Career & Technical Education

Elia meets with local superintendents

Apr 1, 2016

Commissioner MaryEllen Elia visited several classrooms at the Rensselaer City SD campus and Castleton Elementary School and Maple Hill High School in Schodack Central School District. Elia also held a meeting with school district superintendents at the Questar III...

CTE students will compete at states

Mar 21, 2016

On Wednesday, March 16th, hundreds of high school students from eastern New York convened at Schenectady County Community College and the Stratton Air National Guard Base to participate in the SkillsUSA regional competition. Annual SkillsUSA competitions bring...

Questar III welcomes new staff

Mar 18, 2016

Questar III would like to welcome the following new staff hired during the month of March: George Washington School: Alena Liccardi- Teaching Assistant Savannah Trombley- Teaching Assistant Rensselaer Academy: Anne O’Brien- Teaching Assistant Rensselaer Educational...

HS students win state championship

Mar 11, 2016

For the second consecutive year, students from the Capital Region BOCES New Visions: Law & Government team has won the state-level We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution competition. Comprised of students from several area high schools in the Questar III...

More to Culinary than just cooking

Mar 4, 2016

Questar III’s Culinary Arts instructors, Chef Peter Desmond and Chef Andrew Ottati, think that some of the best learning occurs outside of the classroom. They provide this opportunity to students through the annual ProStart competition, a high school competition...

CTE Month: Certified Nurse Aide

Feb 28, 2016

Careers in the medical field have some of the highest projected growth rates and the field is growing faster than most other industries, according to recent reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For high school students interested in becoming nurses, Questar...