Questar III BOCES

Strong passes the baton

May 20, 2014

Sue Strong, a school counselor at Questar III’s Columbia-Greene Educational Center for the past 15 years, will retire this month. Recently, Strong has been working with her replacement, Questar III Communications Specialist Caitlin Dederick, to prepare for the changing of the guards.

AMCP honors Questar III, districts

May 6, 2014

The Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) recently honored Questar III BOCES for the third consecutive year. Questar III won seven Hermes Creative Awards as part of an international competition sponsored by the AMCP.

Teachers to conduct science research

May 2, 2014

Five teachers have been selected to participate in a Summer Science Research Program modeled after the Columbia University Summer Research Program for School Science Teachers that has operated for 25 years.

Criminal justice team wins 1st place

Apr 29, 2014

A team of criminal justice students from Questar III’s Columbia-Greene Educational Center in Hudson won first place at the 2014 New York State SkillsUSA Competition.

The Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) team of Gabby Cidras (Germantown), Stephen Naegeli (Ichabod Crane) and Sara Paul (Cairo-Durham) will now move onto the national competition in Kansas, Missouri in June.

Teams head to world competition

Apr 29, 2014

Three student teams from area schools were top winners at the New York State Odyssey of the Mind competition at Binghamton University.

Algonquin Middle School (Averill Park CSD), Tamarac Elementary School (Brunswick CSD) and Tamarac Secondary School (Brunswick CSD) all finished in first place. The three teams will go on to compete at the world competition May 28-31 at Iowa State University.