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Meet Diana Salisbury

May 19, 2015

Diana Salisbury teaches adaptive physical education at several Questar III schools. Before teaching at Questar III, she taught at Berlin Elementary School and in Fort Myers, Florida. Read on to learn more about her background and why she enjoys teaching at Questar...

Seniors teaching seniors

Apr 30, 2015

The Questar III Culinary Arts program at the Rensselaer Educational Center (REC) in Troy collaborated with Hudson Valley Community College’s Center for Creative Retirement to host a bread baking class that was taught by high school seniors and Chef Andrew Ottatti. The...

Students shine at State SkillsUSA

Apr 27, 2015

Questar III’s career and technical education (CTE) students competed at the 2015 SkillsUSA State competition held at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, NY. This marks the 11th year our CTE students have finished in the top three statewide. The SkillsUSA...

Cooking their way to scholarships

Mar 27, 2015

Culinary Arts students from Questar III’s Columbia-Greene Educational Center (CGEC) in Hudson and Rensselaer Educational Center (REC) in Troy competed in the ProStart competition at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY on March 13 and 14. CGEC cooked...

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....

Consultants meet with CTE faculty

Feb 18, 2015

Last month, more than 80 area business people attended the Consultant Committee breakfast at the Columbia-Greene Education Center (CGEC) in Hudson to discuss curriculum and work-based learning opportunities for Career and Technical Education (CTE) students....