High schoolers from four Dutchess County school districts represented the viewpoints of various countries while working together to come up with resolutions during Dutchess BOCES’ High School Model United Nations at Vassar College Dec. 18.
High school students from three area school districts brought their A-game to the Fall 2023 Dutchess BOCES Debate Tournament held at Dutchess Community College (DCC) earlier this month, debating complex and diverse topics.
Do you want to build a snowman but lack snow? Well, members of Dutchess BOCES’ Administration building didn’t let that stop them and had students from Salt Point Center and the Resilience Academy judge their creations on Dec. 19, just in time for the holiday season.
When Ava Schultz was younger, she remembers building a snowman with her aunt and using a hot dog for the nose.
A bevy of changes has come recently to Dutchess BOCES’ Alternative High School, including a reformed student council and a rebranding approved by the Board of Education Wednesday, Dec. 13.
The school’s rebrand, The Dutchess BOCES Resilience Academy, was chosen by students and staff during an in-school to give the school an identity and remove stigmas around alternative high schools.
Dutchess BOCES faculty and staff are always learning and one example of that is Superintendent’s Conference Day, during which various training sessions were offered, all to help better meet student needs.
For students in Jason Imperiale’s morning Automotive Technology class, knowledge is fuel. Now they are passing it on to students in the Pegasus program.
Five Dutchess BOCES students were honored for their efforts inside and outside the classroom by the Poughkeepsie-Arlington Rotary during the Student of the Month Ceremony Nov. 16 at Mahoney’s Restaurant.
Employees of Central Hudson’s various departments visited Dutchess BOCES Nov. 14 for the first Career Path Day for that company.
There’s no business like show business, and Alternative High School students in Kathy Muenz’s dance and theater class got to see the inner workings of the Bardavon during a recent field trip.
School counselors from Dutchess BOCES’ 13 component districts visited the Career & Technical Institute (CTI) Nov. 1 to learn about or reacquaint themselves with the many programs and services CTI offers, and see two of them in action.
Life is what you “bake” it and students in the Culinary Arts program at the Career & Technical Institute are learning all the ins and outs of running a business with the recent soft launch of an in-school bakery,
Salt Point Center students who receive services from the building’s speech department staged a wicked good show Oct. 30 where they put into practice what they have learned.
Eighty representatives from various trade industries packed into the Career Technical Institute on Oct. 23 for The Annual Trade Advisory Committee Meeting where tradespeople and educators work together to provide hands-on, real-life experiences for students.
Heather Murphy, a mental health counselor with years of experience in different school settings, has joined Dutchess BOCES’ Alternative High School (AHS) as a school counselor.