As we begin the month of March and having witnessed the installation of the “Our House” prefabricated housing units on the job site, the drafting students from the Residential and Commercial drafting program here at CVCEC were very familiar with the house because they drew a version of it in their Multi-Family dwellings course. The...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
We meet the first family! The house finds a new address. We have a drone flying around getting wonderful footage! Get your first look at the ‘Our House’ home on the new site as the modules leave CVCEC by truck, get lifted by crane and placed into position in Ormstown. WHAT A DAY!!! You can’t...Read More
The Government of Canada suggests that the best way of preventing the spread of influenza is by getting a flu vaccine every year, especially for people who are at risk and for those who work within the health care field. As a teacher within the health care program at CVCEC, I made an appointment for...Read More
The big day has arrived for our four modules to leave our centre and start their journey to their new address. Join us for “The MOVE” (part 1 of 2) as the modules get loaded onto trucks in preparation for the big day. Our staff and students talk about this milestone day in the Our...Read More
In this “how to” segment, we talk about the proper way to create headers and footers when using Microsoft Word. Our students in our Secretarial Studies program have created a collection of quick-hit tutorials for different word processing tasks. Enjoy! Be sure to check out our How to playlist on our youtube channel for help...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
Coming to school abroad can be an amazing experience. Brenda, one of International Student graduated in the Interior Decorating and Visual Display program explains how her experience went.Read More
What a day, what a day, what a day!!! A day full of skill, perseverance, pride, lots of emotions… and oh yeah, we can’t forget the extreme cold. Today the ‘Our House’ CVCEC (New Frontiers School Board) team and our partners secured the two Habitat pour l’humanité Québec homes at their new address in Ormstown. Congrats to everyone involved....Read More
