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Capital Region BOCES Special Education teacher Micaela Broderick has been named a 2026 WNYT NewsChannel 13 Top Teacher. A teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) at Westmere Elementary School in the Guilderland Central School District, Mrs. Broderick works alongside Capital Region BOCES Educational Interpreter Matt Bonacci. “I have to say I am …
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A Capital Region BOCES teacher will have her designs on display on the world’s stage later this month. At the Feb. 15 Unieke Mode NYFW Runway Series show during New York’s famous Fashion Week, Global Fashion Studies teacher Karen Kema Maxwell—owner of Kema’s Kreations — will show bags that she created “I will have 10 …
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Area high school students drove a tractor trailer on Feb. 4 as Capital Region BOCES joined forces with The Shay Foundation to promote the trades during national Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month. High school juniors and seniors in the Diesel Technology program at the CTE Albany Campus drove a tractor trailer simulator provided by …
High school students interested in an in-depth, honors-level program that immerses them in careers in medicine are encouraged to attend a Jan. 23 open house. The New Visions: Health Careers program open house will begin at 9 a.m. at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus, located at 925B Watervliet-Shaker …
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Several dozen students from the Watervliet and Berne-Knox-Westerlo school districts toured the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education (CTE) Center’s Albany Campus on Jan. 13 to learn about the multitude of prospective careers they could prepare for there. The students met with faculty and current CTE students in a variety of programs, even trying …
Focus on special education, workforce shortages and zero-emission buses The Capital Region BOCES Superintendents’ Legislative Committee outlined a strong advocacy agenda at their annual Legislative Breakfast held on Jan. 9 at the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center in Albany. Joined by local elected officials, the committee announced a list of new and ongoing priorities …
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Hundreds of new pajamas are providing comfort to children across the Capital Region thanks in part to the work of students in the Skills for Employment, Life & Functional Independence (SELFI) Program. In partnership with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Christmas Pajamas Inc., and New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the SELFI team sorted 900 …
An Albany resident who moved to the United States six years ago in search of a better life has turned to Capital Region BOCES to achieve her goals. Nadeen Arnold-Gordon emigrated to the United States in 2019 and recently earned her American citizenship. She enrolled in March 2025 in the BOCES Adult Education High School …
A Sharon Springs senior is wired for success thanks to Capital Region BOCES. Emily Gwozdz is in the second year of the Electrical Tradess program at the Career and Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus, where she is preparing for a career as an electrician. The first person in her family to pursue a career …
A Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education student from Niskayuna who is forging a career in welding is the recipient of the Evan M. Schwarz Helping Hand Memorial Scholarship. The $500 award was presented on Dec. 19 to Niskayuna High School student Athena Masse by the Schwarz family, teacher Don Mattoon and Career & …
