Winter brings with it a distinct beauty—crisp air, snow-covered landscapes, and a unique opportunity for adventure and learning. While many might associate the need to “get outside” with warmer months, winter provides a distinct setting for outdoor education that offers numerous benefits for students of all ages. From building resilience to fostering creativity, outdoor education in the winter can be both enriching and transformative.
By integrating FIRST Robotics into Physics curriculum, our students combine one of their co-curricular passion projects – FIRST Robotics – with their Physics labs, enhancing their learning because they’re studying what they love. The benefits of this programme extend beyond high school. When our students reach university, they are leveraging knowledge gained from various HNMCS Robotics-run after school workshops, including coding and solid modelling at the university level, into internships and job offers at companies such as Hatch and Pratt & Whitney Canada.
When you add to this the fact that HNMCS Robotics is one of only six all-girls FIRST Robotics teams in Canada, …
A reverence for and commitment to promoting and protecting the dignity of all persons.
An empathetic consciousness toward others, expressed in caring service.
An open heart and mind, leading to continuous improvement of all involved in the ministry.
A forging of right relationships, recreating of a sustainable environment, and promotion of the common good—all in the pursuit of peace.
A focus on reaching out to the margins, to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable are met through advocacy and action.