Questar III BOCES


Questar III, districts partner with SPLC

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project launched a two-day training session today to help New York educators comply with a new state law that requires public schools to take specific steps to protect students from harassment and discrimination.

Showing their Olympic spirit

Questar III’s Rensselaer Educational Center held an Olympic Ceremony for the Special Education summer program.

Students study agriculture

The first-ever Home Grown Business Challenge, a unique summer camp conceived by local educators, farmers and agribusiness advocates, ended its inaugural year with teams of students pitching their agricultural idea to a panel of real life venture capitalists/ “Shark Tank.” They were paired with local farmers and challenged to develop a product or service to generate additional revenue for a local farm.

Hudson LPN students graduate

Thirty-seven Questar III Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) students graduated in a ceremony at Hudson High School on July 3.

Teacher wins national award

Mike Knichel, an Academy for Information Technology (AIT) teacher at Questar III’s Columbia Greene Educational Center, received the Distinct Growth Award at the CISCO Networking Academy National Conference in San Jose, California.