Questar III BOCES

QIII Aviation grad earns CFI

Mar 26, 2015

Bernie Watt, a former Aviation student at Questar III’s Columbia-Greene Educational Center (CGEC) recently passed his practical test to become a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI). Watts’ interest in aviation began in his early teens. At 14, he took a discovery flight...

QIII welcomes new staff in March

Mar 25, 2015

Questar III welcomed the following new staff members in March: Adult LPN program Mary Sebast, LPN Clinical Instructor Central Office Danielle Bouton-Wales, Project-Based Learning Coordinator – STEM Melissa Macaluso, Special Education Specialist Maple Hill Middle...

Students earn awards at SkillsUSA

Mar 22, 2015

Questar III’s career and technical education (CTE) students excelled at the 2015 SkillsUSA regional competition on March 18. The regional competition took place at Schenectady County Community College, Modern Welding and Stratton Air National Guard Base....

CGEC students help build homes

Mar 16, 2015

Students at Questar III’s Columbia-Greene Educational Center (CGEC) in Hudson have been helping build homes with Columbia County Habitat for Humanity. Construction Technologies and Building Trades students have been working on the townhomes being built at 206 Columbia...

QIII student’s art displayed at Siena

Mar 12, 2015

Christian Rivera, a 10th grade Questar III student in Ms. Dedeo’s class at Columbia High School, had an original piece of artwork displayed at Siena College in January as part of the 28th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Lecture Series on...

School leaders travel to Albany

Mar 12, 2015

A group of seven superintendents from the Questar III region traveled to Albany on March 10 to advocate for education, including the need to end the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) cuts to school funding in next year’s state budget.