News & Announcements

The Early College Career Academy (ECCA), a partnership program between WSWHE BOCES and SUNY Adirondack, held its Completion Ceremony at the Charles R Wood Theater in Glens Falls on June 8, 2023.

Similar to special events for high school athletes signing commitment letters to colleges where they will play sports, or high school seniors donning collegiate shirts from the colleges where they have been accepted on designated college acceptance days, the WSWHE BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Practical Nursing program recognized 56 students who will go directly into the workforce at CTE Signing Day on June 7.

Congratulations goes out to Alexander Mulvey and Zachary Pingelski who received recognition as WSWHE BOCES students for their community service work.

WSWHE BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) and the Early College Career Academy (ECCA) students participated in the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Championships from April 26 to 28, 2023 in Syracuse, NY at the NYS Fairgrounds. Thousands of students were in attendance. WSWHE BOCES students returned with Champion titles in their respective fields. There were several first place winners.

On March 31, 2023, Nestled among the Bond in Motion exhibit and other iconic cars, approximately 50 high school juniors in the WSWHE BOCES Career & Technical Education (CTE) auto body repair and automotive technology programs participated in a speed mentoring event sponsored by Saratoga Automobile Museum.

With more than 50 guests in attendance, the Women in Trades event on March 30, 2023 was another step toward building awareness and growth opportunities for women to work in the trades.

More than 100 Career and Technical Education students from the Southern Adirondack Education Center, F. Donald Myers Education Center and Early College Career Academy at WSWHE BOCES participated in dozens of competitions at the 2023 NYS SkillsUSA Area 3 competition (Regional Competition) on March 16, 2023.

Who will build it? This is a question area construction and skilled trades people have been asking for years as the skills gap grows in the Capital Region and nationally.


On March 3, 2023, the Capital Region Workforce Development Coalition, in partnership with WSWHE BOCES and the New York State School Counselor Association (NYSSCA) gathered over 75 school counselors from area school districts to discuss non traditional post secondary pathways in the trades and how collectively they can provide more opportunities to students.

February 13, 2023 – Women have to see it to be it. The WSWHE BOCES Women In Trades Initiative is focused on narrowing the skills gap and encouraging young women to enter the trades, in particular traditionally male dominated fields such as automotive technology, auto body repair, construction trades, environmental conservation & forestry, heavy equipment operation, HVAC-R, industrial and performance machining, power sports technology and welding.

Former Harlem Globetrotter, Tay “Firefly” Fisher Presents Motivational Assembly to WSWHE BOCES Exceptional Learners Students