Lynn Palmateer, a special education teacher and lead mentor at Airline Academy, has received our 2023 Extra Mile Award. This award recognizes staff who go the Extra Mile by making a significant positive contribution to our Capital Region BOCES community and exemplify all of our guiding commitments throughout their work. Recipients are nominated and awards …
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Students in our Work-Based Learning/SELFI (Skills for Employment, Life and Functional Independence) program recently celebrated a successful end to their high school career during a ceremony attended by proud family, teachers and friends of the program. Students also used the occasion to thank their business and community partners for the opportunity to work in their …
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The Creative Collective anthology of student writing and artwork is back after a short break and is better than ever. Featuring nearly 90 pieces of original student writing—from non-fiction to poetry—along with artwork, the collective is designed to showcase our students’ growth and creativity with writing. Since 2017, our Special Education division has been working …
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Students exiting our Maywood School program this year were recently celebrated for their many accomplishments and a successful end to their high school career during a ceremony attended by proud families, teachers and friends. Congratulations one and all! Many of the exiting students have been in our programs for years. They will now be moving …
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On Feb. 16, students in Becky Breeyear’s class at Airline Drive Academy celebrated the 100th day of school with a fun math lesson involving 100 bright red cups. But this wasn’t an idea Breeyear cooked up, or one she even led. The activity was courtesy of Malachi Lee, one of Airline’s middle schoolers. Lee and …
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Learners in our Work-Based Learning program got a jump-start–in some cases (literally!) on the recent winter break week with a morning of sensory-friendly games and activities at Bring on the Spectrum (BOTS) community space and sensory gym. BOTS is an Albany-based space where individuals with autism and similar conditions–from the very young to adult–can play, …
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The holiday season got a whole lot sweeter when learners from our Maywood Academy joined the students from the Culinary classroom of Chef Erica Weakley at our Career & Technical Education Center – Albany campus for some festive holiday cookie decorating. New Maywood and Career & Technical Education facilities opened on our Albany campus at …
In our long-running Work-Based Learning (WBL) program, young adults aged 18- to 21 meet daily for classroom-based learning related to a work-based curriculum to explore a variety of jobs and practice the skills needed to be successful with them. The program’s teachers work carefully to match students with work-based learning opportunities in the community that …
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Maywood School—Soon Maywood Academy—To Open In A New Location This September More than a hundred students, teachers and staff, principals, administrators and friends who have been a part of our Maywood School community over the years gathered recently to say good-bye to the school building that many describe as more like home. This summer, after …
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Students in our Work-Based Learning program recently celebrated a successful end to their high school career during a ceremony attended by proud family, teachers and friends of the program. Many of the exiting students have been in our programs for years. One of their success stories was told by student Jakob Winters in a speech …
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