Danielle Rocco accomplished a Dutchess BOCES Career and Technical Institute first. The senior from Rhinebeck High School is studying to become a nursing assistant and will be representing the school at the national competition in Georgia in June after taking the top spot in that category at the SkillsUSA Statewide Competition last week.
In honor of Earth Day on April 22, Resilience Academy students worked on projects that celebrated growth and sustainability.
Dr. Jodi DeLucia shared her vision for how Dutchess BOCES can grow to more completely serve students Wednesday night. It’s a mission that can be achieved, she said, through partnership.
Dutchess Community College Foundation awarded Dutchess BOCES a “Bridge to the Future Award” at its 2025 Our Community’s Bridge to the Future Gala.
Students from across Dutchess BOCES’ component districts have spent the last three months devising solutions for issues in their school or the larger community as part of the Student Innovation Fellowship and presented their findings on April 3 to an audience of educators and peers at BOCES’ Conference Center.
Salt Point Center students are learning public speaking and socialization skills and having fun doing it as part of a new morning routine.
Students volunteer and are selected by their teachers to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and do morning announcements each day.
Resilience Academy’s PBIS Squad is moving forward with its goal of organizing and expanding the school’s library and is seeking your help through a book drive.
Dutchess BOCES is looking for an experienced school administrator to help lead the agency as its deputy superintendent.
Nineteen students proudly wore their Dutchess BOCES Bulldogs jerseys and represented the Salt Point campus with pride at the Hudson Valley Special Olympics Regional Aquatics & Basketball Competition at Marist University March 30.
Gia Morris and Mazzy Stark placed in the top 15% of over 12,000 received memoirs in the annual 100-Word Personal Narrative Contest for teenagers held by the “New York Times.”
New York State’s high school graduation requirements are changing and Dutchess BOCES is helping to spread the word about what’s happening and when by presenting NY Inspires to our component districts and our community.
Engaging stakeholders and supporting all students is something school districts strive for, and Dutchess BOCES brought about 50 educators from districts across Dutchess County together on Wednesday, March 19, to participate in the New York State Department of Education’s “Uplifting All Students” statewide conference. It was held concurrently at BOCES throughout the state.
Dutchess BOCES staff spent Friday learning new ways to help students succeed, grow their own job skills and move the agency forward.
Superintendent’s Conference Day brought staff together in large and small groups for workshops specific to their roles led by peers, administrators and specialists live and virtual.
On Wednesday, the Dutchess BOCES Board of Trustees approved hiring Lou Riolo, a retired PNW BOCES assistant superintendent, to be the agency’s interim deputy superintendent during the search process. Riolo has significant BOCES experience and joins the agency as it moves forward on its journey of innovation, growth, and partnership.
Six Resilience Academy students from the Community Service Outreach Club toured the Pleasant Valley Library March 7 with hopes of organizing the library in the school’s learning commons.
The club has many missions, one of them is to highlight areas around the school that it can help with, including rebranding the library. The club also visits Salt Point Center to read to students.