Thursday, September 15, 2011

"Jersey Shore" (??) Comes to REACH St. Lambert, Fri. Sept. 16

You might call this a heads-up ~ although there may be many jerseys seen on the south shore tomorrow, no, it is not Jersey Shore.

REACH School kicked off the year with a corn roast and its annual meeting, both over the past week, giving parents plenty of opportunity to see the school and classrooms and meet with their childrens' teachers, the staff and the new school principal.

Tomorrow the beginning-of-the-year fun stuff continues, as students will be wearing their favourite sports jerseys  in recognition of National Jersey Day, which is an offshoot of Sports Day in Canada.

Next Friday, Sept 23, will be the school's Terry Fox Run/Walk. And the following week REACH will be going apple picking!

Plenty of energy and excitement around the school as usual this year and, as always, the students are so anxious to embrace learning in the secure and supportive environment provided at REACH!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Special Olympics: Overview of Programs on the Montreal South Shore

There are several Special Olympics programs in different sports happening in several communities around the Montreal south shore / Monteregie area.

There are many summer and winter sports offered and in general both francophone and anglophone athletes are involved.


Following is an overview of what is presently available:

Track & field on Monday night 7:00 pm in St.Lambert

Soccer on Thursday at Boucherville and Saturday in Greenfield Park

Swimming on Wednesday at Boucherville.

Floor hockey and basketball: starting in September

In the winter there will be...

Alpine skiing Monday night at St. Bruno

Cross country skiing on Saturdays at St. Bruno

Snowshoeing Wednesday nights in Longueuil

Special Olympics volunteers and organizers are hoping to meet you soon and talk about the special olympic movement...a great place to be...!

Founded in 1981, Special Olympics Québec (SOQ) offers over 4,100 special athletes with training and competition programs in 14 official sports and 3 in development designed to increase their well-being, self-sufficiency, self-esteem and social integration.

Rapid is hoping to have a representative from the Special Olympics attend a meeting soon to discuss their programs on the south shore.

For further information or details on the events listed above, please email the Special Olympics contact for the south shore at lajemmerais-vr@osqsectionsoq.qc.ca.

The contact for the Southwest / Chateauguay region is chateauguay@osqsectionsoq.qc.ca.

Friday, September 9, 2011

ARSDI Program Overview as of September 2011

ARSDI is the French acronym for the South Shore Association for the Intellectually Handicapped. This organization serves the south shore of Montreal area with a variety of services from their offices and respite centre located in St. Lambert at the addresses below.

ARTS AND CRAFTS
(ADULT PROGRAM)
Teacher: Sandra Beauregard
10 weeks
Cost: $100
Saturdays: 10 – 12

MUSIC THERAPY
(ADULT PROGRAM)
Teacher: Helen Gaudreau
10 weeks
Cost: $100
Wednesdays: 6:30 - 7:30 P.M.

GENTLE GYM
(ADULT PROGRAM)
Teacher: Jaime Moar
10 weeks
Cost: $100
Tuesdays: 6:30 - 8 P.M.

THE HANG OUT (in english)
Monitors: Chrissy and Nathan
10 weeks
Cost: $100
Every second Thursday: 6:30 - 9 P.M.
For young adults, ages 16 - 30.

RESPITE
(CHILD PROGRAM)
We offer a 24-48 hour respite
service every weekend throughout
the length of the year, as well as
two 10 day long respite periods in
march and july.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
(CHILD PROGRAM)
We offer an after school (2:30-6)
program throughout the school
year, and we are open on
pedagogical holidays (7:30-6).

DAY CAMP
(CHILD PROGRAM)
Every summer, we offer a day
camp for childrien, that is 8 weeks
long. The day begins at 9 and ends
at 4, with a daycare service from
7-9 and 4-6.


ADULT SLEEPOVER CAMP
A camp offered off grounds, runs
every summer for 3 weeks.
Ages 21 and up.

ADULT PROGRAMS
ARSDI courses are offered at 240
St. Laurent, St-Lambert
Winter and Fall
Qualified Teachers
Attentive and Bilingual
CHILD PROGRAMS
After school program
Day Camp
and Respite service
offered at
80 Bétournay, St-lambert.

For Information Please Call the ARSDI: 450-671-5344