Collaboration between two area high schools is ensuring a local teenager can pursue her passion. Kateri Martin, a junior at Tech Valley High School (TVHS), is spending the week at Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School, Albany Campus, learning in the Auto Body Collision Repair and Refinishing Technology program. “I am doing my I-Term …
Thanks to the advice of his uncle and the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School, a Mohonasen High School senior is prepared for a career that is projected to grow 13 percent over the next decade. Even so, Tirajae Pierre plans to continue learning after he graduates from Mohonasen and the BOCES Career and …
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Just a few months after beginning our Digital Media Design program, high school junior Emily Burdikoff is putting new design and social media skills learned in the program to good use—helping an area business partner spread the word about its work in renewable energy. “I want to go into digital media and photography when I …
Students combine a love of animals with a passion for helping others Students in our Retail and Office Services program have gone into the dog treat making business—an opportunity with lots of learning “baked in” that is supporting the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society. Using a recipe found online, students are baking “Bag O’ Bones” treats …
An area trade school is collaborating with Capital Region BOCES to bring a new skill set to area high school students this month. The Upstate Masonry Institute (UMI) taught a weeklong introduction to masonry course to students in the Construction/Heavy Equipment program earlier this month on the Career and Technical School, Schoharie Campus. The institute …
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Work-based learning can take all shapes and forms—from repairing automobiles at a dealership to running wiring with an electrician or folding and sorting clothes for an area retailer. The latter is exactly the work currently undertaken by students in the Retail/Office Services and Vocational Training & Transition programs. While working with Capital Region BOCES business …
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Face masks, Adirondack chairs, sheds and automotive repairs are just some of the products and services offered to the public by students in our Career & Technical School programs. Learn about these and other offers at our Career & Technical School Storefront.
Donation, resources to fuel creation of curriculum on repair and maintenance of electric and hybrid vehicles With New York State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa and Chancellor Dr. Lester Young on hand, officials with the New York Power Authority helped propel our Automotive Trades Technology program into the 21st Century. A 2013 Ford Fusion hybrid vehicle, …
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October is National Careers in Construction Month, and there’s no better place for area high school students and adults to learn the trade than at Capital Region BOCES.
October is National Careers in Construction Month and we are highlighting our construction industry training programs and the benefits they provide to area teens and adult learners. We will also highlight our partnerships with area businesses that make these programs possible, successful and a major pipeline for workers into the regional construction workforce. Hands-On, Real-World …
