Orange-Ulster BOCES School Library System Honors Administrator of the Year

Donna Napolitano, Principal of the Truman Moon Primary Center in the Middletown Enlarged City School District, was recently honored by the Orange-Ulster BOCES School Library System Council as its Administrator of the Year...Read More

CTEC Hosts Y2Kids Careers from A to Z

CTEC's annual Y2Kids Careers from A to Z Program was held recently at the U.S. Army 2nd Aviation Detachment Hangar at Stewart International Airport... Read More

Orange-Ulster BOCES Cooperative Board Honors Student Winners

Before its May Board meeting, the members of the Orange-Ulster Cooperative Board and BOCES administration gathered to honor award winning students who attend various Career Academies at the Career & Technical Education Center. The students and their families came together to be acknowledged for their accomplishments ...Read More

2012 Mary Lupinski Art Festival Celebrates When I Grow Up...

Every year since 2005, students and staff in the Raymond C. Cramer Elementary School create and showcase original artwork based around a theme. This year the theme was "When I Grow Up..." Read More

Practical Nursing Students Participate in Blessing of the Hands Ceremony at Orange Regional Medical Center

OU BOCES Practical Nurse students and their instructors recently attended the 4th Annual Blessing of the Hands Ceremony at Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC). The ceremony was open to the hospital staff as well as the community. Four BOCES Practical Nurse students took part by reading letters of appreciation from patients...Read More

 

Career & Technical Education Students Excel at SkillsUSA Statewide Tournament

Three Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center students returned from the Skills USA New York State tournament earning top honors in their respective competitions. Michaela O’Dowd, a senior at Goshen High School took home the gold medal ... Read More

BOCES Enrichment Program Instills Appreciation for the Hudson River and its Surroundings

Thirty students from the Port Jervis, Middletown and Florida School Districts who are part of the Orange-Ulster BOCES Student Enrichment Program recently took part in the "Tideline Program", a hands-on learning experience conducted by Clearwater at the Esopus Meadows Environmental Center...Read More

Local Students Celebrate Books and Reading at the Great New York Read Aloud

The Orange-Ulster BOCES School Library System, along with local students, teachers, administrators and parents, recently celebrated National Library Week at BOCES' annual Great New York Read Aloud. They joined libraries and schools throughout New York State to celebrate reading and libraries during National Library Week and School Library Media Month...Read More

BOCES Students Recognized in Orange County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council's Poster Contest - John A. Flannery HS Student Damien Jefferson Wins Grand Prize

Damien Jefferson, a ninth grade student who attends Orange-Ulster BOCES' John A. Flannery High School, won the Grand Prize in the 25th annual Orange County Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) poster contest. Several BOCES students were also recognized in the countywide contest... Read More

Culinary Careers Academy Students Place First in Statewide ProStart Culinary Competition

Students in the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center’s (CTEC) Culinary Careers Academy recently distinguished themselves in culinary circles in the Northeast when they placed first in the 8th annual New York State ProStart Competition...Read More

Local High School Students Shadow County Government Officials During Orange County Service Day

Throughout the school year, high school students local school districts participated in the Amy Bull Crist Youth-in-Government Program. Students take part in mock political conventions, hold elections and shadow elected officials from local to state levels in government. Every year in April, the students culminate their Orange County Youth-in-Government activities with a County Service Day...Read More

Goshen HS Wins 2012 Orange County Mock Trial Tournament

The Mock Trial team from Goshen High School emerged the winner in the Finals showdown against the Mock Trial team from Marlboro High School. Goshen will now advance to the Region IV Tournament to be held on April 28 in Rockland County at the Town of Clarkstown Courthouse...Read More

Delwin Reyes, Adult Education 2nd Chances Student, Recognized as "Student of the Year" in New York State

Delwin Reyes, a student in the Adult Education Second Chances Program was recently recognized as Student of the Year by the New York Association of Continuing and Community Education (NYACCE)...Read More

Adult Education ESL Class Presents a "Taste of India" and Opens Minds to Other Cultures

A memorable "Taste of India" was recently presented to one of the Adult Education Division's daytime English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. Three students in the class displayed, modeled and talked (in English) about an incredible array of beautiful handmade clothing for women. The demonstration of clothing was followed by a feast including samosas and gulab jamun... Read More

Keerthi Radhakrishnan, Circleville Middle School 8th Grader, Wins Orange County Spelling Bee

Keerthi Radhakrishnan, an eighth grade student who attends the Circleville Middle School, emerged victorious at the end of the annual Orange County Spelling Bee. Keerthi now has the opportunity to compete on the national level at the Scripps Spelling Bee in Washington DC...Read More

2012 Region 5 Odyssey of the Mind Results

The 2012 Region 5 Odyssey of the Mind teams who are eligible to advance to the New York State Odyssey of the Mind Tournament, to be held on March 31, 2012 in Binghamton, NY, are posted... Click Here

Raymond C. Cramer Elementary Students Create Early Spring for BOCES Administration

Students in Ms. Cathi Hallock's class in the Raymond C. Cramer Elementary School recently added some colorful harbingers of spring to the BOCES administrative offices with artwork they created during their recess time. Through the project, the students were introduced to the idea of PAYING IT FORWARD; ie: doing something for others without getting anything in return...Read More

Orange-Ulster BOCES Hosts Dinner for Component School Board Members and District Administrators

Each year, Cooperative Board members and administrators from Orange-Ulster BOCES are invited to board meetings across Orange County to speak about the various programs Orange-Ulster BOCES offers to students in the component school districts. BOCES also hosts a dinner at CTEC prepared and served by students in the Culinary Careers Academy...Read More 

CTEC Health Careers Academy Supports Community Warming Station in Middletown

“Baby... It's Cold Outside” was the theme for CTEC's Health Careers Academy community service project to support the Community Warming Station in Middletown. Students and staff recently donated five cartons full of travel-size toiletries, undergarments, boots and other items to the St. Paul's Warming Station...Read More

 

The Division of Adult Occupational and Continuing Education Releases Spring/Summer 2012 Course Catalog

The Orange-Ulster BOCES Division of Adult Occupational and Continuing Education has released its Spring/Summer 2012 Course Catalog. Registration starts Monday, February 27th for Spring/Summer 2012 programs and classes. If you are you looking for a career in a field that shows growth potential, be sure to check out our new and established Healthcare and Construction Trades programs.

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BOCES Liberty School Celebrates Dental Hygiene Month

Students and staff at the BOCES Liberty School Satellite kicked off National Children's Dental Health Month by grabbing their toothbrushes and celebrating a school-wide "brushing" event in school every day...Read More

 

CTEC Celebrates National Career & Technical Education Month by Hosting Media Day

The Orange-Ulster BOCES Career & Technical Education Center (CTEC) recently opened its doors to members of the press, local dignitaries and community members to showcase students and technical programs currently ongoing at the Center. Diana Matias of Marlboro (pictured left) was part of a student panel who answered questions about their education at CTEC... Read More

Brett Sutherland and Eliana Peralta Recognized as Top Non-Traditional Career & Technical Education Students in New York State

Brett Sutherland, a Goshen High School senior and 2nd-year Cosmetology student at the Career & Technical Education Center was recently chosen as a first place winner for the 2011-2012 New York State Vanguard Student Recognition Award. Eliana Peralta, a senior at James I. O'Neill High School, was named a finalist as a student in the New Vision Engineering Program...Read More

"Backpack Snack Attack" Program Provides Warwick Satellite Students with Nutritional Food All Weekend

The Orange-Ulster BOCES Warwick Satellite Program, located at Sanfordville Elementary School, is directly involved in a beneficial project supporting students who are in need of nutritional food on weekends when school lunches are not available...Read More

CTE Teachers Align Technical Curricula to Common Core Standards

Teachers from seven area BOCES came together recently at the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) for training in New York State-mandated integration of the new common core academic standards as they apply to career and technical education...Read More

CTEC Students Participate in National

No-Name-Calling Week

Hundreds of students who attend the Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) took a stand during National No-Name-Calling Week held during the last week in January. The No-Name-Calling Week coalition aims to create safer schools by making bullying, harassment and name-calling unacceptable...Read More

 

BOCES Supports Wear Red for Heart Health

Students and staff at Orange-Ulster BOCES joined millions of Americans across the nation who wore red to school and work on Friday, February 3rd as a show of commitment to the fight against women's heart disease... Read More

Career & Technical Education Students Place First in Greater New York Automotive Dealers Association (GNYADA) 2012 Regional Automotive Competition

Tyler Filipowski, a senior at Warwick Valley High School and Preston Kissinger, a senior at Valley Central High School, Automotive Technology students in the Transportation Careers Academy at CTEC, recently placed first in the 2012 Greater New York Automotive Dealers Association (GNYADA) Regional Automotive Competition... Read More

Starlab Training Expands Classroom "Universe" for Local Teachers

Orange-Ulster BOCES School Library Services held a free StarLab Training for local teachers on January 10th at the Harriman Learning Center in Harriman. StarLab is an inflatable, dome-shaped portable planetarium with eleven projection cylinders that create vivid images of the stars, planets, and other objects visible in the night sky... Read More

Former CTEC Student David Maloney of Goshen Named "Hometown Hero" by Orange County Youth Bureau

David Maloney of Goshen was recently recognized as a "Hometown Hero" for his selflessness in giving back his time and expertise to current students at the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC). David is a graduate of the Engineering Careers Academy at CTEC... Read More

Orange-Ulster BOCES Finalizes Lease of Arden Hill Hospital in Goshen

Orange-Ulster BOCES recently finalized a lease agreement to occupy the former Arden Hill Hospital located in Goshen. BOCES will lease the property for no less than ten years and plans are currently underway to convert the building into an educational center. Access to Arden Hill Campus by Orange-Ulster BOCES will provide a significant asset in the BOCES' ability to serve its component school districts as well as the community at large...Read More

Orange-Ulster BOCES CTEC Health Career Students Tour Facilities in Region

Students in the CTE Principles of Health classes are busy touring area health care and hospital settings to explore up close the many different career paths available to them in health careers...Read More

More News...

• Adult Education Offers New Construction Careers Certification and Ongoing Health Careers Training
• Toys for Tots Benefits from JAF HS Holiday Bazaar
• John A Flannery HS Holds 10th Annual Holiday Bazaar
• CTEC Staff and Students Spread Holiday Cheer
• Bountiful Thanksgiving Drive Held in CTEC
• CTEC Announces Winners of Great American Smoke Out Poster Contest
• Conference Day Provides Tools for Educational Success
• CTEC's Electrical Vehicle, Quiet Revolution, Breaks Record
• Fire Science Students Benefit from Local Firefighters' Experience
• CTEC Students and Staff "Make a Difference"...
• CTEC Students and Staff Made Strides Against Breast Cancer
• Adult Education Literacy Students Feted at Awards Dinner
• BOCES Celebrates Staff Honored by Mid-Hudson School Study Council
• John A. Flannery HS Student Celebrate International Day of Peace
• CTEC Student Thankful for Top-Notch Experience in New Vision Education Program
• Orange_Ulster BOCES Division of Instruction Spearheads Lead Evaluator Training
• CTEC ProStart Champs Win Mentoring Trip to Las Vegas
• William M. Boss, Cooperative Board Vice-President Honored with Distinguished School Board Service Award
• CTEC Hosts Conference on Facing the Challenges of Preparing Career & Technical Education Students for the 21st Century
• CTEC Offers NYS Division of Homeland Security/Emergency Services-Certified Fire Science Program
• Orange-Ulster BOCES Promotes Work Readiness for Incarcerated Youth at Orange County Jail