Keeseekoose First Nation.”
Chief Calvin Straightnose said the purchase of the bus facilitated by the Mosaic Company has been “very positive for the community as a whole, and especially for the school. I thank the Mosaic Company on behalf of the Keeseekoose Chief’s Education Centre. 
“I acknowledge the council for their part in helping us purchase such a nice bus for use in our community. 
“This bus was much needed for our youth and our community as we have never had a bus this nice before.”