Former CTEC New Vision Education Student Wins Fulbright Grant to Teach in South Africa
Kerry Kennedy of Monroe, a 2006 graduate of the BOCES Career and Technical Education's New Vision Education Program, was recently awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Grant and will be traveling to South Africa in January 2011...Read More
Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center Holds Largest-Ever
Recognition Ceremony
On Wednesday, June 23, the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center held its annual Student Recognition Ceremony at the SUNY Orange Gymnasium in Middletown. Seven hundred forty students were honored for completing their various occupational programs at the Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC). This is a record for the most number of students completing their programs in the history of CTEC...Read More
Orange-Ulster BOCES Celebrates 2010 Practical Nurse Graduates
The Orange-Ulster BOCES Practical Nurse Graduation was held on June 22nd in the Emanuel Axelrod Education Center at BOCES. Sixty-nine practical nurses recited the Practical Nurse’s Pledge... Read More
Orange-Ulster BOCES GO Recognition Ceremony Honors Completers
On June 9, 2010, forty-two students from the Orange-Ulster BOCES Graduation Option (GO) Program were recognized for completing their high school graduation requirements. Students who completed the program in January 2010 and June 2010 were honored. Graduation Option is an alternative high school program located at the Orange-Ulster BOCES Chester Learning Center in Chester...Read More
Career & Technical Education Center (CTEC) Health Careers Students Successful at the 2010 Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Leadership Conference
Orange-Ulster BOCES CTEC Health Careers Academy students who are members of the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) were recognized for excellence at the annual HOSA Leadership Conference held in Syracuse, NY. Olivia Robinson, a CTEC Health Careers Academy student and Pine Bush senior placed third in the Nursing Assistant competition and earned the right to attend the HOSA National Conference this summer...Read More
Orange-Ulster BOCES Career & Technical Education Center Thanks Business Partners at Annual Partnership Breakfast
Each year in June, the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center holds a breakfast to thank their work-based learning partners who have been instrumental in providing hands-on, real world work experiences for students in the various Career Academies at CTEC...Read More
Orange-Ulster BOCES CTEC Guidance Counselor Patricia ZangdeClue Honored with Orange County Counselors' Association's Walt Kennett Award
Patricia ZangdeClue, Guidance Counselor at the Orange-Ulster BOCES' Career and Technical Education Center was recently named recipient of The Walt Kennett Award given each year by the Orange County Counselors’ Association to a school counselor who exemplifies the qualities of a school counselor who exhibits outstanding dedication to students and peers...Read More
Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center Celebrates the 2010 National Technical Honor Society Inductees
The Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center inducted 125 members into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at the Emanuel Axelrod Education Center on the Orange-Ulster BOCES campus in Goshen...Read More
Orange-Ulster BOCES Sponsors Another Successful Y2Kids Careers Event
The 11th Annual Y2Kids Careers from A to Z event sponsored by the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) was held in May in the US Army 2nd Aviation Detachment Wings of West Point at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor...Read More
Orange-Ulster BOCES Career & Technical Education Center Teaches Green Technology
On Tuesday, April 27, 2010 the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) hosted a Solar Photovoltaic Green Technology workshop for local Science and Technology Teachers. The two-hour workshop was designed and presented by Tom Christopher, CTEC Construction Academy Team Leader and Celia Cuomo, Science Instructor...Read More
CTEC Electrical Construction and Maintenance Seniors Visit Local Electrical Training Center
The seniors in the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center’s Electrical Construction and Maintenance Academy recently paid a visit to the Training Center of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) in Harriman. The seniors were given the opportunity to shadow apprentices at the Training Center, some who were past CTEC graduates, and talk to them about their experiences in the program...Read More
CTEC Construction Careers Academy Students Use Skills to Support Habitat for Humanity
The students in the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center’s (CTEC) Construction Careers Academy are currently building 80 walls that will be used to assemble a four-unit apartment building for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh...Read More
Career and Technical Education Fashion Design Students Wow Audience with "Refashionation" 2010
Students in the Fashion and Interior Design Program, part of the Visual Arts and Communications Careers Academy, wowed a capacity crowd at the Emanuel Axelrod Education Center on the evening of April 21st with their "Refashionation" Fashion Show...Read More
CTEC Culinary Careers Academy Students Honored at Celebratory Dinner
The students in the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center’s (CTEC) Culinary Careers Academy who placed first in the New York State ProStart Culinary Competition in February were celebrated at a dinner hosted by the Westchester/Rockland & Southern Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York State Restaurant Association and the Association's Educational Foundation on April 19th at DeStefano's Olde Erie Pub & Grille in Middletown...Read More
Johnston's Toyota Provides Generous Donation for SkillsUSA Competitors
Steve Jardine, General Manager of Johnston’s Toyota in Middletown recently presented a check for $1,000 to a group of SkillsUSA students from Orange Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC)...Read More
Career & Technical Education Center Health Occupations Students Organize Local Blood Drive
The Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) Chapter of Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) were finally able to conduct their Blood Drive on Friday, April 9, 2010 at the CTEC location on Main Street in Goshen...Read More
CTEC Culinary Careers Academy Students To Be Honored at Celebratory Dinner
The students in the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center’s (CTEC) Culinary Careers Academy who placed first in the New York State ProStart Culinary Competition in February will be celebrated at a dinner hosted by the Westchester/Rockland & Southern Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York State Restaurant Association and the Association's Educational Foundation on Monday, April 19th at DeStefano's Olde Erie Pub & Grille in Middletown...Read More
Horticulture & Landscaping Graduate Shares Experiences with CTEC Environmental Careers Academy Students
The students in the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education's Environmental Careers Academy recently had the opportunity to meet Kristin O'Dell of the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District who gave an informational presentation on her professional responsibilities as a District Technician for that local environmental agency...Read More
Orange-Ulster BOCES Students “Win Big” in Orange County Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Poster Contest
Students who attend the Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) were recently informed that their posters were chosen as winners in the 23rd Annual Countywide Substance Abuse Poster Contest sponsored by the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) of Orange County...Read More
