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!

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!

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.
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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.