Approximately three dozen Mohonasen High School students interested in careers in professions ranging from criminal justice to welding to cosmetology met with faculty and students at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus on Feb. 6 to learn how BOCES can shift those aspirations into high gear. Some students were …
Executives with Pride Commercial Appliance Service met with students in the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (HVAC/R) program at Capital Region BOCES on Thursday to promote the industry and recruit technicians. Pat Allen and Bob Dunn spoke with students in teacher James Bevington’s program about the industry and what their company has to offer. …
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Approximately twenty cosmetology industry businesses recruited prospective new employees at the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus on Monday. The salons, beauty supply industry providers and other entities met with more than 100 area juniors and seniors enrolled in the Career & Technical School’s Cosmetology program on the Albany and …
Capital Region BOCES will celebrate national Career & Technical Education (CTE) Month throughout February with a series of events at its Career and Technical Education Center – Albany and Schoharie campuses. The events will highlight the unique partnership Capital Region BOCES maintains with more than 300 businesses, education and labors organizations—a partnership that helps students …
Students from a couple of Capital Region BOCES programs are gaining workplace skills and making professional connections at the Albany Marriott. Students from the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Technology and Building Trades programs are taking part in work-based learning at the Wolf Road hotel, learning about the various culinary and lodging industry jobs that exist. …
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Capital Region BOCES will celebrate national Career & Technical Education (CTE) Month throughout February with a series of events at its Career and Technical Education Center – Albany and Schoharie campuses. The events will highlight the unique partnership Capital Region BOCES maintains with more than 300 businesses, education and labors organizations—a partnership that helps students …
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) completed last fall a weeklong introduction to masonry course to students in the Building Trades and Heavy Equipment programs on the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical …
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Several area high school principals will pay a visit to Capital Region BOCES during Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month to switch gears and become a student for the day. The first-ever Shadow a CTE Scholar Principals Challenge will take place throughout the month of February—which is national Career and Technical Education Month. Principals and …
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A representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) met with students at Capital Region BOCES on Monday, Jan. 29, to recruit members to apprenticeships with his union. William Bulger, Recording Secretary for the IBEW Local 236, spoke about the benefits of training and working with the union and how electrical workers are in …
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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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