THE HEAVY LIFTERS - Stanstead College

Ground Changes
Stanstead’s health services are now located in one building.
Last fall, the school counsellor, Sora Davis, moved from an
office in the Student Centre to the Health Centre, sharing
space with school nurse Milène Boudreau. The move not only
centralizes services but also removes the potential stigma
some students might have felt heading up the stairs in the
Student Centre.
Elsewhere on the grounds, alumnus (1972) and board member
Jonathan Cowen’s company A&D Prevost Inc. donated
new windows for the gymnasium as well as new bleachers and
benches for the football and soccer fields. The bleachers
arrived just in time for Homecoming and are a great addition
to our handsome sports facilities.
Other alumni making Stanstead a brighter place include
Matteo Pasquale `75 and Michel Geoffroy `73, who donated
televisions, and classmate Yves Quintal, who has supplied
office furniture.
In Colby House, the junior girls residence was repainted
and the floors sanded and varnish. Three new computer projectors
were installed in Colby and another in the Holmes
Model School.
Finally, the school purchased new vans last summer – a 21passenger
and an 8-passenger Savannah van.
Western Canada Challenge
Coming out of our reunions in Calgary and Vancouver
last fall was a challenge by one of our alumni. This grad
(who wants to remain anonymous for now) has promised
that if donors from Western Canada contribute $5000 to
this year’s Red & White Fund, he or she will match that
amount dollar for dollar.
Several Western alumni have responded to the challenge.
So far we have $4650 – oh, so close! But time is
running out. So this is a last call to our alumni on the left
side of the country to help us double their money for the
school.
And a huge thank you to those of you who have
already contributed. Whether we meet the challenge or
not, this is a great indicator of your commitment to
Stanstead College and the Spirit of the West!
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Bishop’s University Accepts Grade 12s
Bishop’s University has opened its doors
to Stanstead’s Grade 12 graduates – a first
for Quebec universities.
Not only has BU agreed to entertain applications
from our Grade 12s but it has already
granted admission into four-year programs
to several students in the 2008 graduating
class.
Until now, students graduating from
Grade 12 had to attend two years of
CEGEP before Quebec universities would
consider their application. Meanwhile, universities
in every other province in Canada
and in the United States were willing and
eager to accept Grade 12s from Stanstead
and the three other Quebec schools offering
such a program, namely BCS, LCC and
Sedbergh.
Together, our schools have been arguing
that there is a lapse in logic in Quebec universities’
willingness to accept Grade 12 students
from other provinces but not from
their own. In addition, we’ve pointed out
that the exodus of our Grade 12s is a loss
for Quebec as a whole.
After considerable research and lobbying,
it turns out that the rule barring Quebec
Grade 12s has all along been more of an
unwritten rule than an official one. In short,
there’s nothing stopping Quebec universities
from accepting Grade 12 students other than
tradition.
While BU is the first to make this important
move, we’re hoping that other schools
will follow suit.