Sometimes learning is easier when you are working with a classmate. That’s the case for students in the Capital Region BOCES Network Technology program where juniors and seniors in the program say they learn better when helping each other out. “I like the teamwork we do to learn in this program,” said Cohoes High School …
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Aspiring welder Preston Heidelmark heats up his future career outlook while completing an assignment during a Welding and Metal Fabrication program class recently on the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus. In the attached photo, Heidelmark, a senior from Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School (BHBL), welds a plate in one …
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High school students interested in an in-depth, honors-level program that immerses them in careers in medicine are encouraged to attend a Jan. 19 open house. New Visions: Health Careers is a one-year, honors-level program that turns area hospitals into classrooms for highly motivated, academically successful high school seniors. In the program, students from across the …
Three new adult education offerings are launching in January at Capital Region BOCES. The renewable Energy Electrical Trades, Welding and Metal Fabrication and Building Trades programs will provide training to address key workforce gaps in the offshore wind industry. Through the New York State Energy Research & Development Agency (NYSERDA) funded programs, technical training specific …
10,000 Cookies spread over 130 platters. That’s what Capital Region BOCES students produced on the Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus recently as they prepared to make good on orders for cookie platters. The students in Erica Weakley’s Food Services and Culinary Arts and Hospitality Tech classes baked and prepared the cookies, while …
As a high school junior enrolled in the Capital Region BOCES Global Fashion program, Dane Zenner noted that the Cinderella Prom Dress Event was great for providing dresses but it had no options for those students who attended the prom in male clothing. From that realization, the Shenendehowa High School senior decided to teach himself …
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High school seniors planning to pursue a career in medicine need to look no further than the Capital Region BOCES New Visions: Health Careers program. Located at Ellis and St. Peter’s hospitals, the program prepares high school seniors for more than two-dozen careers and immerses them in a thought-provoking and challenging curriculum designed to build …
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