2010 Mock Trial Tournament Announced

The twenty-second annual New York State Bar Association’s Mock Trial Tournament will begin on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at the Orange County Family Court in Goshen. The Mock Trial program, which allows high school students to play the parts of attorneys in local courtrooms, is sponsored by the Orange-Ulster BOCES and the Orange County Bar Association...Read More

Orange-Ulster BOCES to Host Orange County Spelling Contest

The annual Orange-Ulster Spelling Contest, sponsored by the Times Herald Record, will be held on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 7:00 p.m., in the auditorium of the Emanuel Axelrod Education Center on Gibson Road in Goshen. Seventh and eighth grade students attending public, private and home schools in Orange County will participate in this annual oral spelling bee...Read More

Orange-Ulster BOCES Students and Staff Get in the Irish Spirit

Michael Tully of Pearl River and a member of the FDNY Emerald Society Band entertained the students and staff outside on the front plaza of  the Orange-Ulster BOCES Emanuel Axelrod Education Center on Wednesday, March 10 in anticipation of St. Patrick's Day.  He played patriotic songs as well as some Irish favorites to delight of everyone...Read More

Adult and Continuing Education Releases Spring-Summer 2010 Course Catalog

The Orange-Ulster BOCES Office of Adult and Continuing Education has released its 2010 Spring-Summer Course Catalog. Inside, you will find a variety of new courses including Medical Administrative Assistant, Culinary Arts, Self-Paced Medical Billing, Weatherization and much more. Parents, if you are seeking a fun and educational experience for your children (Grades 7-10) this summer, the Teen Scene is back with new and exciting camps...View Catalog | Register

Orange-Ulster BOCES Announces Odyssey of the Mind Region 5 Tournament Winners

Orange-Ulster BOCES is pleased to announce the first place winners of the Region 5 Odyssey of the Mind Competition held on February 20, 2010. These teams will go on to the New York State Odyssey of the Mind Competition to be held at Binghamton University on Saturday, March 27, 2010...Read More

Chester Learning Center Students Learn About Mesopotamia

Students in Mrs. Jeanne Lusignan's fifth and sixth grade class who attend the Orange Ulster BOCES' Chester Learning Center recently completed a Social Studies unit on Early History. Beginning with the Old Stone Age and moving through the New Stone Age and the beginnings of agriculture, the students studied the tools, technology and culture during these time periods...Read More

Culinary Careers Academy Students Place First in Statewide ProStart Culinary Competition

Students in the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center’s (CTEC) Culinary Careers Academy took first place and third place in the sixth annual New York State ProStart Competition held February 5th at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Albany. The BOCES’ Culinary Team placed first out of fifteen teams and the Management Team placed 3rd out of ten teams in this prestigious New York State culinary tournament...Read More

2010 Mary Lupinski Art Show Celebrates Stepping Through Time

Every February since 2005, students and staff in the Raymond C. Cramer Elementary School create and showcase original artwork based around a theme to honor the memory of para-educator Mary Lupinski. For the sixth consecutive year, the lobby and hallways of the Raymond C. Cramer Elementary School (RCCE) located in the Emanuel Axelrod Education Center on the Orange-Ulster BOCES campus are decorated with the imaginative, colorful and dramatic artwork created by the RCCE students depicting the theme Stepping Through Time...Read More