Dutchess BOCES

Fayza Sekatawa, a senior in the Bard Early College program at Dutchess BOCES, feels passionately about preventing kids her age from vaping and entered artwork into the Dutchess County Government’s 2026 “Escape the Vape” Anti Vaping Art Contest, held in partnership with BOCE

Students from across Dutchess County learned about civic engagement, leadership development, and building self-confidence at a recent statewide event for Ex Officio Student Board members.

Salt Point Center hallways and classrooms were filled with students and their families Tuesday night for this year’s Open House.
Teachers, administrators, teaching assistants and aides were present to answer questions and share with parents and guardians how their children were doing.

Around 40 students from Dutchess BOCES’ Resilience Academy (RA) are either now registered or preregistered to vote following a Sept.

Students in Amy McCann’s Spanish classes at Salt Point Center are learning about art and perseverance and putting their creativity on paper as part of a Hispanic Heritage Month mural project.

Elsie Reynoso recalls when she was five years old, helping her aunt translate words and phrases from English to Spanish. That is where her love of education began, and she is bringing that passion and experience to Dutchess BOCES as the new Assistant Principal for Salt Point Center (SPC).

Students and staff across the Dutchess BOCES campus paid their respects to the nearly 3,000 lives lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on its 25^th anniversary in unique and engaging ways.

Students from Dutchess BOCES’ Career & Technical Institute, Resilience Academy and Salt Point Center were welcomed back to school Sept.

New and current Dutchess BOCES staff gathered together in Salt Point Center’s gym on Sept. 2 for the annual Convocation where they were informed of the agency’s goals and vision for the 2026-27 school year.

Educators from Dutchess BOCES’ component school districts gathered this month to brainstorm and develop opportunities to meet students’ needs through a Community Schools model.

Dutchess BOCES’ Extended School Year (ESY) wrapped up for another year on Aug. 14, but its 221 elementary, middle and high school students could not end it without sharing all of the fantastic work they did in the form of the ESY Showcase.