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The Ormsby Educational Center has announced its Career & Technical Education Students of the Month for February 2026!
🌿 Conservation: John Hackett II of Holland
💇♀️ Cosmetology: Claire Imhof of Iroquois
👮♂️ Criminal Justice: Joshua Scott of Iroquois
🍳 Culinary Arts: Jacob Eschborn of East Aurora
🩺 Health Careers: Jaelyn Baksa of Orchard Park
⚙️ Power Equipment Tech: Trent Lewandowski of Holland
📐 Pre-Engineering/Drafting and Design: Jake Seitz of Iroquois
🐾 Small Animal Science: Deacon Chrostowski of Orchard Park
🐶 Small/Large Animal Science: Alana Adams of Orchard Park
🏋️♂️ Sports Conditioning and Exercise Science: Jonathan Taips of Orchard Park
🔥 Welding: Donovan Zilko of Iroquois
Congratulations to all of these outstanding students!
#BOCES #E2CCB #CTE #OpportunityMakers
Turn your passion for helping others into a meaningful career.
The Practical Nursing program through E2CCB Adult Education prepares students with the knowledge, clinical experience, and confidence needed to succeed in today’s healthcare field.
Now offering new extended programming in Jamestown and East Aurora, making it easier than ever to take the next step toward a career that truly makes a difference.
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Congratulations to Kayla Lippert, a junior in the Small Animal Science program at the LoGuidice Educational Center! 🐄🏆
Kayla recently competed at the Block and Bridle Bonanza in Waynesburg, Pa., where approximately 300 head of cattle were in attendance. Through her hard work and dedication in the show ring, she earned:
🏆 Champion Highland Breed
🥈 Reserve Champion Senior Showmanship
We’re proud to highlight the achievements of our Career & Technical Education students and their commitment to agriculture, both in and out of the classroom. Great job representing the program so well, Kayla! 👏
#BOCES #CTE #OpportunityMakers
A dozen Career & Technical Education students from E2CCB placed this week at the SkillsUSA Region I Leadership Conference & Skills Olympics held at Alfred State College! 🏆
Congratulations to all the students who participated — your hard work and dedication representing your CTE centers and your home school districts truly stood out! 🎉
For a full list of participants and winners, visit https://www.e2ccb.org/news/e2ccb-students-shine-at-skillsusa-region-i-competition/
📸 Photos courtesy of Jordin Smith, Paul Hoch, and David Krygier
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This Women in the Trades Month, we’re celebrating the talented young women making sparks fly in the Welding/Metal Fabrication program at the Ormsby Educational Center:
🔥 Ava Czapla (Springville)
🔥 Angel Shea (Holland)
🔥 Emma Kruszka (Orchard Park)
🔥 Taylor Proudman (North Collins)
These future welders are building skills, confidence, and bright futures in the trades. Learn more about their journey: https://www.e2ccb.org/news/women-in-the-trades-welding-students-ignite-their-skills-at-ormsby/
#BOCES #E2CCB #CTE #OpportunityMakers
Culinary Arts seniors Allison Francis (East Aurora) and Austin Erhardt (Iroquois) are among 23 Career & Technical Education students from the Ormsby Educational Center — and 60 students across Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES — traveling today to take part in the SkillsUSA Region I competition at Alfred State College! 👩🍳👨🍳
More than 900 students and guests are expected at the Leadership Conference & Skills Olympics.
Best of luck to all of our students proudly representing E2CCB! 👏
#BOCES #CTE #OpportunityMakers
Did you know that Read Across America Day coincides with world-renowned and beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss’s birthday?! The National Education Association established Read Across America in 1998 to motivate all children to read and is held yearly on March 2nd, Dr. Seuss’s birthday!
We highlight some important messages shared from our incredible E2CCB’s Science of Reading (SOR) team. Cassandra Godios states “Reading is escaping to unknown worlds and leaving behind the everyday, discovering new places, cultures, and people. But it is more than that. The words, the sentences, the pages carry power. I want all students to be given the power and instruction, and to feel capable readers, so they too can unlock knowledge, explore, unwind, and journey through a book.”
Connie Stahl, another instructor of the SOR team, says “Reading opens up doors to everything that you want to do in life. It enables you to experience places that you would never be able to go to physically. It allows you to have a conversation with people who lived long before you, and it helps you to accomplish anything that you want in the world of employment. On Read Across America Day, I always love to read Dr. Seuss because I find his imagination fascinating.”
Read Across America Day reminds us the importance of literacy and the fun of learning! Students and children are encouraged to think for themselves and connect with the stories they read and love. Let’s celebrate the joy of reading together!
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E2CCB Adult Education’s Phlebotomy program gives you hands-on training and practical skills needed to work in hospitals, labs, and medical offices.
Train locally. Learn skills employers need. Start your healthcare journey here.
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February is Career & Technical Education month, and to celebrate, E2CCB is highlighting one student from each of our 27 component school districts.
Today, we’d like to spotlight Arielle Corbett, a senior in the Criminal Justice program from Westfield CSD, NY.
#BOCES #E2CCB #CTEmonth #OpportunityMakers
Students enrolled in the Criminal Justice program at LoGuidice recently took part in a science lab led by Jennifer Griem. Juniors and seniors in Jennie Alessi’s class explored the critical role autopsies play in criminal investigations. 🔬🕵️♂️
During the lab, students conducted a simulated autopsy using a pickle as part of the exercise, carefully documenting “injuries” and recording detailed observations to determine what may have occurred.
Autopsies are a key part of forensic investigations, providing objective, scientific evidence that can connect suspects to crimes, clear the innocent, and help reconstruct events.
For more information about this and other Career & Technical Education programs, visit https://www.e2ccb.org/programs/career-technical-education/
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