Each year, representatives from Questar III’s Troy and Hudson-based educational centers visit high schools to speak with tenth grade classes about the benefits of career and technical education (CTE) programs ranging from aviation to welding.
HVAC students at Questar III’s Rensselaer Educational Center recently visited the Empire State Plaza in Albany to observe firsthand what’s needed to be part of the workforce charged with heating and cooling the plaza.
Paul Puccio, a member of the Schodack, Questar III BOCES and Tech Valley High School boards, is the 2010 winner of the New York State School Boards Association’s (NYSSBA) top award for distinguished service.
Questar III students joined their peers from around the world in a reading effort to improve literacy skills.
Like many of the students in Questar III’s New Visions, Josh Plitnick had questions for Sue Goold Miller as she stood in her apple orchard explaining her family’s business.
Questar III Board Member Paul Puccio has been tapped once again to serve as president of the Tech Valley High School Operating Board. Puccio has served as president of the TVHS operating board since the school’s inception in 2007.
The Times Union published a letter to the editor from District Superintendent James N. Baldwin.
Questar III staff participated in the SEMI High Tech U Teacher Edition at New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) headquarters Aug. 23 and 24.
Questar III is part of a six-member consortium led by the Capital Region BOCES that recently applied for a $6.25 million grant to radically change the structure and outcomes of three area high schools.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that 10 applicants have won grants in the second phase of the Race to the Top competition.
