Freshmen and sophomore female high school students from area school districts will take part next week in the annual Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center Women in the Trades luncheon. The March 5 event is designed to raise awareness of the women in the trades and encourage young students to pursue their passion …
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High school juniors at Capital Region BOCES have their futures etched in steel – literally. The students in the Automotive Collision Technology program were combining on Feb. 24 a lesson in science with a useful skill in preparation for their professional future. Integrated science teacher Brian Conway led the students in a lab that used …
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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. December 2024 Service SELFI Program students collected more than 80 coats and over 100 toys in December for …
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Students learning a skilled trade find that being treated as professionals makes learning easier. Whether preparing surgical carts at Albany Medical Center, teaching pre-kindergarten students at the YMCA or repairing large truck engines under a tight deadline, high school juniors and seniors are taught not just the technical skills necessary to succeed, but the professional …
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Patients having a fracture surgically set or a biopsy undertaken at Albany Medical Center may be exposed to the work of Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School students. That is because students in the Sterile Processing Technician program spend class time each week at Albany Medical Center, learning how the hospital sterilizes medical equipment …
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More than a dozen 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 nearly 100 area juniors and seniors enrolled in the Career & Technical School’s Cosmetology program on the …
Capital Region BOCES is celebrating 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 highlight the unique partnership Capital Region BOCES maintains with more than 300 business, education and labor organizations—a partnership that helps students not …
