Questar III earns safety award

Apr 13, 2015

Questar III is one of 131 Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) and school districts in New York State to receive the Utica National Insurance Group’s “School Safety Excellence Award” for 2015.

Germantown advances to world finals

Apr 13, 2015

Students from Germantown Elementary School advanced to the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. The Division I winning team for the “Pandora’s Box” problem tied for second place at the State Finals Saturday at Binghamton University. Germantown was one of 18 teams from...

Exhibit recognizes student artists

Apr 1, 2015

The opening reception of the 26th Annual Questar III High School Invitational Art Exhibit was held March 31 at the Art Center of the Capital Region in Troy. Jean Dahlgren, chair of the Art + Design Department at the Sage College of Albany, served as this year’s guest juror. She recognized six students for outstanding work.

How the RBERN supports districts

Mar 30, 2015

Over the last decade there has been a dramatic increase in the number of English Language Learners (ELLs) enrolled in public schools in New York State. In response to this increasing need to provide quality education to all students, the Board of Regents made...

Youth attend leadership conference

Mar 30, 2015

From March 21-23, 2015, over 200 Hispanic students from high schools across New York State traveled to Albany to participate in the 25th Annual Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute (PR/HYLI). The purpose of this Institute is to develop an...

Improving assessment practices

Mar 30, 2015

Questar III is working with Brunswick CSD, Cairo-Durham CSD, Catskill CSD, Coxsackie-Athens CSD, Hoosick Falls SD, Hudson City CSD, New Lebanon CSD, North Greenbush CSD, Rensselaer City CSD, Tech Valley High School, and Wynantskill UFSD as part of the “Teaching is the Core” grant from the New York State Education Department.

Exhibit features 34 student artists

Mar 30, 2015

The opening reception of the 26th Annual Questar III High School Invitational Art Exhibit will be held tomorrow, March 31, 5 to 7 p.m., at the Art Center of the Capital Region in Troy. The exhibit will run through April 18. This year’s program features artwork from 13...

Meet Tammy Barbour

Mar 30, 2015

Tammy Barbour is a Nurse Practitioner at Questar III BOCES. She has been with the BOCES for 21 years and said she loves it because it keeps her on her toes.

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...

QIII Aviation grad earns CFI

Mar 26, 2015

Bernie Watt, a former Aviation student at Questar III’s Columbia-Greene Educational Center (CGEC) recently passed his practical test to become a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI). Watts’ interest in aviation began in his early teens. At 14, he took a discovery flight...