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TVHS principal leaving for new job

Tech Valley High School Principal Dan Liebert announced his resignation this week as the school’s head administrator in order to take a position as a senior associate with the Great Schools Partnership in Portland, Maine. He will leave Tech Valley High at the end of...

Schools attend CTE summit

On November 18, more than 85 superintendents, high school principals, school counselors, business leaders and BOCES staff attended the sixth annual Career and Technical Education (CTE) alignment meeting hosted by Questar III BOCES. The group met at Questar III’s...

QIII students honor veterans

Questar III’s Rensselaer Educational Center (REC) in Troy and Columbia-Greene Educational Center (CGEC) in Hudson each hosted their 11th annual Veterans Day Luncheon to celebrate and honor our local veterans for their service to our country. Area veterans, along with...

Grad follows pathway to employment

Allan McNeil reported to his new job with CommutAir for training in September, just weeks after receiving his certification in Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) from Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC). McNeil, a 2013 graduate of Averill Park High School, completed...

REC principal honored

Questar III’s Rensselaer Educational Center co-principal, Tracy Racicot was recently honored as a 2014 Woman of Distinction. Senator Kathleen Marchione hosted the awards ceremony at the Canfield Casino in Saratoga Springs on September 24. The “Women of Distinction”...

Students get lesson in decorum

This week, Questar III’s Criminal Justice students at the Rensselaer Educational Center (REC) learned military police decorum from The Troy Police Cadets. Most of the cadets are former graduates of the two-year Criminal Justice Program at REC. Students learned proper...