Due to the fantastic summer-like weather we had in September, students in the SVIS, Sunshine Class (SIS) and Melissa Sunshine Camp had the opportunity to go on an adventure in the National Wildlife Area in Lake St-Francois in Dundee, in the most southwestern part of Quebec. Aboard three Rabaska canoes (a 25-foot-long boat accommodating about...Read More
HAECC is not just a school; it is an active Community Centre! Our newest Community Partner is ZUMBA® instructor Lexie Tucker. Twice a week Lexie holds a one-hour ZUMBA® class in our Centre’s gym. Mondays is classic ZUMBA® and Wednesdays she kicks it up a notch with STRONG by Zumba®. If you have never heard...Read More
HAECC is a great place for learning and having FUN! The staff and students enjoyed themselves at our Halloween extravaganza. Marie Claire and her Café team made a great lunch followed by a Costume Contest and games.Read More
Autumn brought a great new group of Horticulture students. Lukily the temperature was awesome therefore we took advantage of it spending the time to revamp our school vegetable garden. Covering our modules of Edible Plants, Machines and Fall Maintenance, we spent many days outside: harvesting the last of the vegetables, weeding, and rebuilding the pathways. For...Read More
Students from the Option Class planned and organized games for Halloween. Games included Ghost Bowling, How Many Worms in the Jar, Dare to taste and Guess the Food, Hockey Spider, Bean Bag, Match the Pumpkins, Halloween DJ; Guess the Song, Eye Ball Pong, Tattoo Parlour, Giant Ghost and Bat Tic Tack Toe, Witch Hat Hoola...Read More
On Friday, September 29th the Options Class and Melissa Sunshine Class/Camp had a nice outing to the Verger du Pirate in Franklin. It was a beautiful fall day with plenty of sunshine and cool temperatures. The students were treated to a tractor ride through the orchard, they visited a petting zoo with plenty of farm...Read More
Fall has arrived and another school year has begun at HAECC! On Tuesday, September 19th students and staff were treated to a “Welcome Back” BBQ lunch prepared by Café Teacher Marie-Claire Charlebois and her team of volunteers and students. The traditional cookout included: hot dogs, corn on the cob, veggies and chips. Dessert included watermelon, Rice...Read More
The welding department visited the 2017 CanWeld, Canada’s only homegrown welding and fabrication expo & conference at Place Bonaventure (September 14th). Students were able to visit the many different kiosks hosted by welding supply manufactures, to name a few of the attractions: CanWeld’s best welder competition CanWeld simulator welding zone live demonstrations of CNC Plasma...Read More
On May 11th Huntingdon Adult Education and Community Centre (HAECC) celebrated their ceremony of success and student graduation. The day started off with a wonderful brunch for all academic students. This brunch was prepared and served to them by their teacher in the spirit of success. We wish all our student a wonderful future no...Read More
Thursday May 4th was a very exciting day at HAECC as members of the Siemens Corporation and the Salvation Army donated 20 laptop computers to students in need. This initiative was started by Math and Science Teacher Kathleen Hackett when she saw that many students did not have access to a computer at home and...Read More
