Good evening, everyone.

Unfortunately, we’ve run into a situation where two members of our staff are feeling ill and will not be able to attend tonight, so we’re moving training to virtual attendance for this week. There is no reason to think that there has been any risk to the cadets or remaining staff members, but we’re being cautious over the matter regardless. More information will be forthcoming as soon as we have it.

Dress for the evening is still C3B for Sgts and above, C3F for FCpls and below.

Links are posted below for Classrooms and Meets, but remember that you need to be logged into the site to see these.

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Opening Session

1845-1855

Level 1 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Level 2 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Level 3 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Level 4 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Closing Session

2025-2040

Good afternoon.

Following up to the last post, L2 training will be conducted virtually tonight. Please connect to your classroom at 1845 (6:45pm) and complete the virtual attendance form. Other levels will be attending in-person at 809 HQ.

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Good afternoon.

Just reminding everyone about key details of our training tonight. Once again, we have a staggered start to ensure that everyone can get into the building in a timely manner while physical distancing.

1810 (6:10pm) Staff
1820 (6:20pm) Level 5
1830 (6:30pm) Level 4
1840 (6:40pm) Level 3
1850 (6:50pm) Level 1 and 2

If you haven’t read it already, please review the COVID-19 SOP at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LCUIKJrimnYVrs61sdubjiZ5OrWOHLyL7sL317qVOX0/view.

Before leaving, take the Ontario COVID-19 Self Assessment and do not attend if the assessment recommends against it, but call us at (905) 468-7584 and let us know. The self-assessment is located at: https://covid-19.ontario.ca/self-assessment/

Lastly, before leaving, sign in so that we can track contacts and attendance.

Looking forward to seeing you tonight!

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Good evening.

Here’s a summary of tonight’s virtual training timings and links. We’ve set our initial in-person training night for Wednesday, 28 Oct and we’re really excited about this. WROs will begin this week to outline our activities and we’ll project as much as we can on the website’s events calendar. We’ll be conducting a virtual parents’ meeting and introductions to new cadets over the next two weeks and hopefully will be welcoming more cadets to the squadron soon! Look out for a few more housekeeping announcements later today.

Dress for the evening is C3B for Sgts and above, C3F for FCpls and below.

(Remember that you need to be logged into the site to see the links.)

See you tonight!

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Opening Session

1845-1855

Level 1 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Level 2 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Level 3 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Level 4 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Closing Session

2025-2040

Good evening.

Here’s a summary of tonight’s virtual training links. We have just received approval for in-person training, so expect our format to shift back and forth between virtual and in-person in the coming weeks! We have no Level 1 cadets, so tonight’s session will be a discussion of recruiting and engagement ideas for new cadets.

(Remember that you need to be logged into the site to see the links.)

See you tonight!

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal!

Opening Session

1845-1855

Level 1 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Level 2 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Level 3 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Level 4 Cadets

1900-1935
1940-2025

Closing Session

2025-2040

Good evening 809.

Finally, we’re back.

We’ve been approved to start virtual training.   Our first night back will be on Wednesday, October 7 @ 1845 hrs.   Training will be conducted virtually through Google Meet.

All attendees will need to register via the virtual attendance form.

Please check your emails.   Each cadet should’ve been sent an invitation to accept your new 809cadets.ca email.   You will be needing to activate your account to get access to virtual training.  You will also need access to a computer with a camera and microphone.  If you’re not able to access your 809cadets email, or you don’t have access to the required hardware, please reach out to us to let us know.  We have resources available to help you out.

THIS IS A PARADE NIGHT. Order of dress for the evening is as follows:

Senior NCO’s = C3B

Junior NCO’s & Cadets = C3F

Authorized haircuts and shaven appearance as per the dress regs, along with presentable uniforms, are expected.  For more information, please consult the regs under the resources page

Schedule for the evening is as follows:

Period 1: 1845-1920 = All Levels = CO’s Welcome Back Presentation

Period 2: 1920-1955 = Break out into levels 1-4 = Presentations by Level Officers

Period 3: 2015-2050 = Individual level trainings 1-4 = Presentations/Classes by Level NCO’s

If you anticipate that you will have problems attending the virtual training, whether technical or otherwise, please reach out to either myself or Capt Lemoine.  My email is dan.couroux@809cadets.ca.   Capt Lemoine’s email is jody.lemoine@809cadets.ca

See you all Wednesday

Regards,

OCdt Couroux
DCO / Level 3 OIC

Senior Cadets & Staff – Heads up – the year’s about to start. There will be a training cell meeting via Google Meets on Monday night @ 1900. We’ll be going over the upcoming training year, who’s teaching what levels, the EO’s and PO’s being taught and so on. Capt Lemoine will be reaching out to all of you individually this weekend to set up new 809 emails so that you can get invitations.

OCdt Couroux

Good evening.

We’re on the verge of September, where we would normally be going into full swing with respect to starting our 2020/2021 training year. As expected, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted us significantly but it’s not going to stop us. We’re not sure how long this virus is going to be a going concern in our society, but we’re assuming that it could be 18 months or longer. Our first priorities are always the safety and security of those who participate in our program, so we’re going to do this properly and define a new “normal” for our operations.

With that in mind, the Commander of the National Cadet and Junior Canadian Rangers Support Group has made the decision to delay the start-up of limited in-person cadet activities until at least 1 Oct 2020. This was not an easy decision, nor was it made in isolation. It ensures that we have proper measures in place for the safety and security of everyone who participates in our programs and will ensure that the Cadet and JCR programs do not become a vector to spread the COVID-19 virus.

In the month of September, you can expect that we will reach out to you with information about the fall. We are expecting virtual activities to resume in September until such time that limited in-person training can be authorized.

Although the fall of 2020 will not roll out the same way it has in years before, we remain committed to ensuring that the cadet program continues to provide unique experiences for youth within our community. Should you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me via email at co@809cadets.ca or the squadron mobile phone at (905) 468-7584.

We’ll have more details coming out in the next few days, so stay tuned.

J Lemoine
Captain
Commanding Officer
809 Newark RCACS
Immortal