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Following two weekends of trials between Mock Trial teams from 13 local school districts, Washingtonville High School and James I. O’Neill High School faced each other in the Orange-Ulster BOCES Mock Trial Finals held on April 8th in the Orange County Courthouse.  James I. O’Neill's team played the role of the defense while Washingtonville played the plaintiff in this year's fictitious civil case, "Leyton Manns v. Sandy Townes." The Honorable Judge Timothy McElduff, Orange County Surrogate Court Judge, presided over the trial.

After well-developed arguments presented by both sides, James I. O’Neill High School was awarded the win.

Orange-Ulster BOCES held its annual spelling bee on March 13, 2025. Cora Massaro, an eighth grader who attends C.J. Hooker Middle School in the Goshen School District, became the first place winner of this year’s spelling bee, which is sponsored by the Orange County School Boards Association and the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan.

A total of 70 teams from 12 school districts from Orange, Ulster, and Dutchess counties came together to compete in the Mid-Hudson Regional Odyssey of the Mind Competition (New York State Region 5) on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Orange-Ulster BOCES hosted the event at the Emanuel Axelrod Education Center on the Amy Bull Crist Campus in Goshen. 

Congratulations to The Security Sentinels and The Bit Crushers!

We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievements of these talented students from Mr. McMann's Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE ) Computer Networking and Cybersecurity class. In the recent CyberPatriot competition, the Security Sentinels earned an impressive second place in the Gold tier, while The Bit Crushers secured a commendable third place in the Silver tier.