Students and Staff of HAECC were treated to a morning with Montreal Alouettes linebacker Kyries Hebert. Kyries spoke to our students about perseverance and how his personal ups and downs as a professional football player both in Canada and the United States; has taught him about success in the face of adversity. After his talk,...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

My journey with the New Frontiers School Board did not start here at the Chateauguay Valley Career Education Centre. I am a graduate of the Secretarial Program at NOVA Career Centre, and completed a contract with them not too long after receiving my diploma. In early September, I joined the CVCEC team and soon noticed...Read More

On Thursday, March 2nd, Ms. O’Connor’s Math class embarked on the first leg of a World Tour of NOVA’s Vocational Programs. The Math class was divided into three groups. Each group started at a different department: Automobile Mechanics, Interior Decorating & Visual Display and Residential & Commercial Drafting. The tour started at 1:30 pm. Ms....Read More

In February, CVCEC entered the Regional Skills Olympics. Two carpentry students and two teachers participated in the event. Training the students and bringing them to the competition was a great learning opportunity. I sat on the organizational board of experts to design the tasks to be accomplished at the competition. On that same board was,...Read More

The Starting a Business course had the pleasure of welcoming Sterling Lambert and Rhonda Morrison ]who discussed all of the services that CEDEC has to offer new entrepreneurs. CEDEC (Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation) is a leading partner and driving force for community economic development and employability.Read More

Students from the NOVA Career Centre took on some of the staff members in a friendly volleyball game. For a first time ever, the two squads had “a battle at the net” between students and staff! Each team played extremely well (that’s at least what we will say in public), and more importantly everyone had a...Read More

One of our four Carpentry groups just finished the floor framing module! This is the first of the three framing modules. It is followed by wall framing and roof framing. It is during this period that students learn about the techniques needed to build the structure of a house. Many students dream of building their...Read More

Michael Moore, professor, brought his Interior Decorating & Visual Display class on a Field Trip.  Here is their story … So – I hauled myself out of my sick bed… ta da! And got myself to Montreal Lighting on Paré for our 9:30 start (cause they actually don’t open ’till then). Elaine, the Showroom Manager, turned us...Read More