Career & Technical Education

Students explore college options

Oct 27, 2016

Career and Technical Education students at Columbia-Greene and Rensselaer Educational Center had the chance this week to meet with admissions representatives from more than 20 colleges and the military. The annual college fair brings schools from across the Northeast...

Board selects developer, location

Oct 26, 2016

At a special meeting today, the Questar III Board of Education issued a preliminary award to VIP Structures of Syracuse to build a new state-of-the-art educational center at the developer’s nine-acre site on Route 150 in Schodack. The final award is dependent upon...

Back to School Expo a success

Sep 27, 2016

For the sixth consecutive year, Questar III participated in the Back to School Expo- the largest event of its kind in the region. The Expo was held September 17th at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. At Questar III’s booth, New Visions teachers Ruth Russell and...
The student becomes the teacher

The student becomes the teacher

Sep 26, 2016

For Greg Westover, an unexpected career track brought him back to a familiar location – the New Visions program he graduated from in 2011.

Student-built sheds for sale at REC

Sep 21, 2016

It’s no secret that our Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs feature hands-on, project-based learning. What you may not know is that in the Construction Technologies program at Rensselaer Educational Center, the final product of that hands-on, project-based...

Remillard appointed principal

Sep 9, 2016

Questar III recently appointed Danielle Remillard as principal of the Academy at Rensselaer Educational Center. Remillard, who joined Questar III last September as the coordinator of behavioral interventions at Rensselaer Academy, will oversee this new special education program based at REC.