A Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education student who is forging a career in welding is the recipient of the Evan M. Schwarz Helping Hand Memorial Scholarship. The $500 award was presented on Dec. 18 to Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School senior Jacob Montalbano by the Schwarz family, teacher Don Mattoon and Career & …
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They come from vastly different communities and have widely different career goals, but Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTE) students are united in their mission this holiday season to help the less fortunate. Students from every program ranging from Diesel Tech to Global Fashion to Cosmetology joined forces in recent weeks to …
Approximately 60 counselors from more than two dozen school districts visited the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus on Dec. 12 to hear what’s on tap for workforce development and career and technical education in the 2025-26 school year. During a daylong event, counselors learned about the new Plumbing Technology …
A Capital Region business is once again sharing its wealth of knowledge with Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School students, providing them “cool” insight into a “hot” industry. Crisafulli Brothers Plumbing and Heating Contractors Inc. Director of Staff Development Darin Cook spoke on Dec. 9 to students in the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and …
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“I can do anything a man can do.” Those words are a mantra Serina Sylvester is living by as she pursues a career in the automotive industry at Capital Region BOCES. The Heatly/Green Island 11th grade student is following her family into the auto body industry through the Automotive Collision Technology program at the Career …
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Most teachers hope to leave a piece of themselves with each of their students, but few get the opportunity to leave their mark with their school. But that’s exactly what is happening with Capital Region BOCES Welding and Metal Fabrication teacher Micah Belgiano. During a recent tour of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center …
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Talking to customers. Explaining a task. Dressing for a job. Interviewing for a job. Arriving at work on time. Being respectful. These all may seem like common sense skills, but national studies and research routinely find those and other so-called soft skills to be severely lacking in job applicants. No greater evidence of this trend …
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“I learn better when I am doing something other than just sitting in a school.” That quote from a Capital Region BOCES Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) graduate not only sums up the point of view of most Career and Technical School students, but also national and international research into education. Research study …
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What better way to launch a career in medicine than by taking part in medical rounds in a hospital? That’s exactly the opportunity afforded area high school seniors through the Capital Region BOCES New Visions: Health Careers program. Students enrolled in the program take part in nearly 30 rotations during their senior year of high …
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A national hairstylist shared on Monday his knowledge and expertise with teenagers at Capital Region BOCES aspiring to a career in cosmetology. T.J. Reed is an educator with BOCES business partner Pretty in a Minute, a cosmetology industry product manufacturer and education provider. He spoke to Capital Region BOCES Cosmetology students about everything from equipment …
