Board Update
Highlights
October 2023
BOCES Continues to Partner with the County to Expand the Workforce
BOCES Launches New Website
Following the success of a construction trades course earlier this year, Sullivan County’s Center for Workforce Development (CWD) and Sullivan BOCES have teamed up again to offer another free course – this time in welding – to up to 10 local residents.
Sullivan BOCES is pleased to announce the launch of a their website at www.scboces.org
The 10-week program is being administered by the CWD was open to those who are 18 or older and have reliable transportation, classes started on October 10 and will be held every Tuesday and Thursday (through December 21) from 5:30-9 p.m. at the Rubin Pollack Education Center on Ferndale-Loomis Road in Liberty.
Over the past couple of months, the Communications Division at Sullivan BOCES has been working hard to develop and deliver a website that provides our stakeholders with worthwhile content that is WCAG/ADA-compliant, visually appealing, and easy to navigate.
To find out more or to sign up, contact the Center for Workforce Development at 845-794-3340 or sccwd@sullivanny.us.
BOCES wants to provide its consumers with a positive user experience.
BOCES Assists Districts in Providing Required Life Safety & Fire Prevention Training Section 808 of State Education Law requires New York State schools to provide a minimum of 45 minutes of instruction in injury prevention and life safety education. This instruction has to be done throughout the school year for grades K-12, and may be provided as a special subject or integrated within content areas of the curriculum. To help you meet this requirement, the Sullivan BOCES Health & Safety Coser and Communications Coser created a monthly Life Safety & Fire Prevention newsletter that contains information that teachers can use as a guide to discuss various topics throughout the year. The newsletter also includes a poster/infographic that can be copied and handed out to students or displayed in the school. The information is obtained from various sources, including the National Safety Council, Safekids.org, NYS Office of Fire Prevention, the National Fire Protection Association, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the American Red Cross.
What's In This Issue: Expanding the Workforce Launch of New Website Life Safety & Fire Prevention Fire Prevention Week Sensory Paths Fall Projects Experiment Leads to Discovery New Experiences Career & Tech Ctr. News Countywide Conf. Day
Sullivan BOCES | 15 Sullivan Avenue Suite 1W, Liberty, New York 12754 | (845) 295-4000 | scboces.org
Classroom News Elementary Program Learns Fire Prevention The Liberty and White Sulphur Springs Fire Departments spent the morning with students from the Elementary Program during Fire Prevention Week. The kids learned what to do and expect if they were ever in a fire.
Sensory Paths Create Excitement The new sensory paths located throughout the Rubin Pollack Campus are creating excitement amongst the students. At any point in the day you can see students are having fun as they are enjoying moving in different ways while using the sensory paths.
Classes Participate in Fall Projects As part of a math lesson on polygons, elementary students used polygons to create art. They came out beautifully.
Experiment Leads to Discovery The Career Academic Program (CAP) students were interested in learning about the internal organs of the human body. To help with this lesson, each student helped cut open a fetal pig, examined and located the different organs, and spoke of one function of each of the organs.
New Experiences Enforce Learning In the spring, our Middle School students participated in a six-week program with Sullivan 180 to educate students on the dangers of vaping. Two of our students were invited to attend the Tobacco Free New York State Summit in Lake Adirondack, New York. Our students experienced, for the first time, meeting students from around the state and built great memories.
Sullivan BOCES | 15 Sullivan Avenue Suite 1W, Liberty, New York 12754 | (845) 295-4000 | scboces.org
Career & Tech Center The Career & Tech Program welcome six new Teachers this year and started two new programs Electrical Trades and Emergency Medical Technician. Animal Science - Nicole Tedesco Auto Technology - William McKerrell Culinary Arts - Michael Abato & Dale Buchheister Electrical Trades - Jensen Gunther Emergency Medical Technician - Darryl Raynor
CTE Students Compete The Natural Resources and Welding students competed at SUNY Cobleskill during their annual high school day. Students from both programs started the competition with a written safety and knowledge test before competing in the hands-on portion. Students had the opportunity to tour the campus as well as talk with many vendors that were on site. Students performed well and are now waiting for the competition results.
Construction Program The students are repairing the outer buildings of the Swan Lake Fire Dept baseball field. The teamwork our students have shown is fantastic! As a Thank you for their hard work, Fire Chief Tim Eronimous invited all the students to their French toast breakfast.
New Vision Health April White, a former New Vision student, came back for a visit with the New Vision class. During her visit, she taught a lesson on cellular and genetic disorders. The students have also been busy creating “play-doh people” to learn how to apply anatomical terms.
Sullivan BOCES | 15 Sullivan Avenue Suite 1W, Liberty, New York 12754 | (845) 295-4000 | scboces.org
Countywide Conference Day The Curriculum and Instructional Support Services (ISS) Division at Sullivan BOCES once again coordinated a countywide conference day. The structure of the conference day helped districts provide role-specific professional development sessions for staff to enhance their efforts to provide the best possible educational experience for each student in Sullivan County. Thank you to the Sullivan West School District for graciously hosting the conference at their Lake Huntington Campus. The keynote for the conference was Duncan Kirkwood.
Key Dates Nov 10th - BOCES Closed in Observance of Veterans Day Nov 22- 24th - Thanksgiving Break - BOCES Closed for Students Nov 23th & Nov 24th - BOCES Closed Dec 25th - Jan 1st - Winter Recess - BOCES Closed for Students Dec 25th & Dec 29th - BOCES Closed
Sullivan BOCES | 15 Sullivan Avenue Suite 1W, Liberty, New York 12754 | (845) 295-4000 | scboces.org