News & Announcements

The WSWHE BOCES ECCA programs and CTE programs are hosting Info Sessions and Open Houses January 14, 15 and 16.

Women have to see it to be it. The WSWHE BOCES Women In Trades Initiative is focused on narrowing the skills gap and encouraging young women to enter the trades, in particular traditionally male dominated fields such as automotive technology, auto body repair, construction trades, environmental conservation & forestry, heavy equipment operation, HVAC-R, industrial and performance machining, power sports technology and welding.

Career and Technical Education (CTE) students expressed their thanks this holiday season by helping their community. On November 26 culinary arts students from the F. Donald Myers Education Center and the Saratoga Wilton Kiwanis Club assembled 135 holiday food baskets for local families in need in what they call “Operation Turkey.”

Exceptional Learners (ELD) from the WSWHE BOCES were invited to the annual Saratoga Central Catholic School (SCC) Thanksgiving lunch on November 22, 2024.

As part of an annual tradition, students from the Culinary Arts and Hospitality program as well as the Hospitality and Human Services program at the Southern Adirondack Education Center in Hudson Falls have been working hard preparing for Hometown Thanksgiving.

On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, WSWHE BOCES, in partnership with Saratoga County, hosted CTE Works! 2024. The one-day interactive career exploration event was held at the Saratoga Springs City Center.

On October 18, 2024, the Southern Adirondack Pathways in Technology Early College High School (PTECH) program brought together more than 100 ninth and 10th grade students from across the region to attend an event celebrating and promoting Manufacturing & STEAM Pathways.

October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. Each year, WSWHE BOCES students and staff come together for several Unity Day (and week) activities.

Approximately 600 11th and 12th grade students from the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES (WSWHE BOCES) Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, along with Exceptional Learners Division (ELD) students and staff, participated in Operation Guard X on Oct. 3. The event, sponsored by the New York Army National Guard (NYARNG) and held at the F. Donald Myers Education Center offered students an engaging opportunity to explore various careers in service-related industries, including interactions with professionals from law enforcement, fire departments, and emergency medical services.

Normally the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville is a quiet and peaceful place. On September 18 it was a buzz of activity as Environmental Conservation & Forestry Instructor Dennis Flynn and 16 of his students joined professional arborists from around the state and Vermont for the 10th Annual Saluting Branches Day of Service, one of 100 sites in the national event.