The NOVA Career Centre has a new basketball team that has burst onto the scene. A sports team at a vocational school is a rather unique entity in the province. Students from a multitude of programs have now joined forces to create the first ever NOVA basketball team in the school’s history. Head coach (and...Read More
Santa Claus needed help! His North Pole Workshop was going through some renovations, therefore students in the Interior Decorating and Visual Display program stepped in to lend him a helping hand. Teacher Barbara Walter and a few of our international students created a winter wonderland backdrop for Santa while he had 30 minute video-conference conversations...Read More
CLC Wrap-up: News-notes (Dec. 2014). We celebrate community heroes, the schoolyard skating rink is ready and financial literacy is a priority and much more. Financial Literacy workshops at NOVA and St.Willibrord In November, the Chateauguay CLC partnered with the CECN (Chateauguay English Community Network) and held two “lunch and learn – financial literacy” workshops. These events...Read More
Mary Gardner school held its first ever ‘Community Wednesday’ on December 3rd and it was a huge success! It was the first ever ‘Community Wednesday’ held a at MGS and it broke the attendance record for the highest number of visitors to a school during their first ever Community Wednesday. Approximately 350-400 people came to...Read More
This is our first HOW TO video! We shall showcase different segments of “How to…” over the next year with experts from our vocational programs. In this first segment, Derek Stacey, a teacher from our Auto Mechanics department will explain the proper technique to change a tire and we’ll give you a few helpful hints...Read More
Our Starting a Business program offered in partnership with College MAC, in Montreal, continues to grow and grow. In a little over a year we have graduated over 120 students with a ASP (attestation de spécialisation professionnelle) in the Starting a Business program. Many of our students have now established their own business, are working for themselves...Read More
Have you been following our Trade It Forward campaign? If so great, if not here is your chance to get all six Golden Object Clues in one spot. If you can figure out the location of the Golden Hair Dryer hidden somewhere in the Chateauguay Valley, go there in person and be the first person...Read More
A CEGEP sneak peak, Valley community nights begin, science video-conferences are a blast… literally CLC Wrap-up: News-notes (Oct. 2014) Starting off with a bang! Our first ever Soirée Communau-T « HSL » Community Nights event was a success with over 70 people visiting Ormstown Elementary School on Wednesday, October 8th to have an opportunity to see,...Read More
Interior Finish is one of my favourite modules because we can use the learning from earlier modules and some imagination to make some very interesting projects come to life. Some of the work is quite challenging, like the cope cuts for the crown mouldings and the window dressing. When you see the finished product, and the...Read More
Networking for future job opportunities and giving back to the community all at the same time. That’s what a few of our Health, Assistance and Nursing students did during the inaugural – Health Promotion Fair held at the Brossard socio-cultural centre, put on by the Assistance Referral Centre (A.R.C.) – Health and Social Services. This...Read More
