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Check your mailbox: The Spring-Summer Adult Ed catalog is on the way
The Adult & Continuing Education Spring-Summer 2016 catalog is on its way to Rockland County residents. Offerings range from Veterans Administration-approved Career and Technical Education courses...
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Testing protocols to change
As part of a legislative hearing in Albany last week, Commissioner of Education MaryEllen Elia indicated that NYSED leadership had in fact heard the message sent by parents and teachers about the...
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Make your reservations: Pop-Up Restaurant Night is February 24
CTEC’s Culinary Arts Club will be hosting its next Pop-Up Restaurant Night on Wednesday, February 24 from 5:00-8:00pm. This is the second event in the Pop-Up Restaurant Night series, which provides...
View ArticleBOCES has science kits down to a science
At this atypical February 12 Science Fair, science teachers from across the region came to check out what’s trending in science kits. Contents of the kits, purchased by BOCES from several vendors, are...
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Donors welcome: 6th Annual Community Blood Drive is February 29
Roll up your sleeves, Rockland! Rockland BOCES’ 6th Annual Community Blood Drive is Monday, February 29 from 11:00am – 5:00 pm at 65 Parrott Road, Building 10, West Nyack. Community members are...
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CTEC Open House is March 9
Rockland BOCES Career & Technical Education Center is hosting an open house for prospective students and parents from Rockland and New Jersey on Wednesday, March 9 from 6:30-8:00pm. The event will...
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P-TECH now accepting 2016-17 applications
The application process for the 2016-17 school year is underway at Hudson Valley P-TECH, an integrated, six-year STEM program that offers a rigorous academic curriculum, targeted technical training and...
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21C’s Anne Nissen honored
Anne Nissen, Executive Director of Rockland County’s 21C, was honored with the Commitment to Excellence Award at the February 24th meeting of the Rockland BOCES Board of Education. She is retiring...
View ArticleSecond Regional Superintendents’ Conference Day to feature STEM focus
Next Generation Science Standards, 3D design and printing in the science classroom, and the flipped classroom model are among the workshop topics scheduled for the 2nd Regional Superintendents’...
View ArticleRockland BOCES’ 2016-17 Administrative Budget now available
At the April 6 meeting of the BOCES Trustees, Chief Operating Officer Dr. Mary Jean Marsico and Executive Director of Business David Gleason will present Rockland BOCES’ Proposed 2016-2017 Budget. On...
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Culinary arts students shine at ProStart
CTEC made an impressive debut at the New York State ProStart Competition on February 27 at Schenectady Community College, with its Culinary Management team medaling with a fourth place finish....
View ArticleNew orientation dates posted for part-time vocational courses
Considering a career change or re-entering the workforce? Rockland BOCES offers a number of part-time vocational courses that offer training for careers in health care, construction trades, restaurant...
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Lobby Day means meeting with State Legislators (and the Governor)
In conversations with legislators and the Governor (yes, that’s right, the Governor) during Lobbying Day on March 2nd, BOCES students were very clear about the value of the programs offered here....
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BOCES represents public schools at RBA forum
Pictured from left: Congresswoman Nita Lowey, RBA Board member Michael Beckerle and Rockland BOCES COO Dr. Mary Jean Marsico at the Rockland Business Association breakfast forum on March 10. Rockland...
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Educators push full STEAM ahead at second Regional Superintendents’...
Visual arts teachers took part in hands-on clay, mandala making and figure drawing workshops at Rockland Center for the Arts during the second Regional Superintendents’ Conference Day on March 11....
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Dine out March 18 to help CTE students compete at States
On Friday, March 18, CTEC’s SkillsUSA chapter will be hosting its Annual Pasta Buffet to raise funds to underwrite travel costs for students participating in the 2016 New York State SkillsUSA...
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Digital Design & Marketing students win local competitions
CTEC’s Digital Design & Marketing program is celebrating two students—J.T. Mancino (Clarkstown North) and Glenroy Carnegie (Pearl River)—whose work recently earned top honors in local competitions....
View ArticleGetting ready for spring landscaping? Check out this water-wise course for...
Adult Education is partnering with the Rockland County Task Force on Water Resources Management and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rockland to help local homeowners save money and conserve water....
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Hudson Valley P-TECH students participate in the Rockland Planning Land Use...
With a focus on transportation around Thruway Exit 10, P-TECH students offered comprehensive plans for rail transportation that would run behind the Pfizer property in the Town of Orangetown. The...
View ArticleBOCES 2016-2017 Administrative Budget presented
At the April 6 meeting of the BOCES Trustees, Chief Operating Officer Dr. Mary Jean Marsico and Executive Director of Business David Gleason unveiled Rockland BOCES’ Proposed 2016-2017 Budget. On April...
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