Capital Region BOCES provides a “pipeline” of skilled workers that supports the regional economy. That fact was never more evident than on March 19 when nearly 60 area businesses recruited nearly 1,000 students during the annual career fair on the Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus. From labor unions to healthcare facilities, state …
Forty-five Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education students showed their in-depth knowledge of the skilled trades and earned medals at the regional SkillsUSA competition on Wednesday, March 18 in Albany. The 13 first place winners and other medal winners earned their way to the state SkillsUSA competition in Syracuse next month. The student competitors, …
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Prepare and orchestrate an Irish feast for more than 100 people, including a host of dignitaries. That was the scenario the Capital Region BOCES Culinary Arts and Hospitality Tech students handled with ease on March 12 as they conducted the school’s 26th annual St. Patrick’s Day feast. With entertainment provided by the An Clár School …
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Approximately 100 young female students planning careers in the skilled trades were encouraged to pursue their passion and help change gender stereotypes during a March 5 event at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus. The fifth annual Capital Region BOCES Celebrates Women in the Trades event featured women—including graduates …
A pair of Global Fashion Studies seniors from Cohoes recently had a surprise when bags they created were featured in a New York Fashion Week fashion show. Dicey Lewis and Haze Ingram are aspiring fashion designers and had their drawstring bags shown by fashion designer and bag creator Karen “Kema” Maxwell. Maxwell—owner of Kema’s Kreations—is …
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High school students and their parents are encouraged to visit the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center – Albany Campus during an open house on March 5. The event will run from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Career and Technical Education center located at 925B Watervliet-Shaker Road in Albany. During the event, prospective …
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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 …
February is Career and Technical Education Month — a time when school districts across the nation celebrate programs designed to prepare students for the workforce or to further their education. Once an education path for those students only seeking vocational skills, career and technical education is now a pathway for students looking to build career …
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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 …
