News & Announcements

On March 30, 2022, Employment Training for Adults (ETA), hosted a Women in Trades Expo at the WSWHE BOCES Conference Center in Wilton. The event successfully brought together local employers, industry partners, and women interested in learning about new pathways and opportunities.

Beverly L. Ouderkirk who was appointed to the New York State Board of Regents on March 10, 2015 for a five-year term effective April 1, 2015, passed away on March 23.

More than 100 Career and Technical Education students from both the F. Donald Myers and Southern Adirondack Education Centers at WSWHE BOCES participated in dozens of competitions at the Regional SkillsUSA Competition on March 16, 2022.

Join Employment Training for Adults for their Women in Trades Expo on March 30, 2022 at the WSWHE BOCES Ballard Conference Center in Wilton, NY.

March is International Women's Month and we are celebrating Women in the Trades. Throughout the month, WSWHE BOCES, CTE and ETA will be highlighting current and past students, instructors and colleagues in the Trades.

On March 14 and March 16, more than 430 students on 55 teams from 16 local school districts competed in the 2022 “Battle of the Books.”

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, nearly 40 female students from seventh to night grade were in attendance for a Women in Trades event at the SUNY Adirondack Queensbury Campus hosted by the Early College Career Academy (ECCA).

Seventy seven students on 11 teams from six local schools spent Sunday, March 13, 2022 creatively solving problems and performing for judges at the 2022 Region 6 Odyssey of the Mind Competition.

At the December 8, 2021 WSWHE BOCES Board of Education meeting, Shannon Bitzer was awarded a Staff Spotlight Award.

Students in the F. Donald Myers Education Center Exceptional Learners Program were treated to an afternoon with Silent Wings Raptor Rehab and Education program on January 28. Trish Marki spoke to the students about four different kinds of raptors: eagles, hawks, owls, and falcons. They also learned about vultures and had the opportunity to see some of the raptors up close. The program was made possible by the Stewart's Holiday Match program.