Module 20 of the Automotive Mechanics program is “Repairing Active and Passive Safety Systems”, sounds exciting doesn’t it… Don’t let the name fool you, actually it is! This is the part of the course where our students learn about Antilock Brakes systems, Traction Control systems, Vehicle Anti-theft/Immobilizer systems, and Supplemental Inflatable restraint systems (Airbags). Most...Read More

We asked people across Quebec if they would Trade it Forward…you won’t believe what they said. Watch as we introduce people to Tim Petch; a man whose life is devoted to growing apples that people get to enjoy across this great land. Tim is a tradesman, a business man and a philanthropist. He is one...Read More

In SVIS (socio-vocational integration services) we talked about setting boundaries and had each student wear a hula hoop to represent what they are responsible for (everything inside the hula hoop). They don’t have control over others or such things as the weather, but they do have control over their own work, reactions, habits and emotions....Read More

In mid September, the new combined Home Care Assistance(HCA)/ Health Care Facilities(HCF) program started at CVCEC. So, as a welcome to the Centre for the new students, the two groups of Health, Assistance and Nursing(HAN) students joined the class for a “meet and greet” opportunity. Préposés and HANs work together in the field, so it seemed...Read More

So, the cats out of the bag. We’ve officially announced our massive social change project: Trade it Forward. But what would a social change project be without a little social. On Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 12 pm, we’re inviting everyone to join us at Petch Orchards for the best apple picking day of the...Read More

Again this year, a great event and a superb fall day!  We have been blessed with great participation, succulent food, and all around fun! Kudos to parent commissioner Ray Ledoux and HSB principal Gary Tennant, as well as the staff and students of the NOVA Career Centre. And what about these cool shades!Read More

Youth Arts Festival @ HSB, Scouting Canada and NFSB partners in the Valley, Gault Gardeners go green and much more. What’s new CLC Wrap-up! (Sept. 2014)   Street Arts Festival @ HSB this fall On August 27th, the 2014 Street Arts Festival schedule was revealed in front of the Mosher auditorium. This unique event will...Read More

Students from Grades 1-2-3 from across the Chateauguay Valley attended a cross country run at the Huntingdon Adult Education Centre (HAECC) on Thursday September 18th. Young runners started to arrive shortly after 9am in order to prepare for the run, but before the first race began all the students gathered together for a fun warm up....Read More

Probably the most impressive module in the Residential and Commercial Drafting program is the “Produce architectural plans for a single-family dwelling” module. The module consists, with the help of a computer, in actually “building” a plan for a single house.  Students must, amongst other objectives, observe the National Building Code, use international and imperial systems...Read More

We spend a lot of time with our students. We get to know them, understand what makes them tick. Every story is different, every path that led to us unique. One common thread runs through every life, though, the courage to ask “What if?” Two seemingly simple words that set our students on a new...Read More