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![Pre-school students creating handprint paintings with student teacher]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1617988863/oubocesorg/eq58j0mxvj9dtz3ihtx7/2021_CTE_Preschool.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1617988863/oubocesorg/eq58j0mxvj9dtz3ihtx7/2021_CTE_Preschool.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1617988863/oubocesorg/eq58j0mxvj9dtz3ihtx7/2021_CTE_Preschool.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1617988863/oubocesorg/eq58j0mxvj9dtz3ihtx7/2021_CTE_Preschool.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1617988863/oubocesorg/eq58j0mxvj9dtz3ihtx7/2021_CTE_Preschool.jpg","width":1600}])
Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) is accepting applications for Little Dreamers Preschool Program. Little Dreamers provides a safe, developmentally appropriate environment for preschool children. Its focus is to offer a stimulating early care and education experience which promotes each child's social/emotional, physical and cognitive development.
![Odyssey of the Mind Region 5 Awards Ceremony]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1616691019/oubocesorg/pyo3hwmyu79y0jc8yeet/Odyssey_News_Story_Graphic.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1616691019/oubocesorg/pyo3hwmyu79y0jc8yeet/Odyssey_News_Story_Graphic.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1616691019/oubocesorg/pyo3hwmyu79y0jc8yeet/Odyssey_News_Story_Graphic.jpg","width":800}])
The New York State and the Mid-Hudson Regional Odyssey of the Mind Competition (Region 5) pivoted to a virtual format for 2021 and teams entered via videos.
The Awards Ceremony is available here.
![Sophie Amchentsev]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1615475224/oubocesorg/lzb8pb3u9trv7sl8ey8u/SophiaAmchentsevValleyCentralcrop.jpg","width":255}])
For the second straight year, Sophia Amchentsev from the Valley Central School District is the champion of the Orange-Ulster BOCES regional spelling bee sponsored by the Times Herald-Record. The competition involved fourteen spellers from seven local schools.
![CTE Education and Management student Veronica Broas created an art project to make with the children.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1614874537/oubocesorg/tw8vftjumqdwwog5054a/20210223CTE_Education048web.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1614874537/oubocesorg/tw8vftjumqdwwog5054a/20210223CTE_Education048web.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1614874537/oubocesorg/tw8vftjumqdwwog5054a/20210223CTE_Education048web.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1614874537/oubocesorg/tw8vftjumqdwwog5054a/20210223CTE_Education048web.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1614874537/oubocesorg/tw8vftjumqdwwog5054a/20210223CTE_Education048web.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1614874537/oubocesorg/tw8vftjumqdwwog5054a/20210223CTE_Education048web.jpg","width":2200}])
CTE students in the Education Careers Academy recently transformed the preschool classroom from a winter wonderland theme to a dinosaur theme at the Amy Bull Crist Area Educational Center in Goshen.
![CTE Computer Networking Students]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1614869307/oubocesorg/zqvf3ztry4bdqcdlv1vj/20210302CTE_CyberPatriot03web.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1614869307/oubocesorg/zqvf3ztry4bdqcdlv1vj/20210302CTE_CyberPatriot03web.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1614869307/oubocesorg/zqvf3ztry4bdqcdlv1vj/20210302CTE_CyberPatriot03web.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1614869307/oubocesorg/zqvf3ztry4bdqcdlv1vj/20210302CTE_CyberPatriot03web.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1614869307/oubocesorg/zqvf3ztry4bdqcdlv1vj/20210302CTE_CyberPatriot03web.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1614869307/oubocesorg/zqvf3ztry4bdqcdlv1vj/20210302CTE_CyberPatriot03web.jpg","width":2200}])
A team of four first-year students from Robert McMann’s Cisco/CCNA Computer Networking Class at Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center won the third-place in New York State Gold Tier award in the third round of the CyberPatriot Competition.
![Color image of Chinese dumplings in a bamboo pot]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1608745264/oubocesorg/jpcqxmkikacoxhhzlfjy/ChineseFoodImage.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1608745264/oubocesorg/jpcqxmkikacoxhhzlfjy/ChineseFoodImage.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1608745264/oubocesorg/jpcqxmkikacoxhhzlfjy/ChineseFoodImage.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1608745264/oubocesorg/jpcqxmkikacoxhhzlfjy/ChineseFoodImage.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1608745264/oubocesorg/jpcqxmkikacoxhhzlfjy/ChineseFoodImage.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1608745264/oubocesorg/jpcqxmkikacoxhhzlfjy/ChineseFoodImage.jpg","width":1732}])
The Orange-Ulster Mandarin Chinese Program is excited to announce our upcoming virtual Chinese Cooking & Culture Series which features traditional Chinese dishes made by our Mandarin Chinese teachers beginning Wednesday, December 30 at 4 p.m.
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By The Numbers
98.5%
Career & Technical Education Completion Rate
1,060
Our Instructional Support Division provided 1,060 professional learning sessions to 8,314 educators in the 2019-2020 school year.
11,099
Computers/devices purchased for our districts through our Technical Support Services Division in the 2019-2020 school year
81%
More than 81% of OU BOCES Special Education students met or exceeded proficiency standards on the latest New York State Alternate Assessment (2018-19 NYSAA Data from Mid-Hudson RIC)
170
Career & Technical Education business partners
35
Career and Technical Education programs