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🎉 Congratulations to Anthony Zappie of Brocton Central School, named WNY P-TECH Student of the Month for February 2026! 👏✨

Anthony is pictured with math teacher Matt Edwards.

Learn more about P-TECH at 👉 www.e2ccb.org/programs/p-tech/

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📣 During #SaySomethingWeek (March 23–27), Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES will be raising awareness about recognizing the warning signs of violence and how to get help.

Remember the 3 steps:
• Recognize the Signs
• Act Immediately — Take It Seriously
• Say Something

Learn more about warning signs and how to report concerns:
🔗 www.sandyhookpromise.org/warning-signs

E2CCB is proud to partner with Sandy Hook Promise through a Bureau of Justice Assistance grant, helping expand the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System. The system provides students and staff with a confidential 24/7 crisis hotline.

#BOCES #E2CCB #OpportunityMakers #SaySomethingSavesLives

❗Attention all local NY farmers 🐂

For almost 2 years, Susan Bates, Associate Director of Food Services for E2CCB, has been overseeing food operations, planning meal preparation, and providing high-quality, nutritious food to students and staff.

Starting next school year, Bates would like to procure ½ steer twice. “We want to introduce local foods to the kids, because it is beneficial not only to our local farmers, but it is of better quality,” she says. “You build that relationship with the farmer so you know what you are getting — it’s a little greener, because the beef is not traveling.”

Bates believes in supporting local farmers in our school community and advocates for the agriculture department. It is an opportunity for students to learn about where their food is coming from. “We are in a food desert,” she says. "These kids need to know that the food doesn’t start at Dollar General or the grocery store. It starts here.” The impact for students is they will further benefit from educational and nutritional purposes. “It’s educational, we can do Harvest of the Month,” she says. “– it is exciting to see and they will be like oh that’s the farm we bought our cow from!”

This is not Bates’s first time pursuing this agricultural mission. She has successfully rallied for a similar cause at a previous school. “It worked great, it was cost effective,” she says. “Sometimes school lunch gets a bad rap — they got local beef from our local farmer. It was a two-mile drive as opposed to coming from Wyoming on a truck.”

Susan Bates reminds us that we are helping with food footprints, relationship building, and costs. This initiative aims to teach students in our BOCES community the importance of supporting local goods and educating ourselves where our food exactly comes from.

Interested farmers should reach out to Susan at sbates@e2ccb.org and include cut, wrap, delivery, and W9 information.

#BOCES #OpportunityMakers #E2CCB

Students in Jennie Alessi’s Criminal Justice class at the LoGuidice Educational Center recently participated in a lesson led by school social worker, Molly Corsi-Katta.

The discussion focused on the power of empathy and compassion in criminal justice, essential tools for humanizing the process, building community trust, and supporting rehabilitation. 👮‍♀️🤝

By exploring the root causes of crime, like trauma, mental health, and poverty, our Career & Technical Education students are learning that effective justice goes beyond punishment. Compassionate approaches not only reduce recidivism but also strengthen police-community relationships.

#BOCES #E2CCB #CTE #EmpathyInAction