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Claremont Secondary School
Journalism Class - School Yearbook Development
Adobe InDesign CS2

Dear Mr. Boag,

I would like to thank you and Rene Hache for providing Claremont Secondary School with exceptional customer service and InDesign training. We are extremely grateful to North Studio for being accommodating as you have been.

As a high school it is sometimes difficult to keep up with Industry in terms of training and software. We have been fortunate to have the opportunity to upgrade our software recently. Software however is only as functional as the user. Your company, in particular Rene Hache, offered us a rare opportunity to train students and myself in InDesign. Rene's professionalism and knowledge of the Industry was immeasurable. At the end of the week that Rene spent with us, we were graphic design artists.

We are now in the process of creating our school annual using techniques taught to us by Rene. Our pages look like they were professionally designed; bringing much pride to our students. Thank you immensely for your role in this process.

Sincerely

Stephanie Owen
Journalism Teacher
Claremont Secondary School

Rene taught the class useful things during his sessions with us. In particular, the shortcuts he told us about were very helpful. His presentations were effective and interactive, which made it easy to learn how to use InDesign. As the week was so successful, I would recommend Rene to other classes.

Camilla

Rene did a very good job of explaining how to make pages. However I think he may have talked a bit too fast and needed to repeat some things over again. Other than that he spoke clearly and did his job properly.

Brittany

Rene was a great speaker and has got out a lot of information. He is obviously very intelligent and educated however he needs to work on controlling the classes he is teaching. Maybe if he had a partner to help him out or just voiced himself better, a lot more information would be taken in by his students.

This year at Claremont, the yearbook class is all girls so when people got talking and laughing, it was extremely hard to hear and follow along. Therefore I don't feel the information given was not really cemented into my brain.

Sabrina

Rene was very good at explaining things to us an had very useful tips and shortcuts. He could teach you how to do something very quickly and thoroughly. His knowledge in InDesign was endless and he taught us all he could in the amount of time he was given. My only critique for Rene would be sometimes goes too fast and is hard to keep up with. Even saying this he seemed to be aware of the problem and by the end of the week he was slowing and checking if he needed to go over things again. Overall Rene was an amazing teacher and was very helpful.

Lyssa

Rene taught me many things over the course of just one week. He brought a charismatic and enthusiastic presence to the class and his patience and knowledge base were admirable. The shortcuts were useful and he gave me some pointers with regards to InDesign which were very informative. I would recommend Rene for future computer classes.

Anonymous

Rene was really patient and a good teacher. This means a lot, since I'm pretty much hopeless with complicated design programs like InDesign. I was a little confused at first, and sensed that Rene was nervous about coming to an unfamiliar classroom and teaching a class of girls how InDesign worked. But after the first day, and when the ice was broken, Rene became a lot more comfortable which resulted in us being able to absorb more. Rene was very patient which I really appreciated. He never seemed annoyed that I was so computer handicapped, and explained things slowly and clearly to me when I was having difficulties.

Anonymous

Throughout the class I thought Rene was a very good teacher, and that he has a lot of useful tips. His teaching skills were quite good, and he was very good at explaining the ways to use InDesign. He knew so many shortcuts, and made it very clear what we needed to know and what was more important to know. His knowledge of InDesign was extraordinary. The only thing I think he could have done that would have helped was been stricter with us students, but I liked the way he taught.

Anonymous

Having Rene come to our class for a week was very helpful. The hints he gave us will definitely make the creation of our yearbook much easier. The day he spent learning effects such as rounded corners and feathering were very helpful as well as text wrapping etc. What a splendid man.

Anonymous

Rene was a pretty good teacher. He went a little too fast a lot and I didn't understand but then he would try and explain it to the whole class. But then if you were still having trouble he would come and help you and he was also very patient. So overall he was a pretty good teacher.

Anonymous

He taught us shortcuts that were very handy. Overall it was very informative. In my opinion it was worth the money. But was it worth it? Yes, yes it was.

Anonymous

Having Rene around for a week-long intensive was so helpful in learning Adobe InDesign. Though I am familiar with other Adobe programs this was the first time I had ever seen InDesign and he made it so simple to understand--without him I wouldn't have the slightest idea what to do! He taught the class a lot about shortcuts which I think (once mastered) will prove to be very useful. He managed to fit a lot of information in only a week which I found very admirable and must have been hard to do--especially with our constant questioning and slow learning. He was very cooperative and friendly and eager to answer anything and everything. He made a not-so interesting learning process very informative and bearable. For someone who's not a teacher, he did a great job of handling a class of teenagers. Thanks Rene

Anonymous

I found that Rene was incredibly helpful when it came to teaching us about InDesign and Photoshop. This is my first time working with these programs and I truly feel I learned a lot. I know my knowledge will only increase over time as I will get the opportunity to create my designs. I think Rene answered all our questions patiently and thoroughly.

Anonymous

Rene's lectures on Adobe InDesign are really helpful; I learn basic skills to design a page with his help. However, I think to manipulate the program better, it's important if we can have some handouts about some shortcuts or something else that we can look at when he's not here. Now we all finished a yearbook page with his help, and it is really good, and it definitely should thank to Rene's excellent and clear classes. He is professional, and efficient. I really like to work with him again.

Anonymous

I thought that Rene was a great teacher and I learned a lot. I thought that he could have talked slower and spoke more clearly. ALthough he could have spoke slower and clearer, he was extremely funny and helps you explain things clearly when you don't understand something. I really hope that we can have Rene back soon, because he's a great person and helped me a lot!

Anonymous