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Preparations for Hume Elementary’s centennial celebration on June 1 are well underway. Staff and students at Hume are working with the Nelson Museum, Archives and Gallery on historical presentations and an archival display including tales of teaching, learning and extraordinary events at the school over the past 100 years. One event that stands out is a fire in 1923 that
Hume Elementary School will be taking it to the outside to deliver its academic messages. The elementary school received the City stamp of approval on the idea for a pavilion (outdoor classroom) close in the back of school (south side) adjacent to Third Street as a sloped roof alongside the existing south gymnasium wall. The proposed pavilion will be located on City land and,
Above the front entrance to Hume Elementary School the year “1923” is emblazoned in concrete along with the school’s name. This year marks the hundredth anniversary since the building was first opened and students filed into classrooms to learn to read, write, and do arithmetic at their wooden desks. On June 1, students will join teachers, staff, families, and the entire
Four elementary schools in School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) have received a combined $1300 toward food for students and families thanks to fundraising efforts by the Nelson Professional Firefighters Association Local 1343. In December 2022, Nelson firefighters held a fundraiser to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy Canada and for children and families at local schools who
Last week, the Kootenay Lake School District approved a resolution to invite public feedback on a proposed naming and renaming policy for its school facilities, one year after renaming former Prince Charles Secondary School in Creston, B.C.