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Interested in students "at-risk or drop-out" of school?  We would like 
to offer you a new option in dealing with this problem.

� Accroche-Toi � is a prevention site focusing on students at-risk of 
dropping out and/or the ones who have already dropped out of school. 
It has been on line for more than a year and is still very much active. 
It is supported by RESCOL, an iniative of Industry-Canada, and under 
the responsibility of Christiane Bouchard and Andre Rouleau.

Christiane Bouchard a resource teacher, has been involved with children 
and teenagers for the last 19 years. Her experience with young adults 
dropping out of school has extended over a period of six years. Andr� 
Rouleau teaches English as a second language and has developed various 
education related Internet applications.

We invite you to take a look at the � Accroche-Toi � site at the following 
URL : http://www.rescol.ca/adm/orientation/accroche-toi. We average a
number 
of 590 hits per day with a marked interest on accounts by young people and 
in the discussion bulletin board .

Since �Accroche-toi� has demonstrated the need for services for students at

risk of leaving school,  we would like to offer these same services to the 
English community.  We seek your help in the development of this mirror 
English Internet site, �Hooked-On-School�,  which is also supported by 
SchoolNet.

Like �Accroche-toi,� �Hooked-On-School�  is a site where Canadian teenagers

who have dropped out or are thinking about dropping out will:

 - get  information on the consequences of dropping-out of school, etc.;
 - have access to a bank of Internet resources to get more information on 
   dropping out of  school;
 - including links to schools and Ministries of Education involved with 
   this project;
 - participate in a discussion forum so that these teenagers can express 
   and exchange about their reality;
 - have the possibility of engaging in a monthly discussion with resource 
   teachers or other specialists through the use of  SchoolNet's MOO ;
 - examine the possibilities of offering such on line discussions to
parents 
   and adults;

The site will also provide a discussion forum to parents, teachers,
educators, 
and all adults interested by this problem.  Our immediate objectives are
to:

- gather teenagers� accounts and anecdotes pertaining to their experiences 
  with dropping out of school;
- research the WEB  in order to find links relating to the theme of  the
site;
- contact schools throughout Canada in order to secure an agreement of 
  involvement amongst us and the site. 

We would appreciate your assistance in providing us with contact
information 
for on-line schools or people who might be interested in participating.

If you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to 
contact us at: Tel : (819) 293-8447 (answering machine);  
               E-mail : accroche-toi@infoteck.qc.ca


Christiane Bouchard
Andre Rouleau