Capital Region BOCES is proud to welcome Karen Swain as its new Assistant District Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction. Swain, an esteemed educational leader with extensive experience in educational administration and teaching, joined the BOCES in July 2023. Before joining BOCES, she served as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction at the Scotia-Glenville Central …
A Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk teenager has earned six professional Adobe certifications at Capital Region BOCES – and he only recently completed his junior year of high school! “I am very interested in becoming as good of a graphic designer as I possibly can. I am very passionate about it,” Evan Agan said after recently earning his fifth …
Continue reading “RCS rising senior earns six professional certifications at Capital Region BOCES”
On Tuesday, July 11, voters residing within Capital Region BOCES component districts and the City School District of Albany authorized construction of a storage building at the Career & Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus, with 1007 casting votes in favor and 44 opposed. The new five-bay, 4,500-square-foot garage will be used to store equipment …
Continue reading “Voters approve proposition to build storage garage”
Our quarterly reports offer an at-a-glance look at work underway through the lens of our Commitments—Service, Value, Excellence, Improvement and Leadership.
Seven recent graduates of Capital Region BOCES performed well during a recent national competition that tested their professional skills and abilities last month in Atlanta. Representing Capital Region BOCES at the national SkillsUSA competition were Class of 2023 Career & Technical Education graduates Olivia Harris, from Mohonasen, Rhiannon Islip from Sharon Springs, Jeffrey Caron from …
Continue reading “Seven Capital Region BOCES students fare well at national Skills competition”
The future of education at the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus is taking flight–literally! Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, students in the Schoharie campuses’ Building Trades, Heavy Equipment Operator and Criminal Justice programs will receive training on operating drones. “This training will help students build their resumes while …
Continue reading “Education to take flight at Capital Region BOCES – literally”
An adult immigrant from Africa is finding his future brighter thanks to Capital Region BOCES. Fred Gyamfi emigrated to the United States from Ghana in 2010 with a goal of becoming a physician. However, those plans got delayed and the Latham man is now pursuing a different path into health care through the Adult Practical …
Continue reading “Adult from Ghana seeks to help others through the Adult Practical Nursing program”
A pair of recent Capital Region BOCES graduates have won $5,000 scholarships from Casella Waste Systems. Keegan Liddle, a Construction/Heavy Equipment program graduate from Schoharie High School, and Dylan Poirier, a Diesel Technology graduate from Bethlehem High School, were presented the scholarships during ceremonies earlier this month. Casella officials said the scholarships—presented to Capital Region …
The Capital Region BOCES Board of Education will hold a public hearing regarding its Code of Conduct during its regular meeting on July 17, 2023, at 6 p.m. (regular meeting) at 900 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Albany. Comments may also be submitted to the Board Clerk at mary.bruno@neric.org no later than July 17. The draft code of conduct is …
Continue reading “Code of conduct public hearing will take place July 17”
On July 11, 2023, voters residing within Capital Region BOCES component districts and the City School District of Albany will vote to authorize the construction of a storage building at the Career & Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus. Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at various locations throughout the region. …
Continue reading “Voters go to the polls on July 11 to decide on storage building proposition”
