Cosmetology juniors and seniors recently held a "Who Doo" competition".  The contest, based on the movie "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" was a great opportunity for students to use their imagination to come up their best "Who Doo".  The students created hairstyles on their manikins and a rubric was followed to determine the winners.

Juniors - 1st place: Nina Mota MCS; 2nd place: Makayla Rupprecht, TVCS

Seniors - 1st place: Ava Barca, SWCS; 2nd place:  Lindsay McCoy, TVCS

Career and Tech hosted our first Fall Festival in conjunction with parent/teacher night.  Teachers were able to speak with parents regarding their student progress while families enjoyed activities set up by all programs.  There was a hayride, chili dinner, bakesale, scarecrow contest and silent auction to name a few.  There were over 100 visitors in attendance. Fun was had by all!

The district wide Back Pack food program and SkillsUSA accomplished a Thanksgiving food drive.  Thirty-eight needy families of our students were given a complete Thanksgiving feast.  All of the donated turkeys and fixings were brought to the Auto TEch classroom where students put together meals for 2 to 15 people.  What a great collaborated effort of our CTE students and staff.

The Early Childhood Education Program has been busy with their internships at Project Excel in Monticello.  Project Excel Child Development Center located at the St. John Street Education Center provides comprehensive, quality early education services to pre-kindergarten students with disabilities and their typically developing peers.  The Center has served the children of Sullivan County for ten years. 

What a great experience this is for everyone involved.

Teachers and students from the Culnary I, Auto Tech II and Animal Science Programs attended the Ride to Survive Dinner at the Villa Roma on November 11th.  The three CTE programs organized donations from nearly all CTE programs which were raffled off at the event.  Students also baked cookies for attendees to take home after the event.  Car decals were sold for a $1 donation for Ride to Survive.  Students and teachers were thrilled to support an organization that does so much to help the people of our community during such challenging times in their lives.

Ride to Survive is a non-profit community based organization whose mission is to assist with transportation expenses for Sullivan County residents who are battling cancer.  

Students from Auto Tech 2 removed ethanol from E-10 gasoline as part of a year long investigation into alternative fuels.  These seniors performed an experiment guided by Mr. Lohmann (Auto Instructor) and Mrs. Wilcox (Science Instructor).  The experiment was to 1. learn how to remove ethanol using only water; 2. calculate how much ethanol is concentrated in gasoline; and 3. discuss what impact ethanol additives have on small engines.  This lesson was preceded by making biodiesel from canola oil and will be followed by building hydrogen fuel cell systems.

The Public Safety Services  classes recently visited the Sullivan County Courthouse and Sullivan County Sheriff's office.  At the courthouse, students were given the opportunity to observe criminal court hearings.  When the cases were over, students sat in the jury box and had a dicussion with Hon. Frank LaBuda, County Court Judge and George Cooke, Commissioner of Jurors.  Judge LaBuda spoke about the court system and all the different employment opportunities in the field. 

The BOCES School Resource Officer SRO Deputy Sean Grady showed the students the Sheriff's office and answered questions. 

Thank you for giving our students this unique opportunity.

The Cosmetology class participated in an advanced hair color fundamentals lesson.  Kourtney Hall, salon owner and Rusk Educator, came to the Career & Tech Center to teach students how to use the products they will be using in their student clinic, the ClassAct Salon.  

The ClassAct Salon is open to the public.  Please call 295-4121 to make your appointment.  Services are by appointment only. 

On October 4th, Katelyn Frye completed her 1000 hour requirement in the Cosmetology program.  She is now ready to take the state board to become a licensed cosmetologist.  Congratuations!

Students in our Public Safety Program saw what it's like to be in the police academy!

Only two weeks into the school year and our Public Safety students experienced first-hand what it was like to be a real recruit in the Police Academy.  Drill Sergeant, Rob Rabbit, from the Orange County Police Academy and member of the Orange County Special Operations Group (OCSOG) put our students through practice drills and scenarios as if they were attending the academy. The day turned out to be an experience the students will never forget.