Category Archives: Weekly Announcements – Annonces Quotidiens

Academy News – March 28, 18

Hey all,

The banquet is approaching, the awards are at the engravers, looking forward to a good turnout. Please be at the pro room this weekend to ;

1 – return your / Camp Fortune’s jacket.
2 – buy your ticket for the banquet.
3 – collect your last pay.

We want to avoid having to receive jackets the night of the banquet, so we will receive jackets on the 7th of April also, by then I am hoping that I will have them all back.

Remember it’s not so much how you start , it’s how you finish .

Make your Director happy, be at the banquet. Contribute to our great traditions and awards.

All for now,

Frank

 

ACADEMY NEWS – FEB 28, 18

Hello all,

Have a list of important items to cover. As we enter the last month and a half of the season, we need to be aware of the following :

March Breaks begin next week with QC (Mar 5-8), and the following week for ON (Mar 12-15). If you’re keen, sign up at the cage.

I am taking awards nominations: please send your nominations to fbernier@campfortune.com.  Banquet is on the 7th of April.

Important to know that the season extends well past the 9 week programs with lots of opportunities to work during the march breaks and privates on weekends into April.

Joe, Josh and Eva really appreciated the extra help last weekend – thank you very much to everyone who covered classes. We are looking for help again this coming weekend from 4 instructors on Saturday and 1-2 on Sunday. Contact Joe.McLean@mail.pwbcorp.com

Jacket return will start the weekend of the 24th and 25th of March. And the last weekend for returns will be April 8th. IMPORTANT: the last paycheck will actually be a check, not direct deposit, and will require you to hand in your coat in order to pick up your pay.  We expect the coat to be washed and on a hanger.

All for now.

Frank

Academy news Feb 23, 18

Hey all,

Attached are a couple of pictures of our winning TAs – Christophe Lepage Bilodeau and Laura Davies from last season receiving their $277 checks to pay for half of the level 1 course they took in Dec. .

Congrats to both!!!

All Mtn has found the people they needed, thank you all for the great response.

There are Level 2 courses scheduled for the end of March break on the 17th and 18th – both the training course and the assessed training course will be offered. So you can get started towards your level 2 or complete it if you’re ready to go for exams.
Level 2 Training link

 

We will also be running a Level 1 course March 16, 17 and 18.
Level 1 Registration

 

We are now entering week 7 and it’s time to begin handing out your progress cards to students.

All for now,

Francois Bernier
Directeur, Services Sportifs/Director, Sport Services
Tel. 819-827-1717 poste 2204
Mob/cell 819-664-2471
Academy /website

 

Academy News – Feb 15, 18

Hi All:

Upcoming Events:

  • Norm Grondin Foundation Social Fundraiser
    • When: Saturday Feb 17 and Sunday Feb 18 – Time: 3:30PM to 5:00 PM
    • Pizza ($2), Beer ($5) and soft drinks ($1) CASH ONLY
    • All proceeds go to support the Foundation

  •  Sessions:
    Every Saturday and Sunday – be on-snow, ready to go for 0800 hrs (8AM)
  •  Womens Edge:
    Training for Women by Women – March 12th, register at https://www.snowpro.com/en/education/events#women-s-edge-camp

  • Quebec March Break: March 5-9 – sign-up at the Cage
  • Ontario March Break: March 12-16 – sign-up at the Cage
  • T4A’s and Releve 1’s have now been processed by Payworks. We no longer receive the paper copies; each instructor will have to log in to their Payworks account to get their T4A and Releve 1 . If you do not have your log-in information, please send an email to Tracey with your name and she can re-set your password. If you do not have access to a computer, Tracey can print a paper copy for you.

All for Now:

Frank

Academy News – Feb 2, 18

Hey all

We are now at week 4 of the programs, in no particular order, the following needs to be done if not done already:

  • Be sure you have the correct spelling for names of the pupils in your class, both first and last name. Produce a clean class card.
  • Use the progress card to assess your pupils in preparation for final evaluations. See your supervisors for details.
  • Plan for having your final evaluations completed by week 6, in order to distribute by week 8 and 9.

We will have another social on week 6, Pizza, Beer, Soft drinks, to benefit the Norm Grondin Foundation.

Sat and Sun sessions be on snow at 8 am – this is for all.  Although not compulsory , keep in mind we do this for you and your development. There are also sessions on Monday evenings for ski and snowboard.

Speaking of development, please learn from the challenges you may encounter out there with your groups, and remember you are the main reason that they have fun and wish to improve. Take charge and have fun out there.!!!

The end of season banquet , “Academy Awards” will be on the 7th of April. Put that in your calendar, and keep an eye open for Fern (or the “What was I thinking?” award) candidates and you can also think of instructors you would nominate for the various awards.

Feb 21 to 23rd , there is a CSIA ‘Advanced teaching Module’ being offered at Camp Fortune in the evening. Go to www.snowpro.com to register. Must be a level two as a pre-requisite.

And for those looking for end of season deals … this just in from Jim Kennedy

Selling Head SuperShape Rally demo skis –  170cm w/binding @$600 tax in … click on the link above to contact Jim.

All for now,

Frank

 

Academy News – Jan 25, 18

Hey all,

Let me start by thanking all those that have been working the last few weekends, all programs have started and the classes should be fairly set. We have done a great job of dealing with the various adjustments that are always needed. Keep up the good work – it’s important to be sure you communicate with your supervisors should you have an issue.

Reminder to: Greet customers, Engage the group, Count your students and be sure they are all there with you. Always take time to debrief and give feed back to the group at the end of class.

Basically, be in charge. Chair safety is a constant and that being said, please use the Pineault Triple when feasible, don’t stand in the quad line up while the triple has nobody. The ski wee groups should be using triple since you are only able to bring two kids up at a time.

Progress cards, every instructor will pick up a progress card for each class they teach and keep track of your groups progress, this will serve as a guide for the final card each pupil will receive on week 7 of the program. It also serves as a guide for their skill development.

There will be an “All staff party “ on Sunday  5 pm to 10 pm (or your bed time, whichever comes first), this is for staff only.  Please RSVP if you’re planning on attending. Call ext. 2223 or email  academy@campfortune.com  .

We will also be doing Lift Evacuation Training  on Sunday right after the hill closes (4:15pm) on the Clifford chair. All are welcome to come out and learn the process. We will probably never need to do it, but an annual refresher exercise is a good idea.  We will load 4 chairs and get people off of the chairs using the rope evacuation system. You can be in chair or be helping lower people. This will wrap up before 5:30PM.

All for now

Frank

Academy News – Dec 31, 17

Hey all,

It’s been quite the Xmas break, cool weather and great snow.  We are now heading into the new year with most of the hill open .

Commitment; be here on the days you are committed to, i.e. sat or sun or both if that’s what you said you would do.

Training weekend; all programs will take advantage of the 6th and 7th of Jan to train and plan for the Big show that begins on the 13th and 14th of Jan.

 

Evening programs ;begin the 10th and 11th of Jan,

Privates program; is looking for Sunday SB instructor, see SJ or email me if interested. This is guaranteed $!!!

Also reserved privates begin on the 6th and 7th of Jan., if you’re on that list be here.

Food Bank; remember to drop some non-perishable stuff in the box from time to time.

We expect all to be on hand next weekend , the day will begin with an indoor at 9:30 AM.

Should you be someone that is not returning and still has a coat from last season, please return the coat as soon as possible.

Special Request: Looking for an instructor to teach  5 year old twin boys, one weeknight a week.   Back-to-back lessons, this means two privates = 40$ for the person that can be here to do it, Tuesdays or Wednesdays.  Let’s say from 5-7 PM.

If interested contact me fbernier@campfortune.com

All for now

Frank

‘Twas the Night b4 Christmas…

And in the Pro room, Frank was all agog…
Where are all my instructors, so many haven’t given us the Nod.
If only Blitzen and Prancer could ride a ski or a board,
Then I’d be sure, of having my training squad.

Dasher and Prancer were needed to lend a hoof,
To help poor Frank off of the roof…
‘nough said… if I want to get paid!

Ok now back to business, we will reopen on the 26th and we look forward to a busy holiday season. For those that signed up for the Xmas Camp please be in the pro room by 8:45 on the 26th. Meeting at 9 am.

A reminder to all that if you drop in during the holidays we expect all to be available to teach privates. So always wear your jackets and be ready.

We will be using the weekend of the 6th and 7th of Jan  for training.  I do expect all to be on hand i.e. if you’re a sat or a sun instructor show up on the day you have committed to.

Supervisors will be drafting their staff and making plans for the 9 week programs.

Be here and don’t be left behind.

Merry Christmas to everyone, hope you all enjoy the holidays.

All for now,

Frank

 

Academy News – Dec 13, 17

Hello all,

Those that have been up at the hill know that the snow has been good, and now this new natural stuff will make it even nicer. On Friday we re-open for the season, Pinnault and Paradise will be open along with the carpet area. Saturday, we will add Clifford to the mix, so 3 chairs and 3.5 runs . Snow-making is working hard on both sides and we can expect Marshall early next week , followed by Skyline around Xmas.

  • The Performance programs begin this weekend, Clayton is looking for a snowboard inst/ coach. This is a cool program that will give you 15 days of work  and we need a cool guy or girl to work it contact Clayton  cpolan@sympatico.ca

 

  • Xmas program, Dec 26th  to 30th  2hrs in the morning and 2 hrs in afternoon, sign up at the cage in pro room. Classes go 3, 4 or 5 days . We always need people for privates and program.

  • Still looking for a few more committed private lesson instructors to be in our reservations book. See or email  sjnormand@gmail.com to get info , we do want some younger people to teach kids , so if your new don’t worry you’ll get lots of work and learn as you go.

 

  • All Mountain program will be running a Program specific training on Saturday January 6th and Sunday January 7th form 10:00-12:00 AM and 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

Come out, get in some runs with our new supervisors Eva Margo-Dermer and Josh Cassidy McDowell.

We plan to review some class management, teaching techniques, along with discussing some changes we will be implementing to improve the service we provide to our customers.

Look forward to seeing you all. If you are a new instructor with Fortune Academy or a returning instructor who would like to instruct in the All Mountain program please come out and join us.

We have a number of incomplete instructors, people that have not yet graced us with their presence, I encourage you to get here to complete the process. As we will soon be assigning classes . if you are not on a list, we won’t need you.

All for now

Frank

Academy News: Dec 1,17

Hey all,

The hill will be open on Friday (Pinnault only), for sat and sun we will also have Meech (Paradise). Hiring clinic on Sat, looking forward to seeing our new people on snow. For our returning instructors and TAs training will begin the 9th and 10th of Dec.

Let’s all be sure we are following the blog, I know you are because you are receiving this, if a friend of yours is not please tell them to follow the blog, cause apparently they don’t listen to me (-:

Many have said they are returning, but few have completed the process. Please don’t wait till the last minute to get it done.

If anyone is not returning  to teach we would appreciate the jacket being returned before we have to go looking for it.

Remember the food bank box in the pro room, please and thank you.

All I have for now

Frank