Dear Parents/Guardians,
We would like to welcome your children to the 2021- 2022 school year! For the upcoming school year, I will no longer be the interim principal. I am now the principal, as appointed by the Southern Westchester BOCES Board of Education. I would like to inform everyone that the safety of your children and CCS staff will continue to be the top priority, as well as providing quality instruction that will prepare our students for the world of work and/or post-secondary education.
Please note, that the following health and safety protocols for our programs will be in place as per the Southern Westchester BOCES Health & Safety Guide.
Please note: As an added precaution, Southern Westchester BOCES will take the temperature of students as they arrive to school day each day.
The administrative team and CCS staff will continue to work together to ensure that the students will be provided with a safe learning environment that will also include social emotional supports. The objective will be to create an environment that is conducive to learning. Throughout the school year we will be communicating updates regarding the SWBOCES Reopening Plan and how it will affect the health and safety procedures at the Center for Career Services.
We wish to thank all of our stakeholders for their support in making this a safe and productive school year. We look forward to working with everyone to ensure the success of all our students who will be attending the programs at the Center for Career Services.
Sincerely,
Evangelo Michas
Principal
Center for Career Services
Notify SWBOCES if students experience symptoms or are exposed to COVID-19 by sending a blank email to healthupdates@swboces.org. The student may not come on campus until they receive clearance.
We are happy to welcome you to our 2021 Center for Career Services Back to School & Open House, a virtual presentation that is live now. Get a sense of the CTE programs we offer and learn why they are the choice of students from across the region.
On Oct. 8 culinary students got a “taste” of what it’s like to be trained by an expert in the field, when Culinary Institute of America's Payton Spear visited campus. While there she shared a baking demonstration and spoke with students about what it is like to attend the CIA.
Ebony Harris, education director at Totally Hott Salon works with Bianca Torello, Class of '21, during a visit with Cosmetology students to demonstrate techniques to make curls using a hair dryer.
Garrett Jennings, Southern Westchester BOCES Center for Career Services Work-Based Learning Coordinator, was recently part of a content advisory panel of the New York State Perkins V Plan that created a clearer definition of what work-based learning means in education.
Sandra Oseguera, a senior in the Commercial Art program, designed a new exterior sign for the Southern Westchester BOCES Center for Special Services Rye Lake campus.
The Crisis Text Line (learn more here) is a free, anonymous service that is available 24/7 and, most important, is for everyone. Text Got5 to 741-741 to reach a trained Crisis Counselor who is always ready to listen and can help you get to a calm, safe place during a difficult moment. Go to our School Counselors Page to learn more about the Crisis Text Line.
This first day of school at the Careers campus in Valhalla could have been even more momentous than it was, but things have been close to normal here since students returned in person a year ago. Still, the first day of school is a big deal. It's just that while it's good to be back, folks here are quick to point out that they've been back.
Welcome to Phil Donohue, our new assistant principal, a veteran CTE instructor with years of experience in New York City schools. “I think students learn best by doing,” Mr. Donohue said from his office in Building D on the Valhalla campus. “That’s been the center of my educational practice. Kids can’t sit for an hour and be talked at for 45 minutes at time. They need to use higher level thinking to solve problems. If that can be accomplished, other things will fall in line.
Students in the Fashion Design and Merchandising Program at the Center for Career Services certainly sent a loud message with their end-of-year projects that made quite a statement.
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