At the Dutchess BOCES Board of Trustees meeting on January 14, 2010, Dutchess BOCES Board Trustee Mary Falcone received a very prestigious recognition from the New York State School Boards Association [NYSSBA]. NYSSBA ’s Area 9 Director, Mr. Richard Feller, presented Falcone with The Master of Boardsmanship Award, which is currently the highest honor bestowed by NYSSBA’s Leadership Development Recognition Program.

On Friday, February 05, 2010, the American Heart Association will celebrate Go Red for Women - a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of heart disease as women's #1 killer. On Friday, February 26, Dutchess BOCES will Go Red for Women.

Would you like to join our Heart Walk team? We need volunteers for the American Heart Walk that will take place on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Vassar College. All you need to do is collect donations from individuals and walk. It's that easy!

Dutchess BOCES Educational Resources Division offers many advisory councils, workgroups, consultant activities, workshops, online trainings, and business and university partnerships. Collaboratively, let’s work together to promote student learning, improve pedagogy, and utilize new technologies to better meet the needs of our students.

Browse the Spring 2010 Professional Learning Catalog here

The NEW! Winter/Spring 2010 Adult Career & Technical Education Course Catalog

View/download it here!

This is one busy class! The Community-Based Program at Red Oaks Mills received a grant from the Dutchess County Youth Bureau to create birthday bags for the Grace Smith House, a domestic violence shelter.

Students from the Dutchess BOCES district-based class at Pawling High School gave a special concert at a local nursing home on December 16, 2009, to help spread holiday wishes and good cheer. Some of the residents sang along as students sang Christmas and Hanukkah songs.