Picture first is the Kindernook Preschool 4’s Class trip to the North Fire Station where they received an educational tour, compliments of Firefighter Foster Knudson. Shown with Knudson in the back row from left are Liam Doherty, Elizabeth Sorben, Storm Tschetter, Emma Matthews, Taylee Breen, Kymber Brueggeman, Nash Kremer, Paisley Songer, Kellen Solem, Madyson Bateman, and Hadley Alves. In the front row are Holly Konechne, Markus Lucero, Lillian Miller, Georgia Wachter, Grey Thelen, Kemrey DeDeyne, Easton Bischoff, Dexter Schoonhoven, and Maddie Andrews. Not pictured is Michael Hershman. Kindernook Staff includes Jessica Anderson, Candy Guthmiller and Karen Wehde.

In the next photo, students at Kindernook Preschool were able to reinforce their fire safety skills thanks to local Firefighter Jay Winter. They enjoyed learning about the special protective clothing firefighters wear, as well as observing the many features of a real fire truck. Proudly pictured in the 3’s class wearing their Dalmation fire dog hats, from left are Dilan Gerrits, Eliana DuToit, Layton Peskey, Audrey Raye, Kobe Schouten, Sophie Harvey, Delaney Forbush, Levi Picek, Silas Crandall, Keaton Ehlke, Natalia Brewer, Trustin Wenz, Holden Schelske, Avyn Robinson, Thomas Berger, Ella Kopfmann and Paizley Baarts. In the back is Suttyn Tschetter with Firefighter Winter. Not pictured were Cadee Dawkins and Andrew Wheeler.

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