An estimated crowd of 40 to 50 adults attended the first-ever Mini Resource Fair late-last month at the Capital Region BOCES South Pearl Street Campus. The daytime event was designed to connect adult education students and community members to the resources of the neighborhood, said Alysha Weisner, Adult Education Literacy Zone Coordinator. “It helps our …
“BOCES has given me motivation to do better in school because BOCES is a privilege to attend.” That endorsement of Capital Region BOCES was offered recently by Duanesburg High School senior Landon Straight as he wired a tiny house at the Career and Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus. The second-year student said he initially …
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A soft-spoken Sharon Springs teen is building a solid future for herself at Capital Region BOCES. Breanna Parrotti is a senior in the Building Trades program at the Career & Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus. She aspires to a career in the construction industry and in the process hopes to shatter gender stereotypes for …
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Students attending the Capital Region BOCES Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) program say they were drawn to the program because of the options it affords to them. But Schenectady High School senior Haresh Persaud said the program has more than career options and skilled training to offer – it has a welcoming environment. “BOCES is …
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Capital Region BOCES is pleased to announce that students in the Career and Technical Education Center will graduate during two separate ceremonies in June. Students who attend programs on the Albany Campus will graduate on Monday, June 10, during a 6 p.m. ceremony to be held at the Empire State Plaza. The plaza is located …
Capital Region BOCES provides a “pipeline” of skilled workers that support the regional economy, and that pipeline will be recharged during several career fairs sponsored by BOCES in the coming months. From airlines to healthcare facilities, automotive dealerships to state agencies, a wide array of business recruiters will be on hand to engage students in …
Erick Kenney once learned how to operate heavy equipment and properly frame a shed in the halls of the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Schoharie Campus. Now, the 2011 graduate of the Construction/Heavy Equipment program is overseeing the renovation and upgrade of the very same campus. Kenney works as a project …
With an estimated 2% of all electricians in the United States women, it would not be shocking to find only a few women interested in the trade in high school. But in fact, there are currently five female students enrolled in the Capital Region BOCES Electrical Trades program and they are not only putting a …
Thirty-three Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education students showed their in-depth knowledge of the skilled trades and earned medals at the regional SkillsUSA competition on Monday, March 18 in Albany. The seven first-place winners and many other medal winners earned their way to the state SkillsUSA competition in Syracuse next month. The student competitors, …
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Students in the Capital Region BOCES Digital Media Design program aren’t shirting their duties to help their peers—well, maybe they are. Juniors in Barb Gorbaty’s program are printing 453 T-shirts for competitors and participants in the Regional SkillsUSA competition that will be held at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany …
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