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Students looking forward to challenging themselves in skill competition

Dozens of high school students from across the region will represent Capital Region BOCES in the regional SkillsUSA competition taking place in mid-March. The 2025 Area III SkillsUSA Competition will feature more than 400 students from dozens of schools testing their skills in 32 events ranging from baking to nursing, diesel engine repair and heavy …

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Students cook up knowledge and an Irish feast at Capital Region BOCES

Prepare and orchestrate an Irish feast for more than 100 people, including a host of dignitaries. That was the scenario the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center Culinary Arts and Hospitality Tech students handled with ease on Thursday as they conducted the school’s 25th annual St. Patrick’s Day feast. With entertainment provided by …

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Superintendents, business officials meet with OGS commissioner at Capital Region BOCES

 Component district superintendents and business officials discussed budget proposals, workforce needs and state mandates with state Office of General Services Commissioner Jeanette Moy at a Monday event hosted by Capital Region BOCES District Superintendent Lauren Gemmill. During the hour-long session at the Career and Technical Education Center – Albany campus, Moy—who sits on Gov. Kathy …

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Capital Region BOCES celebrates Women in the Trades, recruits the next generation of women skilled tradespeople

Approximately 100 young female students aspiring to careers in the skilled trades had their interests verified and encouraged during a panel discussion Wednesday at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus. The fourth annual Capital Region BOCES Celebrates Women in the Trades event featured women speaking about their careers—including a …

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High school junior learning a truck load of skills as she sets out on a non-traditional career path

Lydia Waage is not your typical female in high school and her goals for the future aren’t either. But that is OK with her. In fact, she absolutely loves it. The Cobleskill-Richmondville junior is enrolled in the Heavy Equipment Repair and Operation program at Capital Region BOCES, and she hopes her studies at BOCES will …

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Event seeks to draw female students into the skilled trades

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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Students ‘etch’ a bright future in steel at Capital Region BOCES

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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Students: We learn better at BOCES because we are treated as professionals

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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Students learn by preparing surgical instruments at Albany Medical Center

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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Story and video! Employers recruit CTE students while expanding students’ industry knowledge

  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 …

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