Dutchess BOCES

Dutchess BOCES will be hosting Open House at the Salt Point Center and the Alternative High School on Tuesday, October 10. 

Dutchess BOCES Board of Education currently has a vacancy.
The following districts are not currently represented:  
Arlington
Dover
Millbrook
Pawling
Pine Plains
Rhinebeck 
Wappingers

The Mid-Hudson Regional Partnership Center (MHRPC) is expanding the number of districts and educational organizations being offered targeted support by the center in the 2023-2024 school year.

All Dutchess BOCES employees met in the Salt Point Center (SPC) gymnasium for this year’s Convocation on September 5.
The District Superintendent Jason Schetelick opened the event with some supportive messages, stressing the sense of community that we need to have in order to succeed in our mission.

The Dutchess BOCES administrators welcomed about 60 new staff members at the New Hire Employee Orientation, an annual event put together each year during Administrators’ Week by the Human Resources division.

More than 50 students from Dutchess BOCES’s component districts took Regents exams August 16 and 17 at the Alternative High School. Exams included English, algebra I and II, global history, U.S. history and government, geometry, earth science, living environment.
This is one of many services offered by BOCES to high school students during the summer.

The Extended School Year Program (ESY) at Salt Point Center celebrated the end of the summer program on August 11 with students proudly showcasing what they learned through vibrant displays all around the hallways of SPC.

During summer, the Educational Resources (ER) division of Dutchess BOCES has been helping to provide expanded opportunities. Teachers and administrators have taken courses to improve their skillsets. After benefiting from workshops, book readings, and re-certifications, they can bring those skills to the students they serve. One of the best parts of doing it through BOCES, is the flexibility that it gives participants.

Now is the perfect opportunity to join the Dutchess BOCES team and reap the benefits of a truly rewarding career.

Kiesha Tillman, an educator with more than 20 years of experience in the classroom and in administration, has been selected to serve as the new principal at the  Dutchess BOCES’ Alternative High School (AHS), effective July 28.

Dutchess BOCES’ Career and Technical Institute once again offered its “Middle School Summer CTI Experience” starting July 24 and ending July 28 for 6^th to 8^th grade students interested in learning about a trade.

Despite being in a different bustling building, Dutchess BOCES’ Regional Academic Summer School, or RASS, is conducting business as usual.

An organization has awarded a $10,000 grant to Dutchess BOCES to support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) youth.  The grant will be used to help create a safe and welcoming environment and to fund a gay/straight alliance club.
 

A group of students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing attended a get-together at Dutchess BOCES recently to meet each other, play games, have snacks and to learn more about Deaf culture.

The disco duo McFadden & Whitehead once belted out a tune called “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” and that was the mantra of the 36 graduates of Dutchess BOCES’ Practical Nursing Program at the Career & Technical Institute.