More than 50 adults from the Capital Region and beyond were celebrated on Aug. 24 for their many accomplishments in our High School Equivalency (HSE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. For some of the graduates, the event recognized achievement of a lifelong goal. For others, it marked an accomplishment that will allow …
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The Wright Family Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to the Mohonasen Central School District to support its MohonCARES (Connecting Area Resources to Empower Students) programming. This grant was secured with support from the Grant Writing team of our Engagement and Development Services division. MohonCARES aims to achieve equity among students by providing such needed …
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During an Aug. 16 ribbon cutting event, hundreds of education, business and political leaders celebrated the impact our new Career & Technical Education Center – Albany campus, located at 925 Watervliet Shaker Road, will have on both the students it educates and the industries it prepares students to enter. “BOCES has taken it to another …
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Maywood School—Soon Maywood Academy—To Open In A New Location This September More than a hundred students, teachers and staff, principals, administrators and friends who have been a part of our Maywood School community over the years gathered recently to say good-bye to the school building that many describe as more like home. This summer, after …
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New Adult Ed Classes Set To Begin Sept. 12 Interested in a cool career that will heat up your future? How about a career that is all the “buzz” or one that will connect you to double-digit job growth? Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center has an adult education course for you! Several …
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Madison Sluers is so committed to becoming a cosmetologist she spent dozens of hours practicing her skills and earning state-required hours in our classrooms after she graduated from our program and Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School. So it may surprise you to learn that her aspirations have her working with patients, not customers. Sluers, a Cosmetology program …
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On Aug. 9, 2022, voters residing within Capital Region BOCES’ component districts and the City School District of Albany will have the opportunity to cast their vote on the sale of two buildings.
Current Career & Technical Education students and recent graduates are building their professional tech skills and earning real-world workplace experience through internships with local renewable energy firm and BOCES business and education partner Livingston Energy Group. Gavin Christman, Nick Dunham, William Kruk and Michael Martin, all 2022 graduates of our Game Design and Implementation program, …
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This summer, our Career & Technical Education Center in Schoharie received four new heavy equipment operator simulators that will be used to train students on how to operate backhoes, bulldozers, graders, excavators and dump trucks. Training on the simulators for campus faculty and staff was led by experts from CM Labs Simulations. Funded through a …
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New Adult Practical Nursing Session Beginning Fall 2022 You could say that Chris Davis went the extra mile—literally!—to become a nurse. The Otego resident, who recently graduated from our Adult Practical Nursing program in Albany, drove 175 miles daily to take classes and complete required clinical time training. “I spent between $150 to $180 a …
