Special Education

Questar III welcomes new staff

Sep 15, 2016

Questar III welcomes the following new staff hired during September: Sarah Bailey- Special Education Teaching Assistant (Ichabod Crane High School) Veronica Branca- RBERN Specialist (Central Office) Rachel Fay- Senior Clerk (Academy at Rensselaer Ed Center) Katlyn...

Remillard appointed principal

Sep 9, 2016

Questar III recently appointed Danielle Remillard as principal of the Academy at Rensselaer Educational Center. Remillard, who joined Questar III last September as the coordinator of behavioral interventions at Rensselaer Academy, will oversee this new special education program based at REC.

Cairo-Durham honors MacGiffert

Jul 27, 2016

At its June meeting, the Cairo-Durham Central School District Board of Education honored Questar III Pre-K teacher Tracy MacGiffert with their Distinguished Service Award. MacGiffert was nominated for the award by the family of one of her students. The award...

Year-end celebrations in Special Ed

Jun 22, 2016

Questar III’s Special Education programs closed out the 2015-2016 school year with graduations and award ceremonies to celebrate student achievement throughout the year. At Catskill Academy, six students were honored at graduation on June 10. Teachers and...

Students review with QR codes

Jun 21, 2016

Technology is becoming embedded deeper in classrooms each year, and as the technology develops, new ways to integrate that technology into the classroom are always being created. Dawn McGowan’s Questar III Special Education class at Maple Hill Middle School recently...

Catskill Academy runs a marathon

Jun 20, 2016

“Virtual” is everywhere now – virtual reality movies, games and headsets are readily available for purchase or download, mobile video calling is gaining popularity and video games are becoming more realistic with each release. But a virtual marathon? That’s exactly...