School District

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...

Making informed decisions about CTE

Dec 21, 2015

In today’s age of information it can be difficult to sort through everything and be sure we are making informed decisions. We may ask ourselves, Do I have enough information? How do I know this is “good” information? Now what do I do with this information? It can be...

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...

Volunteer for Odyssey of the Mind

Dec 15, 2015

The Region 4 Odyssey of the Mind Tournament for schools in Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene counties will be held February 27 at Coxsackie-Athens Central School District. The last several years have had record numbers of teams registered, so volunteers are greatly...

Local teachers, scientists honored

Dec 10, 2015

On December 7, Questar III BOCES honored the first cohort of teachers and scientists from its Summer Science Research Program. More than 50 educators, scientists, researchers and others attended an evening recognition program, which honored individuals that worked...

QIII welcomes new staff

Nov 24, 2015

Questar III welcomes the following new staff hired during the month of November: Catskill Academy: Scott Lamora- Special Education Teacher Susan Keegan- Teaching Assistant Central Office: Carolyn Barie- Communications Specialist Brianna Brann- Payroll Clerk Danielle...