More Than 600 Seniors Honored At Four Separate Career & Technical Education Ceremonies
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Ormsby Center
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During four separate Senior Recognition Day ceremonies on June 10, Career & Technical Education programs at all four Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES centers honored hundreds of graduating seniors who completed their requirements in 21 different areas of study under the direction of Jaime...
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Westfield Graduate Gets Early Start At Prestigious Culinary Arts College
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Ashley Betts, a graduate of Westfield High School who studied culinary arts at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia, had to say goodbye to her summer vacation. While some of her former classmates might be enjoying family trips, beach outings, bonfires or...
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Inaugural Roger Thompson Memorial Scholarship Awarded To Graduating Senior
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Raymond Skibicki
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The late Roger Thompson of Holland left his mark on the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES (E2CCB) Ormsby Educational Center in a big way, working tirelessly to enhance the Automotive Technology Program located there and positioning his students for success after graduation.
Nearly a year after...
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Students Win Gold Medals At New York State Special Olympics
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Volleyball team
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On Saturday, June 5, a total of 17 Chautauqua County athletes from the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES (E2CCB) competed at the New York State Special Olympics Summer Games in Utica, taking home gold medals in volleyball and several track and field events as well as an assortment of silver and...
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Information Technology Instructor Earns Valuable Certification
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To better serve his students, Gregory Cole, Information Technology/Computer Systems instructor at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Lake Shore/Carrier Career & Technical Academy in Angola, recently earned his CompTIA Network + Certification. This certification is used to demonstrate a...
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Dogs Prove Therapeutic At LoGuidice Center Alternative Education Program
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The Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia has found a creative way to help students enrolled in the Alternative Education Program thrive with the help of two dogs bearing the yellow bandana of good citizenship.
Gina Myers, Alternative Education counselor at...
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Lake Shore/Carrier Students Inducted Into NTHS
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A dozen students enrolled in Career & Technical Education programs at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Lake Shore/Carrier Career & Technical Academy in Angola have been inducted into the National Technical Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding student achievement among career and...
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Lake Shore/Carrier Students Earn Valuable Microsoft Certifications
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Area students enrolled in the Information Technology/Computer Systems Program at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Lake Shore/Carrier Career & Technical Academy in Angola have earned an assortment of certifications for Microsoft Office 2007 applications through the Microsoft Business...
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BOCES Publishes Spring Newsletter
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The Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES has published the Spring 2010 edition of "The Partnership," its semi-annual external newsletter.
A PDF file can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.e2ccb.org/files/filesystem/Spring%202010%20Partnership.pdf
Hewes Center Wins Robot Cage Match Tournament For 3rd Year In A Row
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For the third year in a row, the Motor Sports Fabrication/Precision Machining Program at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Hewes Educational Center in Ashville has dominated the Robotic Cage Match tournament at the Western New York Technology Education Association’s annual Tech Wars...
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Eighteen Students Inducted Into National Technical Honor Society At Ormsby
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Eighteen students enrolled in Career & Technical Education programs at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Ormsby Educational Center in East Aurora have been inducted into the National Technical Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding student achievement among career and technical education...
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With E2CCB's Help, StoryLink Program Opens First Site In New York State
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Dana Abendschein
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StoryLink, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving literacy among inmates and reconnecting them with their families, has announced that it has joined forces with the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office and the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Adult & Community Education Division to...
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18 Students Inducted Into NTHS At Hewes Center
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A total of 18 students enrolled in Career & Technical Education programs at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Hewes Educational Center have been inducted into the National Technical Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding student achievement among career and technical education students...
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Lake Shore Savings Teaches Students Important Lessons About Banking
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The Dunkirk-based Lake Shore Savings Bank is teaming up with educators to teach today’s high school students important and potentially money-saving lessons on responsible banking practices.
On April 13, Adam DiMitri and Eric Hohenstein, members of the Lake Shore Savings Bank Junior Management...
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38 Students At LoGuidice Inducted Into National Technical Honor Society
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A record number of students enrolled in Career & Technical Education programs at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES LoGuidice Educational Center have been inducted into the National Technical Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding student achievement among career and technical education...
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Ormsby Blood Drives Bring In 160 Usable Pints
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Blood drives organized by area high school students enrolled in the Health Careers Program at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Ormsby Educational Center in East Aurora collected a record number of donations during the 2009-10 school year, providing 160 usable pints for the American Red Cross...
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East Aurora Area Students Help Raise $20,000 For Roswell Park
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East Aurora area students helped raise an estimated $20,000 in April for cancer treatment and research at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo through the “Goin’ Bald for Bucks” campaign.
At three separate events hosted by the Hamburg, Orchard Park and Springville-Griffith Institute...
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Hewes Criminal Justice Program Certified In 911 Dispatch Training
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Students enrolled in the Criminal Justice Program at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Hewes Educational Center in Ashville will now have the chance to become certified as 911 dispatchers, giving them even more career opportunities when they graduate.
After passing a rigorous review of the...
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Grant-Funded Arts Program Enriches Students' Education
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Thanks to the Arts Council of Chautauqua County and the New York State Council on the Arts, students enrolled in the High School Instructional Programs at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Hewes Educational Center in Ashville have the opportunity to work side-by-side local artist Sara Baker...
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Ormsby Students Help Rebuild Historic Saw Mill
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Ormsby students build the drive wheel for the historic saw mill.
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Students from Iroquois High School and the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Ormsby Educational Center are taking part in an effort to rebuild the 170-year-old Hurd & Briggs Saw Mill, a historic site on Bowen Road in the Town of Elma.
The project is being spearheaded by the Elma Historical...
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Restaurant Association Helps Send Students To National Competition
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The New York State Restaurant Association and its Western New York chapter are helping to send five Western New York students to the 2010 National ProStart Invitational in Kansas City later this month.
On April 6, Rob Free, Western New York Restaurant Association president; Mark Thomasson, WNYRA...
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LoGuidice Cosmetology Students Raise $1,393 For "Bald For Bucks" Campaign
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Area students enrolled in the Cosmetology Program at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia raised $1,393 for cancer treatment and research at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute on March 26 with the center’s fourth annual “Goin’ Bald for Bucks” fundraiser.
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22 Students Take Home Trophies At Regional SkillsUSA Competition
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SkillsUSA competitors from the LoGuidice Center
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A total of 22 students enrolled in Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Career & Technical Education programs in Erie and Chautauqua County took home first-, second- and third-place trophies from the SkillsUSA Area 1 2010 Regional Competition on March 9. Those students, along with many others, will...
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Adult Ed. Student Recognized Before State Assembly
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Craig Walinczek, center, with Gretchen Varney, ACE Director, far left, and state/NYACCE officials
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Craig Waliczek, a resident of Hamburg, was recognized on the floor of the New York State Assembly after being named one of just 15 Students of the Year by the New York Association for Continuing/Community Education.
Waliczek was born with cerebral palsy and had to overcome many obstacles to reach...
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Bald For Bucks Raises Thousands For Cancer Treatment And Research
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More than 200 people, most of them from the Lake Shore Central School District, had their heads shaved by Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES cosmetology students at Lake Shore High School on March 12 to raise money for cancer treatment and research.
The event is expected to have raised more than...
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Adult Ed. Program Gives Support To Non-Profit Groups
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Participants in the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Adult & Community Education program housed at the Gateway Center in Jamestown are lending their support to a local organization dedicated to helping those who need it the most in the community. Since January, adult learners at the Gateway...
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Culinary Arts Students Will Represent State At National Competition
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Teaching Asst. Jim Kuras poses for pictures with his first-place team.
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Four high school students enrolled in the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Culinary Arts Program will represent New York State at the 2010 National ProStart Invitational in Kansas City after placing first at states in Albany.
The four students, who take Culinary Arts courses at the E2CCB...
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Four Special Ed. Students Take Home 15 Medals At Special Olympics Winter Invitational
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Four Chautauqua County students had a stellar showing at the 2010 Special Olympics Winter Invitational, taking home a combined 15 medals, most of them gold, in a variety of snowshoeing events.
As a team calling themselves the Frozen Lakers, Fredonia native Tim Burdic, Cassadaga native Leonard...
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LoGuidice Center Announces Winning Gingerbread House Entries
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Seniors, 1st: Zack Badgley, Caryssa Bradley and Ashley Betts
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The Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia has announced the winners of the gingerbread house competition that took place in December.
Juniors and seniors enrolled in the E2CCB Culinary Arts Program at the LoGuidice Center participated in the competition with...
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E2CCB Auto Tech Students To Represent Western New York At National Competition
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Two Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Automotive Technology students will represent Western New York at New York City's National Automotive Technology Competition in April.
They will move on after winning first place at the 16th annual Western New York High School Automotive Competition on Jan....
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'Teaching With The CIA' Recipes
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The following dishes were prepared by chefs from the Culinary Institute of America at the Jan. 14 "Teaching With The CIA" event at the Carrier Educational Center in Angola.
Recipe for Crawfish Remoulade (serves 2)
Prepared by Chef Solomon
16 oz. cooked crawfish tails
1 hard-boiled egg,...
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BOCES Introduces Digital Planetarium To School Districts
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When fully inflated, it stands 11 feet high and 20 feet in diameter; from inside the domed tent-like structure, one can see the entire night sky from any place in the globe and all the stars like never before.
It’s the newest addition to the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES academic arsenal; a...
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Culinary Arts Students Taught By Some Of Nation's Top Chefs
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When it comes to education, nothing beats the opportunity for students to get hands-on experience working alongside some of the very best in their field of choice.
High school culinary arts students from throughout Chautauqua and southern Erie County had that chance Thursday when the Erie...
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BOCES Publishes Fall Newsletter
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The Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES has published the Fall 2009 edition of "The Partnership," its semi-annual external newsletter.
A PDF file can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.e2ccb.org/files/filesystem/Fall%202009%20Partnership.pdf
Conservation Students Participate In Semi-Annual Competition
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Students participate in a recent conservation competition at the LoGuidice Center.
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Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Conservation and Natural Resource Management students from school districts across Chautauqua County and the Southtowns participated in the semi-annual Future Farmers of America Field Day competition Oct. 23, competing in numerous activities that tested the skills...
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Moog Helps Baker Road Students Build Their Own Rockets
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Rob Bauer of Moog Inc. helps Baker Road students build their own rockets.
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Moog Inc., the Elma-based motion control designer and supplier, gave students at the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Baker Road Educational Center a crash course in rocket design on Oct. 20 as part of the company’s educational outreach efforts.
Rob Bauer, part of the Product Engineering...
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LoGuidice Center Hosts Open House
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The LoGuidice Culinary Arts program provides a chocolate fountain for guests at open house.
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The LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia, N.Y. threw open its doors for current and prospective students and their families on Oct. 21 to showcase the wide range of Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Career & Technical Education, Special Education and Alternative Education programs offered...
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E2CCB Connects CTE Students With Area Manufacturers
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CTE students interact with area manufacturers.
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Three dozen Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Career & Technical Education students from across Chautauqua County and the Southtowns were given the opportunity Oct. 16 to interact directly with representatives of many of the area’s largest manufacturers.
Under the direction of Richard...
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E2CCB Preparing Students For Transition Between School And Career
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Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES students from several school districts in the Southtowns were given the opportunity Oct. 16 to better prepare themselves for the transition between school and a career.
Under the direction of Richard D’Agostino, E2CCB Transition Specialist, and Danielle...
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Applebee's Joins Forces With E2CCB
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David Ptak, Dunkirk/Fredonia Applebee's General Manager, speaks with LoGuidice Alt. Ed. students.
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The Dunkirk/Fredonia Applebee’s is joining forces with the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Alternative Education Program at the LoGuidice Educational Center in Fredonia, N.Y. to help encourage students across Chautauqua County and the Southtowns to succeed and develop the skills they will need...
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Lake Shore/Carrier Hosts Open House
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A student walks parents through how a heating pump works.
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The Lake Shore High School/Carrier Educational Center Career & Technical Academy threw open its doors for current and prospective students and their families on Sept. 21 to showcase the wide range of Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Career & Technical Education programs offered there.
Guests...
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Hewes Center Hosts Open House
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A culinary arts student serves homemade pizza to guests at the Hewes Center Open House on Oct. 7.
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The Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Hewes Educational Center in Ashville, N.Y., held an open house Oct. 7.
The open house gave faculty, staff and administrators at the Hewes Center the chance to showcase the E2CCB Career & Technical Education, Special Education and Alternative Education...
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Culinary Arts Instructor Wins Prestigious Award
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Rusty Furdell, Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Culinary Arts Instructor.
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Russell “Rusty” Furdell, an Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Culinary Arts Instructor, has won an honor shared by few others in his field.
Over the summer, the New York State Restaurant Association Educational Foundation announced that Furdell had been named the organization’s ProStart Teacher...
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E2CCB Graduate Recognized For Response To Medical Emergency
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Linda Hoffman, E2CCB Board of Education President, left, and E2CCB graduate Angelica De Carlo.
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The Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Board of Education recently recognized Angelica De Carlo, a graduate of both North Collins High School and the E2CCB Lake Shore High School/Carrier Educational Center Career & Technical Academy, for her response following a medical emergency aboard a North...
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Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Students Tour GOYA Plant
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Chuck Fafara's Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration class at GOYA Foods.
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Students enrolled in an Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration class at the Lake Shore High School/Carrier Educational Center Career & Technical Education Academy recently had a chance to explore career possibilities at a major area employer closely related...
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Faculty Promote 21st Century Approach To Education
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Faculty from the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES recently joined dozens of teachers from throughout the region to promote new educational approaches that incorporate cutting-edge technologies and meet the needs of a rapidly changing society.
At the fourth annual High School’s New Face...
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BOCES Secures State Efficiency Grant For CBO
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The New York state Department of State has awarded the Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES a $182,895 grant through the Local Government Efficiency Grant Program to support the implementation costs of the new Central Business Office. This grant will offset 90 percent of the cost of establishing the...
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