The Southern Westchester BOCES Board of Education met via videoconference June 9, 2021. The meeting was livestreamed at our Virtual Board Meeting page. A link to the recording with accompanying transcript will be posted at our Board Meetings Archive. For meeting agendas, visit our Board Docs site.
We are happy to announce that the 2021-22 Southern Westchester BOCES Services Guide has been published. The Services Guide details the range of cooperative services available to component district schools in the coming school year. These services are developed in collaboration with our district partners and are designed with student needs and district goals and missions in mind. The Services Guide will be shipped to component district offices soon. As usual, a digitally accessible version is posted at SWBOCES.org under the Our Districts menu as well as attached to this announcement. We encourage you to peruse these pages and learn all about how SWBOCES works to support all our students and schools in ways that are effective and cost-efficient.
For more information contact Dr. Mary Elizabeth Wilson.
For more information contact Dr. Mary Elizabeth Wilson.
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The Southern Westchester BOCES Board of Education met via videoconference June 9, 2021. The meeting was livestreamed at our Virtual Board Meeting page. A link to the recording with accompanying transcript will be posted at our Board Meetings Archive. For meeting agendas, visit our Board Docs site.
The Center for Career Services found a creative way to highlight its annual, end-of-year recognition ceremonies, producing individual video presentations for each of its programs. The center's homepage, at careers.swboces.org, features a grid of presentations so students and their families can watch the annual, end-of-year recognition event for their particular program. The videos premiered at 7 p.m. on June 10, following a week of filming at the Valhalla campus.
Did you know that the mean salary for teaching assistants in the New York metropolitan region is $34,380? Teaching assistants are in high demand!
SWBOCES' Center for Adult & Community Services is offering the the NYS Teaching Assistant Test Preparation Course beginning June 22 and running through July 22. The class will meet in person at 450 Mamaroneck Ave. in Harrison from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The cost is $725.
See the flyer attached below for more details. Call 914-592-0849 or go to adulted.swboces.org/education to register now and change your career for the better!
A record number of culinary students are using their skills, while also gaining valuable work experience at area country clubs thanks to an expansion of the programs job placement initiative.
Manoush Zomorodi shared with attendees of the Technology Leadership Institute’s capstone event ways we can preserve our humanity in an accelerating world, touching on ed tech, finance, corporate governance, the connected world and all-too-disconnected tech companies.
Cosmetology students had fun experimenting, and learning, with different styling tools when a special guest introduced them to the Pretty In A Minute product line.
EMS students are kept on their toes with weekly training exercises to learn more about how to assist those injured and in distress.
Commercial Art student Sofia Sanchez is on her way to compete at Nationals in SkillsUSA! Congratulations Sofia!
Thanks to the collaboration of several programs and professionals in the community, a video was created sharing what the Center for Career Services has to offer and words from those working in a variety of industries. Click here to enjoy the event!
Two students in the Southern Westchester BOCES Center for Special Services program at Irvington High School are being honored by an educational advocacy organization at its annual awards event on May 18.
Architecture and Interior Design teacher Christine Ireland recently became nationally certified in special education advocacy, an experience she feels helps her work with her students.
SWBOCES students in the Center for Special Services program at Pocantico Hills School recited the Pledge of Allegiance for a presentation to precede the May 12 Board of Education meeting.
April was Autism Awareness month, but it was about so much more than awareness. It was about seeing our students for who they are. In Room 4 at Tappan Hill School, we felt strongly about making a bulletin board that the whole school could smile at during the month of April and possibly the remainder of the year.
The message behind this bulletin board is so important, not just for students with Autism, but for all students with disabilities. It is also a reminder to the adults who educate them to be understanding.
Author and speaker Michael Horn told the TLI Keynote Speaker Series audience that the opportunities that lie ahead are indeed exciting and necessary to move beyond from the COVID threat. However, it is the threat mindset that rallies attention and resources, so a balance between the two is needed. Catch up on the the rest of his exciting presentation from our recap or watch a replay of the April 30 event. And don't forget to register for Tech Expo on May 21!
Sirens were blaring, dogs were barking, buildings were being blown up, and students in the Animal Science class took it all in stride during a series of simulated exercises that enabled them to practice their pet first aid skills. Students tended to their “injured” pets like true pros.
Leslie Patino, a Security, Law and Policing student at Southern Westchester BOCES’ Center for Career Services admits that she likes to keep busy. She is a member of her local police department's youth program, and since late last year, a volunteer with her local fire department.
