Recently, BKW senior and Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education student Clay Smith was presented with the Evan M. Schwarz Helping Hand Memorial Scholarship. The $500 award was presented to the Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School senior by the Schwarz family, teacher Don Mattoon and Career & Technical Education Center administrators during a May 22, 2023, ceremony at …

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The annual Capital Region BOCES National Signing Day was a success with 30 high school students signing letters of intent and a crowd of more than 180 business, family, labor, and education supporters watching. During a ceremony at the Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus, dignitaries celebrated the students as well as the …

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Coming in first place out of five Capital Region high schools and 168 students is no small feat! Congratulations to BKW high school students Andre Hooks and Christopher Davis for excelling and winning the JA Titan CEO Challenge. According to the Junior Achievement of Northeastern New York’s website, the JA Titan is a simulation-based program …

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“You cannot dream of becoming something you do not know about. You have to learn to dream big. Education exposes you to what the world has to offer, to the possibilities open to you.” — Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sonia Sotomayor. During the remainder of the 2022-23 school year, …

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During the week of April 24-28, nearly 70 students from 19 area school districts represented Capital Region BOCES during the SkillsUSA New York state competition. For this year, a dozen SkillsUSA New York State Champions and medalists from the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center (Albany and Schoharie campuses) made their school districts …

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On Wednesday, March 25th, the Capital District YMCA hosted a ceremony highlighting their Outstanding Student and Educator Awards at its Student and Educator Breakfast at the Appel Inn in Altamont. This year, BKW technology teacher Bill Dergosits joined a group of nominees recognized for their work and advocacy in the classroom. “Mr. Dergosits continues to …

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Recently, students in the two-year Network Cabling Technician/Smart Home Technology program at Capital Region BOCES calculated how many supplies would be needed to fully ‘cable’ a room. Area students, including BKW junior Evan Thomas, used various means to calculate the amount of cable needed for the room, from using tape measures to walking measurement rollers …

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