CALEB NICKERSON
FORT COULONGE
Dec. 13, 2019
On Wednesday morning, officials at the adult education centre in Fort Coulonge announced that they would be . . .
rejigging their programming, starting in the New Year. Teachers and helpers, as well as officials from the various partner agencies that help with the program like the Comptoir St-Pierre and CISSSO, were on hand for the announcement. The program currently has 16 students, but there is plenty of room for more people to apply.
“They don’t all come on the same day, but we have a total of 16,” said Manon Gervais, who heads up the classroom education portion of the program. “We’re looking to have more.”
The program will be split into three blocks, the first being work and life skills. Students will have the chance to perform various tasks at the thrift store located on the ground floor of the building. The they will also be able to learn culinary skills in the school’s kitchen.
The second block is focused on socialization and activities, where students interact with the community learn about the region.
The third block is more typical classroom instruction, where the students get a basis in core subjects like math, English, or history.
Gervais said that they are still working out an exact schedule, but noted that the revamped program would better suit the needs of the students.
“I think what brought the changes and stuff, last year when we started it was a new program and we were doing either a lot of classroom or a lot of workshop and we noticed it’s not really what the students were looking for,” added CISSSO integration agent Nathalie Mousseau. “We visited different centres in Maniwaki … they’ve been established for 20 years so it inspired a lot of thoughts.”
