In 2022, students and staff who attend our Maywood Academy moved into a brand new learning space at 925A Watervliet Shaker Road in Albany. The school is bright and welcoming, with many amenities and accommodations for meaningful growth and education. Blending past with present Like any move, it is fun to make a new space …
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A trio of students who found employment in an auto dealership through Capital Region BOCES credit that experience with shifting their learning—and their futures—into high gear. High school seniors Hope Caufield, Mason Kidwell and Trevor Siemann were hired to work last summer at BOCES business partner Capitaland Motors GMC-Subaru and have continued that employment this …
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An executive with Adirondack Cabling and Security recruited students at the Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus on Jan. 23, looking to solve a workforce problem that is increasing as personal security issues become a national concern. Chuck Crouch, Sales Manager Adirondack Cabling, met with students in the Network Technology and Electrical Trades …
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A few dozen Bethlehem High School students interested in careers ranging from diesel technicians and physicians to cosmetologists and pastry chefs visited the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus on Jan. 22 to learn how BOCES can shift those aspirations into high gear. Some students were looking to explore career …
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Constructing storage buildings certainly ‘shed’ light on the fundamentals of building design and construction, but there is no substitute for building a real house. That’s why Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus students are building a tiny home this year in an initiative that is slated to expand to the …
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Our quarterly reports offer an at-a-glance look at work underway through the lens of our Commitments of Service, Value, Excellence, Improvement and Leadership. We share these reports internally, as well as eternally with our stakeholders and partners. View an archive of our 2023-23 Quarterly Commitment Reports. January 2024 Service 365 pies baked and delivered in …
Students on the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus launched a BOCES-wide initiative this month to collect shoes in the region and ship them to communities living in poverty around the world. Members of the SkillsUSA organization on the Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus kicked-off the “sole-full” …
A key component of the national skilled worker shortage is a lack of societal focus on the skilled trades as a viable career opportunity compounded by an expectation that nearly all youth attend college. A recent survey by Thumbtack—a national organization of skilled trades small businesses—found 82% of young adults were told college is the …
Sometimes learning is easier when you are working with a classmate. That’s the case for students in the Capital Region BOCES Network Technology program where juniors and seniors in the program say they learn better when helping each other out. “I like the teamwork we do to learn in this program,” said Cohoes High School …
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Aspiring welder Preston Heidelmark heats up his future career outlook while completing an assignment during a Welding and Metal Fabrication program class recently on the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus. In the attached photo, Heidelmark, a senior from Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School (BHBL), welds a plate in one …
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