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Questar III welcomes Virginia LuPone

Virginia LuPone was recently hired as a Questar III career-tech teacher. What do you do at Questar III? I am a Media Communications Teacher at Catskill High School which is hosting the Upstate Media Academy (UMA). This is new Questar III Media career and technical...

Starring in the classroom and beyond

Questar III HVAC/R student Christopher Zwoboda recently starred in the Back to School Expo Commercial airing on television, and is a star in the classroom as well. Zwoboda is in his second year of the HVAC/R program at Columbia-Greene Educational Center in Hudson....

QIII welcomes new staff in July

Questar III would like to welcome the following new employees that were hired during the month of July. Central Office Neil Haley, Health & Safety Water Operator Deborah Mabey, Science Research Fellow Nicole Mantas, Science Research Fellow Kaitlin McGann, Science...

Math expert still teaching others

Irene “Sam” Jovell joined Questar III BOCES in 2005 as a senior mathematics specialist in the Office of School Improvement. Jovell spent 33 years as a teacher at Niskayuna High School and has received many honors and awards over the years, including an induction into...

Tech Valley summer camp

Students participating in the Tech Valley Summer Camp spent the day at Questar III’s Rensselaer Educational Center (REC) learning about renewable green technologies, and aviation, in preparation for their last day of camp where they spent the day on the third floor Observation deck at Albany International Airport, followed by the camp closing ceremony.