Dutchess BOCES

Dutchess BOCES hosted its annual Community Summit in June, an engaging State of the BOCES event bringing together educators, industry partners, elected officials and community leaders to reflect on the agency’s progress and look ahead to the future.

Henry Cavanaugh, a second-year student in the Career & Technical Institute’s (CTI) Culinary Arts program, was recently selected as a recipient of the 2026 Thomas Olivo Leadership Award for Association for Career and Technical Education Administrators (ACTEA) Zone 4, representing the Hudson Valley region.

This year, Resilience Academy students and staff dove into restorative justice with classroom sessions with help from a professional in the field. Restorative justice brings together individuals impacted by a conflict in order to understand the incident and identify ways to move forward and can become a transformative collective experience of healing through deepened connection and understanding.

Educators and librarians from across New York and New Jersey gathered at Dutchess BOCES in May for the fifth biennial Banned Books Symposium. BOCES’ School Library System Coordinator Silvia Lloyd, noted that banned books often pique students’ curiosity because when they are told a book is off-limits, it creates a “forbidden fruit” effect, serving as a marketing tool for literacy.

Thirty-eight second-year students from Dutchess BOCES’ Career & Technical Institute (CTI) are now on their way to start a career or join a branch of the military after participating in the fourth annual Signing Day on May 28.

Representatives of Dutchess BOCES’ 13 component school districts gathered at Villa Borghese in Wappingers Falls Thursday, May 21, to honor students at the agency’s annual Distinguished Graduate Recognition Breakfast.

Presenters from the Mid-Hudson chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) visited the Resilience Academy (RA) on May 13 to share about ways to cope with and recognize the warning signs of depression and other mental health conditions during National Mental Health Awareness Month.