Our vocational Healthcare Programs at CVCEC prepare students for a professional career in the health care field. One of the objectives of our Health Care Programs is to meet industry and student needs by effectively incorporating knowledge and practical skills into the program. As for student needs, classroom work provides some insight into the demands...Read More

Ocoa Trip, 2015 to the Dominican Republic Life at CVCEC is always full of surprises and unexpected events.  This is one of the things that makes working here a dynamic and interesting place. For the past few years, the Health Care groups have been going on humanitarian field trips with students to the Dominican Republic....Read More

As we enter the home stretch of the last few weeks of classes for the Landscaping Operations program, the students are busy constructing.  In the workshop students can be working with concrete, wood or stone as they work towards creating the elements of a landscape.  One day it may be placing concrete for a pathway,...Read More

“Every multilevel home needs safe and comfortable stairs. The right measurements for landings, treads, risers and railing heights are an exact science…” – Mike Holmes Who is the professional responsible for most of the stairs built? – the carpenter. Students in CVCEC’s Carpentry Program spend over one hundred and thirty hours studying and practicing the...Read More

From the time that you enter CVCEC, you will feel welcome and feel a connection with the fun and professional support staff, as well as with the other students. Besides the great programs offered at CVCEC, you will have competent and professional teachers ready to help you with any struggles you may have academically or...Read More

We all know the importance of balance in our lives. As a teacher at CVCEC, I balance teaching with nursing and try to share my experiences in the health care world in hopes that my students will benefit. However, I am more than a teacher or a nurse. I have a variety of interests and...Read More

Soup to Warm your Hearts The cold, the wind, the temperature, what a winter….. Even though there is no wind-chill of -32 today, we are still in the mercy of winter, but I ask you, who doesn’t like to keep warm, no matter what the temperature is outside. To help warm the cockles of our...Read More

For the student, the typical day in the Construction Carpentry program at CVCEC means attending class either in the classroom or in the shop or field, depending on the topic or the tasks to be accomplished.  Sometimes, students who have finished their assigned work or who are ahead of the rest of the group can...Read More

PINK SHIRT DAY at schools and centres of the New Frontiers School Board. February 25th, 2015 is National Stand Up Against Bullying Day. Together we can take a stand against bullying. Pink Shirt Day aims to stop bullying one person at a time! NFSB schools embraced this day and proudly wore Pink in an attempt...Read More

Presently, six of our HAN(Health, Assistant & Nursing) students and one HCF(Health Care Facilities) student are fastidiously preparing for their international health care experience to the Dominican Republic next May. Firsthand work in offering health teaching, practicing newly acquired assessment skills in makeshift medical clinics and developing an awareness of the healthcare system in a foreign...Read More