High school juniors at Capital Region BOCES have their futures etched in steel – literally. The students in the Automotive Collision Technology program were combining on Feb. 24 a lesson in science with a useful skill in preparation for their professional future. Integrated science teacher Brian Conway led the students in a lab that used …
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Students learning a skilled trade find that being treated as professionals makes learning easier. Whether preparing surgical carts at Albany Medical Center, teaching pre-kindergarten students at the YMCA or repairing large truck engines under a tight deadline, high school juniors and seniors are taught not just the technical skills necessary to succeed, but the professional …
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Patients having a fracture surgically set or a biopsy undertaken at Albany Medical Center may be exposed to the work of Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School students. That is because students in the Sterile Processing Technician program spend class time each week at Albany Medical Center, learning how the hospital sterilizes medical equipment …
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More than a dozen cosmetology industry businesses recruited prospective new employees at the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus on Monday. The salons, beauty supply industry providers and other entities met with nearly 100 area juniors and seniors enrolled in the Career & Technical School’s Cosmetology program on the …
Capital Region BOCES is celebrating national Career & Technical Education (CTE) Month throughout February with a series of events at its Career and Technical Education Center – Albany and Schoharie campuses. The events highlight the unique partnership Capital Region BOCES maintains with more than 300 business, education and labor organizations—a partnership that helps students not …
A mannequin that can breathe, cry, give birth and even scream. It may seem like a setting for a horror movie, but instead it’s a lab at the Capital Region BOCES Adult Health Careers Center and it is helping to educate the next generation of healthcare workers in the Capital Region. Students in the adult …
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In honor of Women in the Trades Month, Capital Region BOCES is shining a spotlight on the valuable contributions of women in the trades, encouraging new women to pursue those careers and highlighting the young women currently forging careers in the trades at the Career & Technical Education Center. Whether it is in building …
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A Watervliet teenager with a passion for pastry will attend a prestigious culinary school this fall thanks to her training at Capital Region BOCES. Makayli Hurd has been accepted into The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), where she will study pastry arts starting with the fall semester. “I am very excited,” said Hurd. “I like …
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Hundreds of high school students from across the Capital Region are touring the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTE) this winter in pursuit of a head start on a career. Tours for prospective students started the first week of January and continue into March. Students interested in attending a tour should contact …
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High school students planning for a career in medicine and seeking an in-depth, honors-level program for their senior year that prepares them for such are encouraged to attend a Jan. 24 open house. The New Visions: Health Careers program open house will begin at 9 a.m. at the Capital Region BOCES Administrative Office Building, located …
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