Teams of librarians and classroom teachers in grades 3-8 will work together to learn the basics of film making (on January 30 & 31) Focus will be on film techniques (such as angle, timing, and more) and creating a story with your film. This program will be useful for those who have participated in a previous Maker programs, as well as for newcomers. Participants will begin by spending two days with the videographer who will demonstrate film making and storytelling techniques. Strategies to include students as filmmakers and creators will be discussed. This hands-on and interactive workshop will leave you inspired and equipped to teach through your students’ language. The third day, February 27, will be spent developing curriculum applications. On the morning of June 3rd, we will share and celebrate our work. We recommend using iPads for this program. The use of a Padcaster will not be necessary, although it may be helpful in the long run.
8:30am - 3:00pm
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Rye Lake High School students celebrated Black History Month Feb. 8 with a slide show on prominent figures in the black community, a skit in which staff played important historical figures, and special desserts.
Edith Rivera – who used a combination of three meets in her chili – won the third annual Rye Lake Superbowl Chili Cook Off with 46 votes after coming in third last year. Chef Omar Laaraj took second place, and Principal Scott Kaufman came in third with 29 votes. A total of nine staff members competed in the event.
For the past several years Cosmetology students have helped with makeup for the annual production at Easchester Middle School. This year students had fun doing the makeup for the show Suessical, Jr.
Cosmetology students have an opportunity to practice their skills on clients from the YWCA in White Plains, a collaboration that benefits both.
The Southern Westchester BOCES Services Guide for the 2019-2020 is available to view or download at this link. The Services Guide catalogs the many cooperative services offered by our BOCES and its centers, from Adult Education to Career and Special Services to the offerings of the Lower Hudson Regional Information Center and much more. Printed copies of the 56-page guide will arrive in component districts offices in a few days.
Career Technical Education, or CTE, offers students an opportunity to learn valuable skills in a vocation of their choice. February is CTE month, and students at Career Services are actively training for the future.
Today's economy demands a better, more highly skilled workforce. February is CTE Month. Click here to read our recently released White Paper to see how a career and technical education can become a valuable resource for local graduating high school teens.
Students in Sean Harty's TV/Video Sound Production class heard some sound advice on how to get a job from guest speaker Piers Plaskitt, CEO of Solid State Logic. The advice included tips on networking and "Roas Chicken."
Michael D'Abruzzo's Animal Science class has shared more videos to the growing library at his class page, one demonstrating in-class training techniques to teach a rat to "play soccer," and another in which a veterinary technician uses the same concepts at a zoo to train a tiger to present body parts for medical exams and blood draws without the need to tranquilize the animal.
D'Abruzzo says these skills will be significant assets for graduating students seeking employment in a range of animal fields. These all skills are difficult to acquire without direct work experience, says D'Abruzzo, the kind of experience his students are gaining routinely in has classroom.
Southern Westchester BOCES will be honored later this year at a gala in White Plains in recognition of its role as collaborative community partner in support of the mission of El Centro Hispano.
Although adulthood may be years away, parents of children with special needs must start preparations for the transition from school-based to adult services, The Arc Westchester’s transition services director said at a recent SWBOCES SEPTA workshop.
The 2019 Spring & Summer Adult Education brochure is set to arrive in mailboxes in the coming days, featuring dozens of career-focused programs like practical nursing, cosmetology, welding and networking plus many more. Also featured are ESL, Citizenship Exam prep and HSE Exam prep courses at many nearby locations. Free workforce orientation sessions are taking place, providing an overview for many of these programs, at our Harrison and Valhalla campuses. For more information, visit our Adult Education website at http://adulted.swboces.org or call 914-592-0849.
Read about how Auto Tech students were big winners at an annual competition sponsored by the Greater New Yorkk Automobile Dealers Association.
This workshop offers the perfect opportunity to work with colleagues to learn strategies that will help all readers, especially struggling readers, develop skills for attentive, engaged reading. Build upon their books: Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading; Reading Nonfiction: Stances, Signposts, and Strategies; Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters.
Join us Thursday, Jan. 17, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Register at MyLearning Plan.
The Special Education PTA is sponsoring a workshop this Thursday, Jan. 17, about transition for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Carin Horowitz, Transition Services Director at The Arc Westchester, will speak to parents and guardians about how to prepare for children’s transition from school to adult services. There are two workshop sessions: 9:30-11 a.m. and 6:30-8 p.m. at the Rye Lake Campus, 1606 Old Orchard St., White Plains. All are welcome! See attached flyer for details.
See what fun students from our Tappan Hill School in Tarrytown had visiting and making new friends at the Alice E. Grady Elementary School in Elmsford.
SWBOCES Automotive Technology students Jeffrey Hernandez & Gurleen Singh took home trophies and scholarship awards in a regional competition this week testing their skills at diagnostics and repair. On top of that, they and the in-demand field they are entering, were featured on ABC-7's Eyewitness News.
Join us Jan. 15 at Fordham University's Westchester Campus for the latest in our collaborative Speaker Series for Educational Leaders. Professor Elizabeth Stosich, EdD, will be presenting on "Leading Instructional Improvement - Striving for Instructional Coherence".
All sessions in this ongoing series include welcome remarks, the presentation and a Q&A segment. The series is a free service for educational leaders and alumni in the region. For those interested, there will be a follow-up discussion of Fordham’s masters and doctoral programs in educational leadership.
To RSVP, contact Staci Wang at xwang493@fordham.edu. or Betty Ann Wyks at BWyks@swboces.org.
The Southern Westchester BOCES would like to thank all the staff members and volunteers who helped make the annual Holiday Party a great success.
Students and families had a blast at the Dec. 13 event at the Rye Lake Campus. They spent time decorating (and eating) cookies, coloring and making crafts, and playing games like snowball toss.
Phyllis Rizzi, principal of Tappan Hill School, and her staff were instrumental in planning the party, said Trish Banfield, a SEPTA Executive Board member. “They come out in full force each year to decorate, support the kids, emcee, supply gifts, DJ and morph into Santa, Mrs. Claus and Frosty the Snowman,” she said. “They also fill in the gaps where needed.”
Ms. Banfield also thanked mothers Hayley, Anne Marie and Nicole for volunteering their time.
Join us at the Well March 13! Click to download flier.
Carin Horowitz of The Arc Westchester led a SEPTA workshop on transition planning.
Auto Tech students Jeffrey Fernandes, Gurleen Singh, Alex Amato and Thomas Tassone won scholarships and trophies in a recent competition sponsored by the Greater NY Automobile Dealers Association.
Students from SWBOCES' Tappan Hill School visited Elmsford's Alice E. Grady Elementary School recently for a first-of-its-kind collaborative class lesson.
Emergency Services student Jennifer Huerta-Solis applies makeup to a fellow students as Careers Center students participated in an emergency drill at Westchester Medical Center Dec. 11.
It was a toe tappin’, hand clapping get-out-of-your-seat and dance kind of afternoon at the Tappan Hill School during their annual Holiday Sing Along Dec. 21.
Animal science teacher Michael D’Abruzzo takes part in a K9 training demonstration at the Career Center campus in December.
Culinary Arts students proudly display gingerbread houses they created and put on exhibit at the Careers Center campus for the holiday season.
Southern Westchester BOCES employees contributed to Christmas gift collections at our Rye Brook and Harrison locations, yielding a sleigh-full of toys bound for local families' holiday celebrations.
Fashion Design student Adrianna Weekes, left, helps teacher Carmen Galiano adjust a performer's costume for North Salem 's Nov, 28 production of “Alice in Wonderland."
Student Ariel Olivas films as Animal Science teacher Michael D'Abruzzo, center, tries the spray paint machine at a recent Career Services faculty professional development day.
Senior Teisha Hyman, a student in teacher Christine Ireland’s architecture class at the Center for Career Services campus in Valhalla and a Woodlands senior, will attend Syracuse University on a basketball scholarship. She recently signed her letter of intent.
A Tappan Hill School Student shows off a floral arrangement he made.
