Questar III’s Columbia-Greene Educational Center (CGEC) in Hudson honored students for achievement in academics and craftsmanship at the school’s Annual Awards Night on June 7 at Columbia-Greene Community College.
Focused on providing skills for the 21st century workforce, Questar III offers students career and technical educational programs (CTE) for professional training and the opportunity to acquire industry-related certifications while they’re still in high school. Most students continue their education at community colleges or technical institutes.
The 2016 CGEC scholarship winners are:
Zachary Churchill- Criminal Justice, Taconic Hills
Dominque Curry- Culinary Arts, Catskill
Louis Mellan, Jr.- Automotive Technologies, Taconic Hills
Timothy Roberts- Criminal Justice, Taconic Hills
Samantha Sutherland- C.N.A., Coxsackie-Athens
Hunter Wallace- AIT, Chatham
Victoria Younes- Criminal Justice, Hudson
The Alice and Murray Giddings Foundation
Sheila DeJesus Pineda- Culinary Arts, Hudson
Samuel Waite- AIT, Taconic Hills
The Columbia Car Club Award
Louis Mellan, Jr.- Automotive Technologies, Taconic Hills
Barbara Decker Memorial Award
Tee-Quan Davis- Intro to Food Services, Hudson
Bruce Baldwin Award
Kenny Gerard- Automotive Services, Ichabod Crane
Tanner Meyer- Automotive Technologies, Coxsackie-Athens
Brian Gagne Scholarship Award
Sheila DeJesus Pineda- Culinary Arts, Hudson
Rat’s Nest Awards
Matthew Schoenewolf- Automotive Technologies, Cairo-Durham
Ryan Norton- Welding, Ichabod Crane
12 students from CGEC were also inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS). Five additional students were re-inducted for a second year of membership. Induction into NTHS is the country’s highest honor for excellence in CTE.
The inductees took the pledge of membership and participated in the lighting of candles which represented each of the attributes of a National Technical Honor Society member: skill, honesty, service, responsibility, scholarship, citizenship, and leadership.
To qualify for National Technical Honor Society, students must maintain an average of 90 or above for three quarters in their career-tech program, an average of 85 or above for three quarters at their home school, have five or fewer absences for three quarters, receive a recommendation from a teacher, and perform 25 or more hours of community service.
Two-Year Members:
Allison Johnson- Culinary Arts, Catskills
Austin Kasper- Construction Technologies, Hudson
Joseph Markham- HVAC/R, Taconic Hills
Liam O’Connor- HVAC/R, Greenville
Corey Winegard- Automotive Technologies, Cairo-Durham
First-Year Inductees:
Pearson Balfe- HVAC/R, Catskill
Liam Black- Automotive Technologies, Greenville
Emmanuel Carr-Hinds- HVAC/R, Catskill
Soledad Cruz-Cruz- Criminal Justice, Ichabod Crane
Sheila DeJesus Pineda- Culinary Arts, Hudson
Peter Gardiner- HVAC/R, Greenville
Rebecca Haaland- Automotive Technologies, Cairo-Durham
Bradley Kittle- Aviation, Ichabod Crane
Timothy Roberts- Criminal Justice, Taconic Hills
Samantha Sutherland- Certified Nurse Assistant, Coxsackie-Athens
Hunter Wallace- AIT, Chatham
We would like to congratulate all of this year’s graduates and award winners. Click here for a full list of award and scholarship winners from the 2015-2016 school year.
