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07/06/2010

NOVA hosts Graduation Ceremony

The NOVA Career Centre will be honouring all the graduate students from all the programmes for the 2009-10 school year. The ceremony will take place on Friday, May 28 at 7pm. We wish all the graduates the best of luck in their new endeavours.

NOVA hosts Gault Institute

NOVA regularly hosts visits during Career Days and Open Houses.  In March, we had a special treat with the welcoming of students from Gault Institute.  These Cycle 3 students were accompanied by Principal Anne Larue and a team of teachers.  They went through all the Centre’s programs (during real class activities!).  The message emphasized was the importance of finishing high-school, and putting efforts in core subjects (Math, English, French).  Of course, hands-on activities were proposed, and some students had the great opportunity to try a bit of welding!

weld

Welding in the shop under tight supervision!

LPP Career Fair

The Continuing Education Service of the New Frontiers School Board attended a career fair hosted by our friends of la Polyvalente Louis-Philippe-Paréin Chateauguay (part of the Grandes-Seigneuries School Board).  This event was made to give parents more information on choices available (Voc Ed, CEGEPS, University).  Although a modest crowd attended, people there were attentive to our offer, especially since parents were attending with their siblings for the most part.  The main focus was to show how Vocational Education is available in Chateauguay... in English!.  A document was offered explaining our offer (which assumes functional English as a prerequisite).  We are looking forward in attending next year!

LPP

Again, our mobile Welding Booth was a great attraction!

Welding Project in Kanawake

During the summer, a Kahnawake community representative asked a NOVA welding teacher if there was a possibility that his class could design and fabricate a new fence around the epitaph in Kahnawake. The old one was falling apart from rust and had been hit by cars and the snow plow. The welding teacher went with three students to take measurements and come up with a design. A first semester NOVA drafting student, also worked on the project in preparing the drawings. After 3 weeks of working in the NOVA welding shop,  the sections were completed and ready for onsite installation. Prior to their arrival on site, the pipes were installed for each section by a private contractor hired by the Kahnawake council according to the predetermined dimensions. It  required 2 days of onsite work to install the 19 sections, 2 gates,and cap posts.


Artwork at NOVA

The new artwork on the Phase III of NOVA has been installed!  This artwork is the brainchild of Mr. Pierre Blanchette. 

Artwork

Mr. Blanchette named his work "GO!", an indication on the mandate of the building, but also the ongoing message that the NOVA staff are relaying to the students.  The concept is obviously related to the RV program (...on the road again...), and represents actual and official road signs, but with a different colored view...  It can be easily seen from the soccer fields of HSB.

A great piece of art.
 

NOVA hosts Vocational Training Olympiads

NOVA hosted in February the regional Montérégie Olympiades of Vocational Training in Automotive Technologies.  Representatives from four Boards were present, and we are thrilled to announce that two of our students won Bronze (Andrew Pimentel) and silver (Ian Richardson).  The Auto team, headed by coordinator John Britton, prepared an impressive setting that wowed all present.

 

Student Entrepreneurship

The Student Entrepreneurship division is intended for students from elementary
school to university who have carried out projects that demonstrate their
entrepreneurial skills during the school year. More Informationenter 

Register for a Vocational Programme in May and June!

Check out our vocational programmes at the NOVA Career Centre.

NOVA Hosts Senior Citizens

NOVA has been honored with the hosting of computer classes for our Chateauguay senior citizens.  A partnership with the St-Willibrord Community Centre mothership, our facilities were suggested and offered to the group handled by the Chateauguay English Community Network.  It has been a wonderful occasion to meet our fellow citizens.

The Administrative Assistant lab is used two evenings a week, where different topics are shown to the students (word processing, spreadsheets, Internet,...).  The volunteer teachers are also using the newly installed SmartBoards to help them in their teaching.

The students were also treated to a personal tour by the Centre Director. It was a real treat to see our senior citizens appreciating the installations!

CATCH THE EDUCATION EXPRESS

Three South Shore educational institutions host a twice daily shuttle bus service linking the communitites of Huntingdon, Ormstown, Chateauguay, Kahnawake, Delson, St. Lambert and Longueuil.

Current bus schedule and routes

NOVA Video-conferencing available

After a few false starts, the new V-C Room is NOW AVAILABLE at NOVA.  This state-of-the-art facility enables teachers and staff to speak AND see correspondants from anywhere on the planet!

VCRoom

The room can also be used to do computer presentations (à la Powerpoint), watch a DVD with quality sound in an exceptionnal environment, or do both at the same time  - since the two 50 inch TV screens can be configured as needed. A SmartBoard is also connected.

NOVA Booming in FG Programme

The FG (Adult General Education) programme at Nova C.E.C. has seen a dramatic increase in enrolment for the Fall and Winter 2009-2010 semesters, to almost double the usual number of students registered as either full or part-time.

As usual, Nova tries to accommodate all student enquiries regarding enrolment, therefore we have a practice of variable entry which means that students were accepted into various courses at variable times throughout September, October and November. As a result, the class lists have been ever-changing, week-to-week, with the biggest change occurring on November 2nd when a second large group of 40 students, mostly aged 17-20 and at the cycle I level, started their FG learning programme with three new FG teachers: Katie Cashion, Ali Ghassemi, and Judy Murphy. This group embarked on a timetable focused on the core subjects of English language arts, French second language, and Math.

The enrolment process will begin anew for all students, even those returning, who want to continue their learning programme in the Winter 2010 semester.  What a year!
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