Sharon Springs teen builds a solid future at Capital Region BOCES

A soft-spoken Sharon Springs teen is building a solid future for herself at Capital Region BOCES. Breanna Parrotti is a senior in the Building Trades program at the Career & Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus. She aspires to a career in the construction industry and in the process hopes to shatter gender stereotypes for …

Students shift learning into high gear at Capital Region BOCES while throttling down gender assumptions

A trio of high school seniors in the Capital Region BOCES Automotive Trades Technology program are shifting their futures into high gear while reversing decades of career gender assumptions. Katrina Graves, Jackalyn VanWormer and Alexis Barber are in the second year of the program at the Career and Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus where …

Women in the Trades Month: BHBL teen revved up for a great future

A Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake senior is already making a name for herself in the automotive industry thanks to the training she is receiving at our Career & Technical Education – Albany campus. Octavia Rice is a senior in the Automotive Trades Technology program and is in her second year of work at Capitaland Motors Subaru …

Women in the Trades: High school junior seeks to prove skilled trades careers know no genders

A Schoharie High School teen values independence and believes the skilled trades are for everyone and she is now on a path to show just how genderless the industry can be. Savannah Traverse is a junior in the Residential Construction/Heavy Equipment program, where she is learning the skills necessary to enter the construction industry or …

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