The American Heart Association is launching “Go Red for Women” – a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of heart disease as women’s #1 killer.

On Friday, February 3, Dutchess BOCES will Go Red for Women. For only $5 you show your support for this cause by wearing jeans and/or red to work that day along with your RED DRESS LAPEL PIN that you will receive. All proceeds will go to The American Heart Association as part of the Dutchess BOCES team’s contribution at the American Heart Walk on March 10 (see detail below).

IT’S HERE!
The Dutchess BOCES Adult Learning Institute's (ALI) Winter/Spring 2012 Catalog is now available online! Don’t miss out on the wide variety of great classes available in the following areas—Career/Technology Programs, Literacy, and Personal Improvement. Please Note: The Dutchess BOCES Adult Learning Institute's (ALI) Literacy Program [GED® and English As A Second Language Classes] will have a Non-Refundable $10 Registration Fee effective January 4, 2012 for ALL Literacy Programs. This fee must be paid at time of assessment. Only exact cash, bank checks or money orders payable to Dutchess BOCES will be accepted.

The Dutchess BOCES Adult Learning Institute [ALI] now offers a 2 day 10-Hour Federal Construction Site Safety Course. Open to both businesses and private individuals, this course gives an introduction to OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) , the standards, general safety and health provisions, as well as the general duty clause and requirements for competent persons. The course then continues with specific emphasis on the Electrical standard and Fall Protection.

More than 2,500 students from Dutchess County school districts will be able to visit the Bardavon, the Sloop Clearwater, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a range of other educational venues, thanks to an innovative grant program offered by the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley.

IT’S NOT TOO LATE …

The Enrollment Deadline has been extended for Dutchess BOCES Adult Learning Institute’s Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning Green Technology Course.

The next scheduled session will be January 23, 2012.

Dutchess BOCES Adult learning Institute [ALI], in collaboration with Dutchess County Department of Health is pleased to offer a One Day EPA Certification Class entitled Lead Safety for Remodeling, Repair, and Painting (RRP).

Effective April 22, 2010, The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will require that all landlords, contractors, property management firms, or handymen who do renovation, remodeling or painting work, in pre-1978 housing or child occupied facilities, complete Lead Safety for Remodeling, Repair and Painting (RRP) training.

EPA requires that at least one individual from each company or crew complete the Lead Safety for Remodeling, Repair and Painting (RRP) training. That individual is then responsible for insuring that the other employees on site are trained in lead safe work practices and that these practices are in use when and where appropriate.

Individuals attending RRP training will have their picture taken as part of EPA’s certification process. Certifications will be mailed to students. 

Remaining classes include a January 31st session for Spanish speaking individuals, February 21 and March 7, 2012. Registrations for each class session must be paid in full one week prior to the class.

If you have any questions as to whether you or your company need this training please go to the Dutchess County Health Department Web site at;

http://www.co.dutchess.ny.us/CountyGov/Departments/Health/HDIndex.htm and click on the green “Wipe Out Lead" box.