District Services

Meet Tracy MacGiffert

Jan 11, 2016

Tracy MacGiffert is a teacher for the Questar III Universal Pre-K program at Cairo-Durham Elementary School. Learn about her life outside of work and why she says early childhood education is so important. Q: What is your role here at Questar III, and where do you...

Offering engaging content to students

Dec 18, 2015

Questar III’s Arts and Enrichment Service offers schools three options to bring engaging opportunities to students to complement curriculum objectives in the arts, science, math, social studies, and health. The program is broken down into three programs: Cultural and...

DeFeo to retire from Questar III

Nov 13, 2015

At its November 12 meeting, the Questar III Board of Education accepted Assistant Superintendent Dr. Andy DeFeo’s resignation letter for purpose of retirement after 16 years of service. During his time at Questar III DeFeo served in a wide range of capacities,...

Leaders focus on career readiness

Oct 29, 2015

More than 100 local business and education leaders attended “The Future of Workforce Readiness” at Troy Middle School on Oct. 23. The program was presented by the Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Questar III BOCES and Center for...

SED approves QIII assessments

Oct 29, 2015

As part of the new New York State evaluation system for classroom teachers and building principals, Section 3012-d, signed into law by Governor Cuomo in April 2015, all assessments used for teacher and principal evaluation must now be state approved.  Questar III...

Meeting chemical hygiene needs

Oct 28, 2015

Questar III has offered a chemical hygiene service to its districts for over two decades. This service helps districts to be in compliance with the federally mandated OSHA laboratory standards for dealing with chemicals. The assistance districts receive includes...