That was the question that people had to answer. We, the Socio-Vocational Integration Services (SVIS) class at H.A.E.C.C., did the “grateful project” so that people would stay positive about their day, not negative. The posters represented health, friends, family and life. Everyone except one student, that was sick, helped create the posters. We decided to put...Read More
Teachers in the Secretarial and Accounting programs hosted a ‘Welcome to Nova’ pizza lunch for the two new groups that started in September and October and for the senior group that had started in January. The goal was to be able to introduce the three groups to each other in a social setting, while encouraging...Read More
Last week our Sunshine Class (at HAECC) organized two special events. A Halloween party and a Baby & Mom visit. Students planned and organized the entire events; they created the invitations, made lists of materials and bought the food, went shopping, cooked and prepared the lunch and snacks, created decorations and decorated the school and...Read More
Meet: John Hodges, teacher at NFSB Continuing Education 1. What do you do at NFSB Continuing Education? I am a teacher in the Construction Carpentry program at the Chateauguay Valley Career Education Centre (CVCEC). 2. What’s the best question you ever got from a student? Something along the lines of: “Could you show me that...Read More
What’s going on in NOVA Auto? Glad you asked! Lots! With five day classes running, NOVA’s Auto shop is almost always busy. At any given time you may find students perfecting their skills with basic hand tools, such as hand files, drills, taps, and dies for Module 5 “Shop Work”. Or they may be learning...Read More
Oh, yes we can! After being in a classroom for a year, the HAN students (Health, Assistance and Nursing program) are now out on stage for another glorious year, putting their acquired knowledge to the test and getting plenty of hands-on clinical practice in Acute and Long Term Care environments, under the guidance of a...Read More
The Huntingdon Adult Education & Community Centre (HAECC) took Halloween to a whole new level this year. The newly formed student council team and many staff members helped prepare a variety of Halloween events throughout the course of the week. Students participated in pumpkin carving, classroom decorating and costume contests. The week finished off with...Read More
Time flies when you’re having fun When you decide to go back to school, you accept the fact that there will be times when you’ll be sitting in a classroom, trying not to drift off. But if you signed up for the carpentry program, you may not have given a great deal of thought to...Read More
When I started teaching at NOVA, the first module I was assigned was Materials and my first class was 20 International students, all from China. I had to adjust both my course content and course delivery immediately. Previously, having taught Materials numerous times at a variety of schools and colleges, it was typically a 45...Read More
CHOOSING HIS PATH: A graduate of the Landscape Operations program in 2013, Fawad Ehssan was interviewed by the nfsb.me crew for the video clip ‘Fawad talks Landscaping at NFSB’. In the clip, Fawad discusses his recent arrival to Canada and how he was ‘looking for a path’. He chose to attend CVCEC and study Landscaping, as...Read More
