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Dutchess BOCES will be conducting an early dismissal drill on Tuesday, Nov. 25. This is an annual state requirement. Students will be dismissed no more than 15 minutes prior to their normal dismissal times and will be transported by their home school district. Please make appropriate arrangements for the early arrival of your children as a result of this drill.
Some of Dutchess BOCES' Work-Based Learning students proudly represented the organization during the fall BOCES Expo on Monday in Albany. Quadir Wheeler-Kairee, Yarami Sartillo Gutierrez, and Johan Melchor Vasquez shared about their work-based learning experiences with many people, including officials from the New York State Department of Education.
Dutchess BOCES’ Educational Resources (ER) team, along with the Arlington, Beacon, Rhinebeck and Wappingers school districts will host an inaugural Regional Professional Learning Day on November 4 featuring over 70 professional learning opportunities across five sites.
The halls of the Resilience Academy were a sea of orange for its celebration of Unity Day, part of National Bullying Prevention Month where students and staff wear orange to promote kindness, acceptance and inclusion. While this event was recognized nationally on Wednesday, Oct.
Dutchess BOCES’ Human Resources Network Mini Series began this September, giving employees pathways for professional learning and providing resources to support their collective talent and help them grow. There are also two external-facing consortiums for BOCES’ component districts to learn about the Educators’ Employee Assistance Group (EAP) and Regional Certification Office.
Students in the Career & Technical Institute’s (CTI) Security & Law classes created healthy meal plans that were prepared by students in Chef Instructor Amanda Scoca’s Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management morning class after going through officer wellness training and a nutrition unit. Both are mandated by New York State’s Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Students in Resilience Academy’s Pegasus program traveled to Meadowbrook Farm in Wappingers Falls Oct. 10 to practice some of the things they are learning about in class and have some educational fun.
Dutchess BOCES is on track to get municipal water by fall 2026, thanks to a project with the Dutchess County Water and Wastewater Authority.
As part of a wider initiative to recognize National Bullying Prevention Month, Resilience Academy staff welcomed a representative from the Grace Smith House last week to speak with students for two workshops centered on bullying and cyberbullying.
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