Home School

FAMILY BASED
 CULTURALLY ORIENTED
 SKILLED SCHOOLING

               

 

 

Activities
through out the year
.

Gardening
pH, nutrients, planting seed type soil type
Composting, greenhouse, building garden beds
Fishing & hunting
 May Pickerel,  They're running
Salmon,
Rainbow,
smelts
moose, partridge, rabbits
canning meat, harvesting

Archery
every wed. at 5:00-7:00pm
Pays plat Traditional Archers
 

Rifle
target a day a week,
Instruction on gun safety, PAL READY
Pal is against our treaty rights,

Business Development
running a takeout service
 Expanded to include groceries
Convenience store
customer service
inventory
pricing

Housing Construction
 Labour, work ethics
Carpenter helper
crawl spaces
plumbing
Framing

OTHER HOME SCHOOLERS
Ontario Homeschoolers
Superior Shores Home Schooling
 Ont. Fed of Teaching Parents
 

The Boyz

Robin

Titan

Talon

Crillen

 

 

the boyz
take out service

call 807 631 3006

the boyz grocery
 Convenience store

call 807 823 0627
 


 

There is no federal, provincial or Band funding for  home schooling

The band is now providing us with school clothing allowance  and we thank them

 

Situated on the Pays Plat Reservation
within the traditional Territories of the
Pays Plat Band of Anishinabe

Established 2020

The Boyz
are learning about
 

Family
Social living, cooking, cleaning, shopping, paying bills. meeting  all 57 members of the family Bouchards,
community members.
history of our family, metis and status
 

Cultural
stories survival skills,  hunting, fishing, Trapping,  archery,
harvesting wild resources for food and medicine. preserving our food
Art and Craft, food security
 Traditional Diet


Health
home ec, preserving, gardening , composting, science of plants and the soil, medicinal uses of plants and general health, wives tales and cures. First Aid.
Pandemics and viruses, gain of function
fasting, importance of diet and non smoking and drug use.
 

Government
Federal and provincial Governmental Affairs, Native Rights/affairs DIAND, Band governmental Affairs, Canadian politics and the destruction of canada through immigration.


Recreational
hockey, skating, Archery, swimming, boxing, wrestling, soccer, wilderness activities.
 

history
local and regional, custom vs elected chief, Treaty signing/ annuities
world events,
future outlook on democracy in  canada and the world immigration problems
 

Math & English
ojibway, english, math  needed to accomplish their goals,  No wasting time on some things they will never use like Algebra, calculus, ect.
 

Employment
 jobs in area, out of area
specialty, apprenticeship
Carpentry, Plumbing, electrical
Hvac and air conditioning
Business , service industry
building the community to support our members with their livelihood.
 


 


EDUCATION AND A.I.


HOME SCHOOL POLICY
 

 

Native issues in Canada


here you will find political perspectives on the issues that native people face from different aboriginal people.

 


 

Under Construction


Bouchard Family Tree
 
 
 

 

A Business proposal

Two chiefs mall
  to turn the Arena into an
Ojibwa Village shopping mall

 

 

the Gravel River Purchase
A proposal to operate Gravel River

to train the Youth of Pays Plat
in business

 

 

 

If you cant access a link
its because its private
 

 


 FAMILY BASED
 CULTURALLY ORIENTED
 SKILLED SCHOOLING

The most intimidating question
                                                                    at a job interview



The boyz moved in with me and Robin in 2021 and it took a while for them to get comfy with us. I am in the process of making the major decisions for their lives. Robin and I are involved in the education of the boyz and joins in discussions with them.

     Robin

Talon                    Titan

 

Do you have any experience?


 


Beside being the spot where we highlight the education goals of my son and grandsons, the objective of this site is to work toward achieving the following goals at the pays plat band level.

After covid we now see how situations can change without notice, how we can be manipulated to accept any changes that the government wants to make.

The irony of us having an aboriginal or treaty right to hunt and fish but can only do so if we pass a test of the government to obtain a right to purchase a gun and ammo. This should be considered unacceptable

As for Issues of Food Security, home schooling, aboriginal rights, treaty rights and our traditional territories these are of utmost importance.

PawGwaSheeng
is the Ojibway phrase for
where the water is shallow
 

Pays Plat
is the french word for
flat place

Introduction

Robin has always wanted to be a carpenter, when he was 8 he worked on a deck with me and his uncle Bryan who worked as a carpenter for decades in the Thunder Bay area

he liked to fix stuff like his computer and devices and has always been mechanically inclined

When COv hit it changed our plans on his education and Robins dreams to work in this field, it became an issue of utmost importance that we find a way to achieve his goals in spite of world  and national events. We know now that almost anything can happen after the events of the last few years.

After considerable discussion on what we should do we came to the conclusion that we need to concentrate on helping Robin to gain the skills he needs by actually doing the task He will be instructed in finish carpentry. When he looks for work and they ask him, do you have any experience he can say yes. and show his work online.

Robin has been working in Sudbury along side his big brother who is teaching him the  ins and out of renovating bathrooms, kitchens and the pro's of subcontracting , ect and when he is home he will be constructing cabinets, doors, shelves and furniture like dressers, desks, book cases ect.

We decided that his major studies and skills should consist of the following

 



 

CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES,

Robin has been working for a construction company Summit of thunder bay at pays plat on the construction of 3 slab foundation houses last year and this year 5 concrete crawl space 4 bedroom units.

he has close to a 1000 hours in house construction so far.. on all kind of jobs working with the trades, electrical, plumbing, concrete, AND CARPENTERS

 

 

  • Finish Carpentry
    +hand and power Tool safety and use/table saw, router, jointer, Dado set
    power drill, skil saw, hand saw, recip. saw, multi tool, sander, hand planer, chisels, grinder,

    construct and install door and window casings,
    crown molding, transitions and shelving
    Joinery, dovetail, Dado, finger joints
     
    Wood structure. milling your own lumber6
    Cabinet types, how to make them, door manufacture,
    all about hardware,

     

    What is a finish carpenter

    Trim Carpenter


 

  • Cabinets and Renovations

         Installing manufacturing, modification
    of all types of cabinets and cupboards. Countertop installations.

         interior and exterior doors and windows installations and repair, lockset installation,

    Drywall installation mudding, taping, painting
    install doors and windows,
    remodeling bathrooms, kitchens cabinet construction,
     
    plank/vinyl Flooring installation.

Cabinet maker careers

Skilled trades ontario
 

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  • Home Maintenance

    door hardware, weather stripping, drywall repair,

    painting, finishing, remodel cupboards , brush, roller, spray

    plumbing, solder, pex shark bite repairs, fix leak\plumbing,
    change faucets, p traps, sink replace
    toilet replace and repair
    unplugging drains,

    electrical
    plug in, change light fixture, appliance and range testing,
     
 


 

Goals for RAD


To establish their  family and employment based on their ties to the Pays Plat / Thunder Bay , Souix lookout areas

To Assure their aboriginal treaty and territorial rights are maintained and exercised by utilizing all areas of the pays plat bands  traditional territories;

To know the history of the Robinson Superior Treaty in a anishnabe and metis perspective.

To become as self sufficient as possible in the area of food by teaching them to garden, harvest, prepare and preserve foods in a variety of ways along with their traditional hunting knowledge and skills.

To assist them to learn the skills needed to become a
Carpenter, finish carpenter/ cabinet maker Plumber or electrician depending on their goals
train in business

To understand world events and how they can
affect their rights as anishnabe with a treaty and withouit.

to work in native or non native employment opportunities on and off reserve

To be a constructive  member of community and society as a whole..

To stand up for their rights

Construction of houses,

basic/advanced skills in cabinetry
& furniture construction, design
and modification. plumbing and electrical

advance skills to install and case
windows and doors, baseboard,
crown molding

How to construct and install upper
and lower Cabinets, doors and drawers,

modify existing cupboards,

Replacing/installing windows &  interior/exterior doors

How to install plank, vinyl, flooring

Installing, mudding, taping drywall

constructing/repairing stairs*

Painting, Spray, roll, brush

 


 

 

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