Career & Technical Education

How the power grid works

Feb 5, 2015

Questar III’s Green Technologies & Renewable Energy and Tech Valley High School students toured the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) headquarters in North Greenbush. The tour was the culmination of projects where students had built and worked with...

Pathway to career opportunity

Jan 12, 2015

In June 2014, Nick Rifenburgh completed the Academy for Information Technology (AIT) program at Questar III’s Rensselaer Educational Center (REC) in Troy. The program not only provided him with technical knowledge and skills, but it also gave him a pathway to a career opportunity with his future employer Questar III.

Classroom to Career

Dec 17, 2014

Graduating from high school is an exciting time for students but can also cause anxiety about the future. This was not the case for Frank O’Neill, a 2014 graduate of Hudson High School, who secured a job at a locally-based manufacturing company before even graduating...

Getting a jumpstart on future career

Nov 24, 2014

Not many people get a glimpse into what their future career will be, but that is exactly what happened to Amina Drine when she was a Career and Technical Education student at Questar III’s Columbia- Greene Educational Center (CGEC) in Hudson. Drine played a role as a...

QIII launches media program

Nov 21, 2014

This past fall Questar III launched a new Career & Technical Education (CTE) program at Catskill High School. Questar III’s Media Communications program offers students the opportunity to earn college credit while using a state-of-the-art facility at Catskill High...

Schools attend CTE summit

Nov 20, 2014

On November 18, more than 85 superintendents, high school principals, school counselors, business leaders and BOCES staff attended the sixth annual Career and Technical Education (CTE) alignment meeting hosted by Questar III BOCES. The group met at Questar III’s...