Mission Statement:

The Sports Excellence Program promotes academic success while providing student-athletes with high-level training to develop their potential in their selected sport.

Program Description:

The Sports Excellence Program provides student-athletes with an opportunity to practice and train for their chosen sport during the school day. Heritage offers concentration programs in a variety of disciplines. In collaboration with local sports organizations, clubs and facilities, students in the Sports Excellence Program benefit from a condensed academic schedule that allows for increased training opportunities at a competitive level.

Disciplines (details below):

• Basketball (HRHS)  Appox. Cost: 1260$
• Hockey (HRHS) Appox Cost: 3600$
• Track and Field (HRHS) Appox Cost: 1855$
• Wrestling (HRHS) Appox Cost: 1200$
• Gymnastics (Club Gym Richelieu) Appox. Cost: 3200$
• Soccer (Association Régionale de Soccer de la Rive-Sud) Appox. Cost: 3480$
• Swimming (Club de Natation Vélox) Appox. Cost: 2300$

Application Requirements:

Admission to the Sports Excellence program is limited and based on a competitive selection process. Successful applicants are selected through a combination of academic performance, athletic ability and program availability. 

• Reports cards are required to demonstrate the student’s ability to follow a condensed academic program
• An athletic evaluation is required for each discipline

Secondary 1 Applicants:

The application process for Secondary 1 begins in September of your child’s grade 6 year.  The athletic evaluations and assessments take place in October. See the application page for more details.

Secondary 2-5 Applicants:

• Students wishing to join the Sports Excellence Program after Secondary 1 must submit their application by March 31^st. Athletic evaluations are conducted during April and May, with admission decisions communicated in June.

More Information:

Basketball
Students in the Basketball program have three Basketball sessions per week which focus on skill development drills. They also have one fitness session per week, which focuses on basketball specific conditioning and strength development. Students in the program are expected to be actively playing on a competitive Basketball team, either our school team and/or for their respective communities. 

Gymnastics
Students in the Gymnastics program leave Heritage Regional High school on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 14h and are taxied to Club Gym Richelieu’s main training location located at 3600 1er Rue in St-Hubert. They train until 17h00 and parents are to pick their children up directly at the gym after the training sessions. Additional training is also available with Gym Richelieu. Students applying for the program should be at the regional competitive level and must be actively competing during their time in the program. Please click on the following link for more information on Gym Richelieu: http://www.gymrichelieu.com/

Hockey
Students in our hockey program train 4 days per week (3 on-ice and 1 off-ice training).  They are divided into 3 groups (Hockey 1, Hockey 2, and Hockey 3) based on their skill level as determined by our coaching staff. Practice sessions are from 14h00 to 16h00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.  They are held at either Rosanne Laflamme Arena or the Complexe Sportif CN in Brossard’s Dix30 (travel via bus).  At times practices may extend past regular school hours.  Off-ice training is designed to focus on hockey-specific conditioning and strength development. 

For incoming secondary 1 students, the try-out dates typically take place October of your child’s grade 6 year.  The M13 team placement is usually finalized in April.   For secondary 2-5 students applying into the program, the selection process takes place in April/May for the following academic year.  Parents of returning players and new applicants will be notified of their child’s final placement in June. Be advised that program placement is reviewed yearly by our instructors who evaluate each students’ on-ice development, work ethic and behavioural fit as well as classroom performance. Admission into secondary 1 does not guarantee placement for future years. 

All of our school teams consist only of selected Sports Excellence hockey players. If selected, our team members must play exclusively for Heritage Regional only (mandatory) and are not permitted to double card with any other team or participate in any non-sanctioned events in-season. Selected Sports Excellence players will be registered in the Metropolitan section of the RSEQ Scolaire Hockey Provincial League.  The number of teams and division placement (D1/D1-Rel/D2/D3) will be determined on a yearly basis by our coaching staff and ultimately, the RSEQ. It varies year to year to ensure our teams are in the appropriate competitive division with a continued emphasis on maintaining our desired training allocation for our groups.  We typically field one M13 team, one M15 team, and one M18 team.  Students who are in the program but were not selected for a school team may remain in the program given they continue to meet the program requirements, and are encouraged to play for their community.  Affiliations are permitted for up to 10 games for call up purposes with the equivalent civil levels, however, it is not recommended and cannot interfere with any of the requirements of our program (on-ice sessions, games, off-ice fitness, team functions, etc..). We also encourage all of our parents to visit our league website to review all general and specific league rules from Hockey Quebec: https://scolaire.rseqhockey.com/fr/index.html

It is important to note that all parents and students in the program will be required to sign a code of conduct contract each year. Our program thrives when our members are a contributing positive influence (on/off the ice) and supportive to our educators. Lastly, students are not permitted to travel on public school buses with their hockey bags or sticks to and from school. They may leave their equipment in our locked hockey storage rooms overnight. 

For more information specific to the Sports Excellence Hockey program you may contact Mr. Josh Mitchell at jmitchell@rsb.qc.ca.

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Soccer
The soccer program is organized and operated by the Association de Soccer de la Rive-Sud (ARSRS). This year, Heritage’s program is overseen by the ARSRS technical director, Marcelo Corrales.  Students in the program train with staff from the ARSRS on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The training sessions take place on one of Heritage’s turf fields until mid-November and again in April. During the winter months the students are bussed to and from the Complex Sportif CN in Brossard’s Dix30 for indoor training. Students in the program must be actively playing competitive club soccer. Grade 6 applicants should be actively playing with a federated club’s CDC program.

Swimming
The Sports Excellence swimming program is operated by the Club de Natation Velox, with Guy Dorion as the head coach. This is a competitive swimming program and student-athletes must actively compete. On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, students train from 14h00 until 16h00 at the junior level. Senior level students train until 17h00.  Senior athletes must organize their own transportation home. Students in the program must train for an additional session outside of school hours on Wednesdays, either from 6h00 to 8h00 or after school from 17h00 to 18h30. For more information on Club de Natation Velox please see their website:  http://www.clubhippocampe.com/

Track and Field
Students in the Sports Excellence Track and Field program train on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 14h00 to 16h00. They have three training sessions dedicated to their respective track and field disciplines and one day of strength and conditioning. Students in the program must compete in the SSIAA and RSEQ cross-country and track and field circuit. Students looking for more competitions and who want to continue training throughout the summer months may do so by joining the Club d’Athletisme Rive-Sud (CARS), which is affiliated with our program. Our students train using the 400m track, long and triple-jump pits, our cross-country course and one of our weight rooms. During the winter months the group is bussed to and from the Complexe Sportif CN in Brossard’s Dix30 for their training sessions.

Wrestling
Students enrolled in the Sports Excellence Wrestling Program train four times per week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 14h00 to 16h00. Training sessions are designed to support the long-term development of student-athletes and focus on technical Wrestling skills, strength and conditioning competition preparation. Athletes in the program compete in the Greater Montreal Athletic Association (GMAA) league, local tournaments, and select competitions outside the provinc

Other Sports
Students that train and compete in sports that we do not offer may also apply to the Sports Excellence program. To be considered for the program, they must be a recognized “athlète de haut niveaux” by their respective sport federation, training 15 or more hours per week with a recognized program by the “Minstère de l’Education et de l’Enseignement Supérieur.” These student-athletes complete their academic days on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 13h50 to allow them to attend afternoon training sessions. On Wednesdays, all students have a full school day with four academic courses.

Athletic Therapy

We have an athletic therapist available to all students in the Sports Excellence program during the afternoon training hours. Students simply need to sign-up and make an appointment if they need to be treated by the therapist. There is no additional charge for this service. 

Interscholastic Sports Teams:

Please note that, with the exception of our boys hockey teams, the Sports Excellence program is a separate program from our interscholastic teams. The interscholastic teams are available to all Heritage Regional High School students not only those in the Sports Excellence program.