Since Montreal has been especially hard hit by the health crisis, concerns and questions about the return to the classroom have been expressed.

To help disseminate relevant information about Montreal’s back-to-school situation, Réseau réussite Montréal has produced a number of various short videos in which education and health specialists answer various questions.

These videos were produced as part of the special back-to-school edition of Hooked on School Days, which runs until September 4 with the theme “Back to school. Together. For them.” Réseau réussite Montréal is pleased to have coordinated the Montreal edition of HSD for over 10 years.

We warmly thank the experts for their generosity.

Back to school with Despina Michakis, principal, Dunrae Gardens School 

« Even though the school might look slightly different, we’re still here to help them learn. »

La rentrée selon Jennifer Ouellette, directrice de l’école primaire Montcalm

« On est toujours fébrile, on a vraiment hâte. Parce que une école vide, ce n’est pas une école. Ça prend des rires d’enfants, ça prend des cris d’enfants et ça nous manque beaucoup depuis le mois de mars. »

Back to school with Dre Marie-Joëlle-Bergeron, pediatrician at CHU Sainte-Justine

“I’m quite confident the health of children is not at stake when they are going back to school in September, and I’m quite sure it’s going to be a fun school entry even though it’s going to be a bit different.”

Available in French

Back to school with Montreal regional director of public health Mylène Drouin

Available in French

Back to school according to young people and their parents

La rentrée selon les jeunes et leurs parents

To highlight the very unusual return to school this fall, the Réseau québécoise pour la réussite éducative, of which Réseau réussite Montréal is a member, is today launching a special edition of Hooked on School Days with the slogan “Back to school. Together. For them.” The event will take place from August 17 to September 4.

Returning to school after the summer break is a key moment in young people’s lives. And while this year’s return to school is highly unusual, it still marks the beginning of a path of learning, challenges, socialization, and discovery for thousands of children, teens, and young adults.

In this unprecedented time, it is vital that adults come together with caring and goodwill to support them and get the new school year off to a good start.

This is their time. Let’s be there for them.

More info

Voici les récents ajouts à notre dossier Web COVID-19 et réussite éducative, en date du 8 mai 2020.

Bonne lecture!

• « La perte des acquis pendant les interruptions scolaires »
  • • Un texte de Véronique Dupéré, Isabelle Archambault et Kristel Tardif-Grenier, professeures et chercheuses
• « Motivation et engagement »
  • • Un article de la série « Les déterminants sous l’angle de la pandémie »
• « Le retour en classe à travers le monde »
  • • Cette semaine, les mises à jour concernent  la Norvège, la Nouvelle-Zélande et Israël.

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Commissioned by the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal and Réseau réussite Montréal, in partnership with the Regroupement des cégeps de Montréal.

Declining enrollment in vocational training, adult general education, and among adults at CEGEP

Signs point to a decline in graduation rates due to the appeal of jobs during a period of labour shortages.

Dropping out of school has significant consequences for both the individual and society.

Which makes the findings of this study all the more worrisome. Certain signs point to possible increases in the dropout rate and of unfinished CEGEP diplomas. The cause? Current economic conditions make it very easy to get a job requiring little or no qualifications.

But in the coming years, the number of low-skilled jobs will decline in favour of more highly qualified positions, meaning that young people who leave school or fail to complete later stages of their education will be in a weaker position. By neglecting their education to fill a low-skill job, they may lack the capacity to transition to a more highly qualified position if their job is later eliminated.

One way to encourage young people to graduate, which benefits all of society, is to foster the development of models that allow young people to have jobs while still focusing on their education.

It’s a fascinating read.

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Read the study   (French only)

Read the highlights (French only)

Newsletter – June 2019

In this issue: the benefits of summer reading, projects led by and for young people and recent publications on the drop-out issue.

The benefits of summer reading

Greetings,

With summer vacation on our doorstep, some of you may be concerned about loss of academic achievements during the holidays.

Here’s a simple idea to prevent this from happening: read and play word games this summer! Support children in maintaining their skills and having fun while doing it by reading and telling stories around a campfire, making up songs during car trips, giving your grandchildren a journal in which they can paste photos and stories about their holidays, and creating fun and informal ways to integrate reading into their everyday lives.

Organizations can also help children maintain their skills through reading. For example:

• A day camp organizes a session of reading aloud from a book that inspired the camp’s theme of the week.
• Municipal wading pools provide bath books in the toddlers bathing area for reading in the water.
• The local library has a table displaying young adult book series for teenagers who are travelling with their parents!

To reduce educational gaps that may widen among children and teens over the summer (depending on their access to books), facilitate their access to books and literacy activities on diverse platforms and contexts during the summer holidays.

On behalf of the whole team at Réseau réussite Montréal, I wish you a summer filled with small pleasures in the company of those you love.

Andrée Mayer-Périard

Executive Director, Réseau réussite Montréal

– > Read the June Issue of our Newsletter