DACOSTA HALL SUMMER SCHOOL 2010

 High School Students

Cycle 1 to Cycle 2 Year 3

July 5 to August 6
 

Students are encouraged to pre-register for DaCosta Hall courses by completing the enclosed registration and sending it by facsimile to (514) 481-0611 or mailing it to us.

You can also pre-register by dialing: (514) 481-9400

All pre- registration fees must be paid by July, 2 2010 at the QBBE office.

Who Was Mathieu Da Costa?

Mathieu Da Costa was a navigator and interpreter of African descent who likely traveled extensively throughout the Atlantic world in the late 1500sand early 1600s.

As an interpreter, he was sought after by the French and the Dutch to help in their trade with Aboriginal people. Da Costa likely spoke French, Dutch, Portuguese and pidgin Basque. This language was a common trade dialect used in dealing with Aboriginal peoples in the era of early contact.

The tradition of Europeans relying on Black interpreters was more than a century old by Da Costa's time. It began with voyages off the African coast and continued as Europeans and Africans came across to the Americas. Mathieu Da Costa probably sailed on many voyages, traveling up the St. Lawrence River and all along the coast of what is now Atlantic Canada. He worked with Pierre Dugua de Monts, a leader in the establishment of French settlements in Eastern Canada, and with Samuel de Champlain in the 1600s. It should be noted there that he obviously spoke Mi' kmaq. That would indicate that he was here before Champlain. His interpreting skills helped bridge the cultural and linguistic gap between early French explorers and the Mi'kmaq people.

His work in Canada is commemorated at the Port Royal Habitation National Historic Site of Canada in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.

 SUMMER SCHOOL? NO WAY! NOT ME!  

WAIT!!!  BEFORE SAYING "NO"

Ask yourself the following questions:

Do you need to upgrade your present academic standing?

Do you have bare minimum passing marks and need to improve your skills?

Do you have to do Supplemental Examinations at the Grade 10 or 11 levels?

Do you need enrichment in your studies?

Would you like to learn about Black History or Cultural Awareness?

     If you answered yes to one or more of the questions above, you may want to consider DaCosta Hall this summer.

Established in 1970, the DaCosta Hall Summer School has been providing quality instruction during the summer months for high school students in and around Montreal.  The objectives of the program are: to help students who need to earn credits; to help students who need to improve their academic skills; to help students succeed in supplemental Examinations and to provide students with enrichment studies.

 Summer School will begin on Wednesday July 5, and will end on Friday, August 6, 2010. 

Supplemental Examinations will take place during the week of August 2, 2010. 

Classes will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00p.m. from Monday through Friday.
 

Registration and course selection will be conducted on Friday July 2, 2010 between 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at:

Dawson College

Second Floor, Atrium

4001, de Maisonneuve Boulevard West

(Near Atwater metro) View Map

DaCosta Hall Program registration         Download [62kB]

STUDENTS MUST BRING THEIR JUNE REPORTS and CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY to registration.  This will assist registrars in placing them in the appropriate level of studies.
 

 Non- Credit Courses:

The tuition fee per course will be $130.00.  This rate applies to all Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 year 1 students.

Credit Courses:

The tuition fee per course will be $175.00 which includes the examination fee. This rate applies to Cycle 2 year 2 & 3 students.

 There will be no charge for the Black History course.

 The tuition fee for Cycle 2 year 2 & 3 students writing Supplemental Exams is $50.00.

The payment of fees must be made at registration.  Only certified cheques, money orders and cash will be accepted.  Certified cheques or money orders must be made payable to:

Quebec Board of Black Educators Inc.

Fees are non-refundable except in the event of course cancellation.

The following courses will be offered:

English Language Arts                Cycle 1 & 2

French Second Language           Cycle 1 & 2

Mathematics                                 Cycle 1 & 2

Mathematics Bridge                      Cycle 2 year 2

History & Citizenship Education    Cycle 2 year 2 

General Science & Technology    Cycle 2 year 2

Environmental Science                  Cycle 2 year 2

History of Blacks                            Cycle 1 & 2

Summer School guidelines established by the School Boards will be followed.  Students in Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 year 1 must have a mark in the range of 50 to 59 to be eligible to take courses.
 

The daily timetable is comprised of (4) four seventy-five minute periods as follows:

Period I                       8:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Period II                      9:50 - 11:05 a.m.

Break                          11:05 - 11:20 a.m.

Period III                     11:25 - 12:40 p.m.

Period IV                    12:45 - 2:00 p.m.
 

Students are encouraged to pre-register for DaCosta Hall courses by completing the enclosed registration and send it by facsimile to (514) 481-0611 or mailing it to the following address:

DaCosta Hall Summer School

c/o Quebec Board of Black Educators

3333 Cavendish Blvd., Suite 310

Montreal, Quebec

H4B 2M5

You can also pre-register by dialing (514) 481-9400

or simply download the following form :
DaCosta Program  pre-registration        Download [61kB]

All pre- registration fees must be paid by July 2, 2010, at the QBBE office.

 All non pre-registered students must appear in person on Friday July 2, 2010 to formally register.