Career and Tech News

Senior and junior SkillsUSA officers from Kenton Career and Technical Center participated in the Skill USA NYS Leadership Conference in Albany last week. 
“They certainly made us proud with their participation, positive attitude and enthusiasm,” said Ellen McKay, Erie 1 BOCES teacher and SkillsUSA assistant advisor.
Affiliated nationally with SkillsUSA, the organization is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America...
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An attention to the small details made a big difference for students in the Aviation Technology program at Erie 1 BOCES’ Harkness Career and Technical Center, propelling their plane design to first place in a national competition.
“It was just the minor things that came together to become the winning plane,” said Connor LaPenna, a recent graduate from the Frontier Central School District who was one of the seniors on the team. “It was about making a...
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Luke Marshall has always seen himself as a tinkerer, whether he was building things with scraps of wood, or helping his father change the tires of his family’s Chevrolet S10 truck when he was seven years old.
That interest led him to the auto technician program at Erie 1 BOCES’ Potter Career and Technical Center, and has now propelled him to a pre-apprentice experience at Towne Automotive.
“I've just kept growing with my tinkering, and now I tinker with...
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The seeds of creativity could be seen across the Harkness Career and Technical Center, as students took part in the Summer at the Center.
Students in the program, entering grades 6 through 9, chose four different specialties to learn through the week, in areas like culinary arts, animation, filmmaking, engineering and robotics, fashion design, video game design, building trades and cosmetology.
In addition to working with teachers, students had the chance to meet professionals...
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Students in the building trades program at the Erie 1 BOCES Kenton Career and Technical Center took their classroom training to the real world, building a new pavilion at Tonawanda Volunteer Fireman's Park.
The biggest challenge as they created the 34-by-24-foot pavilion: Overcoming the weather conditions.
“It was snowing, raining, all in the same day,” said Camila Kelly, a senior from the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free School District.
Michael...
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