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communautaire community link Le lien The Curran Le Club de l’Amitié de Curran organise un tournoi de cartes Cribbage, le 9 avril, dans le local du club à l’arrière de l’église paroissiale à 13 h 30. Les participants doivent réserver avant le 6 avril, préférablement par équipe de deux. Pour réservation appeler Pierre- Yves au 613-673-9278 ou Cécile au 613- 679-1331. Grenville-sur-la-Rouge Assemblée annuelle du Club de pêche Grenville-Harrington, le 19mars au sous-sol de l’église de Grenville. Hawkesbury The Hawkesbury branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, located at 152 Nelson, holds live music and dancing every Friday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., and a Smoked Meat Dinner with live music on the last Friday of eachmonth. There is also cribbage every Tuesday from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and weekly darts Wednesday at 7 p.m. You do not have to be a member to attend, however, the Legion welcomes any new members.The Hall is available for rent. Information: 613-632-5136. Pancakes breakfast, bacon and sausages, Sunday April 3 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Hawkesbury Legion. All money raised goes directly to the Vankleek Hill Army Cadets for trips, highland gear, instruments and more. Lefaivre Le Club Entre Amis de Lefaivre organise un whist militaire le dimanche 3 avril, à 13 h 30, au Centre communautaire, rue Du Parc à Lefaivre. Prix de présence et souper. Pour réservation : Lucille, 613-679-4427 ou Gisèle, 613-679-2586 Réunion de L’U.C.F.O. de L’Orignal, le lundi 11 avril prochain à 13 h 30 à la sacristie de l’église St-Jean-Baptiste de L’Orignal. Plantagenet Le Club Lions de Plantagenet organise un souper spaghetti, le vendredi 1 er avril, de 17 h à 19 h, à la Salle communautaire de Plantagenet, au profit du Club de hockey ESCP « Les Panthères ». Pour les billets : Serge R. Lalonde au 613-673-5186 ou Renée Chamberland au 613-229-5749. /The Plantagenet Lions Club will host a spaghetti supper on Friday April 1 st , from5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Plantagenet Community Center. Profits for the Hockey Club ESCP “Les Panthères”. Tickets: Serge R. Lalonde at 613-673- 5186 or Renée Chamberland at 613- 229-5749.
Upper Canada schools welcome Syrian students
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
As the Syrian refugee crisis continues, one school district in Eastern Ontario is mak- ing sure it is ready to welcome students fromrefugee families andmeet both their educational and emotional support needs. Superintendent Tim Mills of the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) up- dated trustees, during their February ses- sion, on district preparations for handling Syrian refugee students as they enrol in area schools and become part of the over- all student population. Mills reported that the UCDSB, through its schools and its TR Leger Immigrant Services branch, has all the supports in place “to welcome a potentially large number of refugee students and their families, fromSyria and beyond”, as both the federal and provincial governments work on settlement plans for 10,000 Syrian refugees
in Ontario this year. “Because of the nature of the conflict in Syria,” Mills told trustees, “and the difficul- ties with resettlement that refugees have
experienced, we’ve been told to expect some newcomers arriving in Canada will have higher needs than those arriving fromother countries.” The UCDSB has already assimilated chil- dren from three refugee families settled in Eastern Ontario and registered them for kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools, and also for support programs through the TR Leger School of Adult, Al- ternative and Continuing Education. Mills noted that some of these students may have special emotional and psychological trauma needs for the district’s specialized support staff to help address. “In some cases, families have lost one or both parents in the conflict,” Mills said. “As well, some families will have children who have experienced deep trauma, or are faced with other challenges that come with learning a new language and adapting to a new culture.” Mills noted that the UCDSB has extensive resources able to assist refugee students, their families, and school staff. “We’re fortunate in that at TR Leger, we have access to English-as-a-second-lan- guage programming and staff experienced in receiving newcomers. With our commu- nity partners, we already offer a wide variety of supports and services to welcome these newcomers and ease their transition to life in the communities we serve.” Among the support services available through TR Leger and some district schools, Mills noted, are help with navigating local and regional community services, informa- tion to assist immigrant families on needs assessments, housing, settlement plan development, local schools, volunteering services and programs, community con- nections, conversational English and French practice circles, and other services related to learning and practising a new language, including school support aids. Mills reported that the UCDSB will pro- vide professional development assistance for school district administrators, teachers, and support staff, to prepare them to both welcome and aid Syrian students enrolling in neighbourhood schools, and also to assist the families of those students. The district will also inventory existing support services available on the board’s internal website and through its Virtual Learning Commons, research and identify potential provincial funding assistance sources, and confirm coordination and partnerships with local community agencies and other groups for mutual support.
Encore temps de s’inscrire au soccer à Grenville
Bien que les séances d’inscriptions soient passées, les familles désireuses d’inscrire leurs enfants pour la saison 2016 de soccer aux Loisirs de Grenville peuvent encore le faire à l’hôtel de ville du village. Le soccer est très populaire à Grenville et des jeunes des villes et villages environnants, dont Hawkesbury, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge et Harrington, viennent gonfler les rangs de cette ligue amicale reconnue pour sa bonne entente et ses bénévoles dévoués. —photo Stéphane Lajoie
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