Letter from Dr. Hooley, November 23, 2020
![[PIC] Text Treatment That Reads "Important Message from the Superintendent"](https://www.dcboces.org/sites/default/files/dcboces/images/building/Msg_Supt_01.png "Text Treatment That Reads \"Important Message from the Superintendent\"")
Please click Read More below to read a letter dated November 23rd from Dutchess BOCES District Superintendent Dr. Richard Hooley regarding positive COVID test results from within the BOCES community.
Dutchess BOCES
Collaboration, Innovation, Efficiency, Excellence & Leadership
Service. Solutions. Savings.
COVID-19 Information Center
Dutchess BOCES Communicator Edition – November 2020
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The November issue includes information about how our colleagues in Learning Technology have assisted BOCES students/staff and District students/staff during this new era of hybrid and remote learning.
Teacher uses Real Life Experiences to Motivate Students
![[PIC] BOCES Special Education Teacher Richard Petschko Works With A Student In Preparation For Their High School Equivilency Exam](https://www.dcboces.org/sites/default/files/dcboces/images/alternative/edited.png "BOCES Special Education Teacher Richard Petschko Works With A Student In Preparation For Their High School Equivilency Exam")
BOCES Special Education Teacher Richard Petschko is preparing his students not only for their upcoming High School Equivalency exams, but also for life after BOCES.
In-person and Remote Students use Technology to Connect in Real Time
![[PIC] A Laptop Computer Displays The Cover of "The Light In The Lake" by Sarah R. Baughman and Subsequent Student Comments As Post It Notes](https://www.dcboces.org/sites/default/files/dcboces/images/spc/Preds_About_Bk_rvsd.png "A Laptop Computer Displays The Cover of \"The Light In The Lake\" by Sarah R. Baughman and Subsequent Student Comments As Post It Notes")
As teachers at Dutchess BOCES adjust to the “new normal” during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Salt Point Center special education teacher Kourtney FitzMaurice has found a way to bring her class of in-person and remote students together with a fun activity.
Mace Trophy Travels Around County
For more than 90 years, the school superintendents of Dutchess County have been passing along a trophy to recognize the longest serving superintendent in the county as the “Dean of the Dutchess County Administrators.” The trophy, a mace in the shape of a club, is a symbol of authority. The tradition dates back to 1929.
