News & Announcements

Congratulations goes out to Alexander Mulvey and Zachary Pingelski who received recognition as WSWHE BOCES students for their community service work.

The mission of the WSWHE BOCES W.I.D.E (Wellness, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity) Initiative is to provide accessible education programs and services that accelerate social, emotional, & academic achievement while boosting career mobility & enhancing well-being for diverse communities.

Ten staff were honored in a retiree recognition ceremony on May 10 at the Ballard Road Conference Center. Collectively, the staff members served 198 years to WSWHE BOCES.

Building birdhouses can be a fun and rewarding DIY project.

A video option is available for the Retiree Recognition Ceremony portion of the May 10, 2023 regular meeting of the WSWHE BOCES. The public can view this portion of the meeting via Webex. The virtual link for the meeting can be reached by clicking the link in the FULL STORY.

The F. Donald Myers Education Center inducted 89 members into the National Technical Honor Society on May 2, 2023. The ceremony was held at the WSWHE BOCES conference center in Wilton.

WSWHE BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) and the Early College Career Academy (ECCA) students participated in the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Championships from April 26 to 28, 2023 in Syracuse, NY at the NYS Fairgrounds. Thousands of students were in attendance. WSWHE BOCES students returned with Champion titles in their respective fields. There were several first place winners.

The Southern Adirondack Education Center (SAEC) inducted 110 members into the National Technical Honor Society on April 25, 2023. The ceremony was held at Queensbury High School.

The mission of the WSWHE BOCES Wellness, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity (WIDE) Initiative is to provide accessible education programs and services that accelerate social, emotional, & academic achievement while boosting career mobility & enhancing well-being for diverse communities. During the 2022-23 school year, the organization has been making intentional efforts to focus on the four pillars of the initiative. To focus on the first pillar, “wellness", on March 20, CapitalEAP Representative Denelle Abel, LMHC spoke to the Itinerant & Related Services and BEARS teams about “Compassion Fatigue.”

If you walk into the community room at the Southern Adirondack Education Center (SAEC) around midday on a Thursday, you will find 15 excited teens talking about the food pyramid, their favorite foods, or the importance of hand washing and keeping surfaces clean. That’s because for the past six weeks, they have been meeting for Teen Cuisine with Chrys Nestle, a 4 H educator from the Washington County Cornell Cooperative Extension.