We encourage students to complete the Landscaping Operations program as well as the Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations program. Each program has specialties yet both programs complement and complete training for an ever more demanding industry. Here is the story of Shannon DeRosier who completed both programs. “Having raised my children to where they can...Read More
Visiting The House Of Knowledge And Building Community Connections The Option/Sunshine Class have been sharpening their literacy skills and building confidence as they look at books that interest them at the local library in Huntingdon. Every three weeks, students have been borrowing books, looking at art exhibitions, researching resources on computers and building community connections...Read More
Psychologist and best selling author Dr. Reggie Melrose visited each of our three Adult & Vocational Centres (CVCEC, HAECC, NOVA) on March 30th and met with our staff and students to share her knowledge and wisdom about the human brain and how to better cope with stress. We want to thank her for the amazing...Read More
While some people are getting ready to escape the winter winds, Horticulture students are making the most of the lengthening daylight hours. In the greenhouse, the time has begun to start planting seeds. Within days of planting, we see the new green growth of this summer’s annual flowers and vegetables. Very soon, full production from...Read More
Wednesday, February 22nd was Anti-Bullying Day, Students and Staff at HAECC were in fine form sporting their pink. “Nearly half of all adolescent Canadian students reported they have experienced recent bullying” according to https://nobullying.com/bullying-statistics-in-canada. The Pink shirt initiative began when a high school student in Nova Scotia was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to...Read More
A few of our students from the Options Class worked on disassembling and reassembling a Briggs and Stratton snowblower engine, last Fall. The students had the opportunity to identify the major components of a 4 cycle engine and learned about the basic functioning of the engine as well. The students began to follow an online...Read More
GRATITUDE/CARING PILLAR/ALTRUISM and COOPERATION Last Fall, students from the Option Class joined the United Church Organization in Huntingdon to help out for their “Pie Bee” fundraising event. The teams of busy bees were making apple, cherry, blueberry and raisin pies and were bagging, sorting and distributing them. The final count of total pies made that day...Read More
Paint brushes in hand and a vision of a rejuvenated and relaxing space, our Horticulture class embarked on creating an indoor tropical garden in the cafeteria. Through brain sprouting and collaboration, we came up with some core ideas for the space: birch branches, fixing ceiling tiles, making benches to increase seating and updating tables with...Read More
Our Fall semester finished up last month and our students took a well deserved rest. As per usual our Holiday/Christmas spirit is strong at HAECC. We held our annual turkey meal with all the trimmings for all of our students to enjoy. Carolling was also part of the festivities with teachers, staff and students singing...Read More
To my friends at NFSB, I wanted to say how fortunate I was to have spoken to the 24 separate groups of students, over the course of 5-days, from 10 different schools & Centres ranging from PreK & Kindergarten students to my special friends in the Sunshine Class at HAECC. I will always cherish each...Read More
