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Contributor: The I.D.E.A Committee
January is National Braille Literacy Month, celebrating Louis Braille, who invented the code in 1824 as a way for blind and visually impaired people to read information. Braille is a code that has six raised dots in a cell. The patterns in the cell represent different letters, punctuation, typefaces and even music notes. 
A Few Interesting Facts: Did you know that...
Louis Braille lost his eyesight at 3 years old. He was...
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Contributor: IDEA Culture & Climate Subcommittee
Holiday & Winter Traditions
 
We asked staff, “What is a funny, sentimental or unique tradition you and your family do over the holidays?” Below are the responses. 
“When my brother and I were very young, we always went as a family to pick out a tree.  We put it up but it was only decorated a little bit. When we woke up on Christmas morning, it was fully decorated! Our...
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Introducing Erie 1 BOCES Little Libraries!
P-TECH students at the Potter Career and Technical Center built two Little Libraries for E1B students and the community. The libraries have been installed outside of Northtowns Academy and Winchester Academy.
The libraries are a way to promote reading at home as well as provide books to our neighbors. Anyone can borrow a book and return it to the library when they’re done.
“NTA staff donated several books last...
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Kenton Career & Technical Center students took home first place in the high school division of the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute’s annual Gingerbread Competition. The team, comprised of three seniors, created a Hallmark-inspired holiday castle.
Congratulations to teachers Meghan Finamore and Bernard Scozzaro and their students:
Jordyn Fiorello, Baking & Pastry Arts, Kenmore West High School
Kayla Donovan, Culinary Arts, Grand Island High School
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West Seneca (December 9, 2022) – With more than 10,000 passengers passing through Buffalo’s historic Central Terminal each day in the mid-1900s, carts carrying loads of luggage peppered the landscape.  One school’s community outreach project turned one of these historic luggage carts into a modern-day learning opportunity for one Hamburg teen.
When the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation reached out to Erie 1 BOCES teachers for help in a restoration...
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