To celebrate the season at NOVA there was a Christmas event December 10th at lunch time.The Student Advisory committee treated all staff & students with hot beverages, cake, cookies and good cheer. Not only that, a band made up of our teacher, Mr. Kutash and some students filled the room with great music and some...Read More
Our teacher, Johanna, decided that we should do a Trade-it-Forward activity. We all voted and agreed on it… cleaning up the equipment room to make it look cleaner and neat, more enjoyable, and having it back to normal because everybody just put all the equipment in odd places. People just threw things anywhere they wanted;...Read More
Mary Gardner school held its first ever ‘Community Wednesday’ on December 3rd and it was a huge success! It was the first ever ‘Community Wednesday’ held a at MGS and it broke the attendance record for the highest number of visitors to a school during their first ever Community Wednesday. Approximately 350-400 people came to...Read More
Go for it, volunteer! We can volunteer locally or globally, whichever works for you. Four teachers from CVCEC chose the “global” version as they traveled to Bangladesh to share their skills with a Nursing College in Dhaka. Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world, with many people making $1 per day. This...Read More
This is what’s going on in NOVA Auto! November 28th saw the largest crowd of automotive instructors ever to attend one of our bi- annual GM Training Seminars. Thirty six instructors from four different school boards gathered in our shop to learn from Algonquin College’s Lead GM ASEP Instructor Randy Scott. The topic of the...Read More
Students that have succeeded in the carpentry program at C.V.C.E.C. could say that this centre is not only about learning curriculum but also about getting them ready for the next steps. All of the teachers are from different spheres of the trade, bringing a wide variety of experience and know-how that is shared with our...Read More
This is our first HOW TO video! We shall showcase different segments of “How to…” over the next year with experts from our vocational programs. In this first segment, Derek Stacey, a teacher from our Auto Mechanics department will explain the proper technique to change a tire and we’ll give you a few helpful hints...Read More
We’re running a special Trade it Forward holiday contest and celebrating the trades people who make beautiful things. Our TIF it to WIN it contest invites people to submit a Trade it Forward project through our TIF website. The project with the most votes as of January 14, 2015 will win the beautiful handmade barn...Read More
Whether fresh out of high school or coming back to school after years in the workforce, signing up for a vocational program is always an exciting new adventure. Most students attending the programs drive to school, but for some, the adventure includes relocating miles from home and settling into the Chateauguay Valley. These students are often gaining...Read More
Amber Simpson and Tom Pitcairn are just two examples of students who continued with their education at the Huntingdon Adult Education Community Centre (HAECC) to either do some course upgrades or complete courses they needed for their DES (diplôme d’études secondaires) or entry into CEGEP. The philosophy behind Adult Ed for academics is just that… it is...Read More
