A mannequin that can breathe, cry, give birth and even scream. It may seem like a setting for a horror movie, but instead it’s a lab at the Capital Region BOCES Adult Health Careers Center and it is helping to educate the next generation of healthcare workers in the Capital Region. Students in the adult …
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The Capital Region BOCES Superintendents’ Legislative Committee held their annual Legislative Breakfast on Jan. 24 at the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center in Albany and announced five key policy and state budget priorities for the 2025 Legislative Session. Each year, the CRB Superintendents’ Legislative Committee—representing the 24 BOCES component school districts—work to identify and …
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A Watervliet teenager with a passion for pastry will attend a prestigious culinary school this fall thanks to her training at Capital Region BOCES. Makayli Hurd has been accepted into The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), where she will study pastry arts starting with the fall semester. “I am very excited,” said Hurd. “I like …
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Area salons and businesses will take part in a national Career and Technical Education Month event designed to match Capital Region BOCES Cosmetology students with prospective employers. The Feb.3 event has drawn the interest of salons—such as Grit and Grace Salon in Latham—who are interested in recruiting the approximately 100 students enrolled in the two-year …
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Hundreds of high school students from across the Capital Region are touring the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTE) this winter in pursuit of a head start on a career. Tours for prospective students started the first week of January and continue into March. Students interested in attending a tour should contact …
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A Scotia-Glenville High School senior with aspirations to take flight has found life skills and a job on the ground thanks to Capital Region BOCES. Sam Jahn is in the second year of the Automotive Trades Technology program at Capital Region BOCES, where he has learned not only how to repair cars, but also found …
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“I like to help others.” Ask 10 random students in the Two-Year Sequence of Health Careers program at Capital Region BOCES why they are pursuing careers in health care and nine of them will provide some form of that answer. Take for example Alexa Garcia, a junior from Scotia-Glenville enrolled in the program. “I want …
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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 …
