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A pair of Global Fashion Studies seniors from Cohoes recently had a surprise when bags they created were featured in a New York Fashion Week fashion show. Dicey Lewis and Haze Ingram are aspiring fashion designers and had their drawstring bags shown by fashion designer and bag creator Karen “Kema” Maxwell. Maxwell—owner of Kema’s Kreations—is …

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A Capital Region BOCES teacher will have her designs on display on the world’s stage later this month. At the Feb. 15 Unieke Mode NYFW Runway Series show during New York’s famous Fashion Week, Global Fashion Studies teacher Karen Kema Maxwell—owner of Kema’s Kreations — will show bags that she created “I will have 10 …

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Area high school students drove a tractor trailer on Feb. 4 as Capital Region BOCES joined forces with The Shay Foundation to promote the trades during national Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month. High school juniors and seniors in the Diesel Technology program at the CTE Albany Campus drove a tractor trailer simulator provided by …

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 Several dozen students from the Watervliet and Berne-Knox-Westerlo school districts toured the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education (CTE) Center’s Albany Campus on Jan. 13 to learn about the multitude of prospective careers they could prepare for there. The students met with faculty and current CTE students in a variety of programs, even trying …

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