Everyone is familiar with Montreal, Quebec, right? Well, not everyone. For some HAECC students, Montreal was a new place to explore, even as young adults. Thirty-five Formation Générale (Adult General Education) and Socio-Vocational Integration Services (SVIS) students, along with several staff members, teachers and later, HAECC Centre Director Daryl Ness, descended on Montreal on April...Read More

The annual Gala de reconnaissance jeunesse rurale / Rural Youth Gala celebrates the community involvement of young people ages 6-24 in five categories: volunteer or citizen involvement school or social perseverance healthy living habits (food or sports) cultural action environment Two students at HAECC were not only nominated in their two respective categories but were also awarded the Gala’s top...Read More

WHAT? The Breakfast Club is for students and staff who do not have time for breakfast. We opened it Wednesday, January 14th. WHY? We know some students, especially in our class, that have not eaten breakfast, because of both time and money. WHERE? At HAECC, near the office, we put out toast, jam, peanut butter,...Read More

In early 2015 we are hoping to begin a breakfast program and our student advisory committee will be active in promoting further activities within the center.  Our Christmas dinner on December 10th was a huge success with over 85 people served!  Thanks to our students for spreading the word and making posters. The meal brought everyone...Read More

At HAECC a solid community is exactly what we have, where everyone pitches in. On December 8th while Santa visited by video-conference; staff and students whom we will refer to as Elves (because only Santa’s Elves could create such magic) began working in our newly renovated kitchen. The smell of a turkey dinner and desserts flowed...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

We have organized a Student Advisory Committee at HAECC.  Our goal is to teach our students how a meeting is run and how to take responsibility for their centre.  One of our first activities was to organize something for Halloween and we had students do the advertising by word of mouth as well as by posters.   This included a...Read More

That was the question that people had to answer. We, the Socio-Vocational Integration Services (SVIS) class at H.A.E.C.C., did the “grateful project” so that people would stay positive about their day, not negative. The posters represented health, friends, family and life. Everyone except one student, that was sick, helped create the posters. We decided to put...Read More

Last week our Sunshine Class (at HAECC) organized two special events. A Halloween party and a Baby & Mom visit. Students planned and organized the entire events; they created the invitations, made lists of materials and bought the food, went shopping, cooked and prepared the lunch and snacks, created decorations and decorated the school and...Read More

The Huntingdon Adult Education & Community Centre (HAECC) took Halloween to a whole new level this year.  The newly formed student council team and many staff members helped prepare a variety of Halloween events throughout the course of the week.  Students participated in pumpkin carving, classroom decorating and costume contests. The week finished off with...Read More