Matt McKoy is one of our young and dynamic teachers. Matt has already amassed 12-years of industry experience and has 6-years of teaching the trade under his belt. Matt has done it all, from TIG welding motorcycle frames to Flux Core welding on 10-tonne valves for the US Navy. NOVA Welding, We’ve been there so...Read More
The New Frontiers School Board was awarded the Grand Prize in the category of Education, at the Prix d’excellence de l’administration publique de Quebec – for the “Our House Project”. Congrats to all our partners, teachers, staff, and especially our students. This is your award! This is the first time ever in the province of...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
There have been some changes in the Automotive Department! We’ve been working very hard to clean and organize our Shop Work area, which isn’t an easy task. The first challenge was removing the heavy tables out of the room. Luckily, our strong team got the job done. Next, we had the walls cleaned and the...Read More
