Dear Parents, Guardians and Students,
I would like to welcome everyone to the 2022-2023 school year! I hope that everyone had a fun and restful summer. This is going to be a very productive and exciting school year! The Center for Career Services staff is thrilled to welcome back our new and returning students. The Center for Career Services main goal is to prepare students for the world of work and/or post-secondary education. Students will be provided with a variety of project-based learning experiences as well as authentic work experiences through the Work Based Learning Department. These experiences will create well-rounded students that are prepared for the 21st century workplace.
Another very important focus of the Center for Career Services Staff will be to provide social and emotional supports to all our students. As we are heading towards normalcy it is important that students are provided with the necessary supports to ensure that the transition is smooth.
The health and well-being of our students and staff are very important in creating an environment that is conducive to learning. Here is the link to the Southern Westchester BOCES Health and Safety Guide Click Here. Please be aware that his Health and Safety Guide is aligned with the most recent updates regarding COVID 19 and will be continued to be updated based on the most recent guidelines.
If your child is experiencing COVID like symptoms, please follow the recommended guidelines that are in the Health and Safety Guide. If you child will not be attending their programs due to a COVID related illness or exposure, please send an email to Healthalerts@swboces.org.
I am looking forward to another successful school year and are excited to be working with all of the stakeholders who are involved in the education of the students who attend The Center for Career Services programs.
If anyone has any questions or concerns, please contact me at 914 761-3400 Ext 2304 or via email- emichas@swboces.org.
Sincerely,
Evangelo Michas
Campus Principal
Please note: In keeping with state guidance, the wearing of masks is optional within SWBOCES programs and facilities. We continue to offer masks at our entrances for those who choose to use them and encourage all individuals to continue to monitor for symptoms of illness and to stay home if ill.
The Career Services programs at SWBOCES’ Valhalla CTE campus sent eight students to HOSA's Fall Leadership Conference last week. The two-day conference for Career Tech students pursuing careers in healthcare left students energized about their programs and excited to have networked with peers statewide.
“There’s too much negativity out there in the world right now,” says Commercial Art teacher Damian Powers, whose students are doing something about that with a campuswide poster campaign that leverages their skills and creativity to spread smiles.
Partnership with Yonkers Honda opens a career path for Auto Tech students
Yonkers Honda and the Career Services campus are partnering to provide a potential career pathway to Automotive Technology students through the carmaker's “adopt-a-school” program. A recent daylong visit gave students a firsthand look at what the emerging opportunities the industry offers.
Commercial Art student earns the rank of Eagle Scout
Ayden Stelling, a senior from Vahalla, made a promise to his grandfather that he would become his family's first Eagle Scout. That promise drove the second year Commercial Art student to complete an ambitious community a project and achieve something that only a small percentage of Boy Scouts do. "I’m working on a dream right now," Ayden says.
Fashion Design & Marketing students' costume creations highlight Halloween's allure
Presented with a half-dozen shopping bags filled with costumes and accessories from instructor Carmen.Galiano’s Halloweens past, students were asked to create original costumes. The results are on display in the Building B hallway, where their peers from across the Careers Center campus paraded through on Wednesday to vote for their favorites. The entire project fits neatly in her curriculum as she prepares students for a highly creative and highly competitive industry. “People spend millions on Halloween every year,” Ms. Galiano said. “This is an industry.”
TV/Video and Sound Production students stage fashion show at The Westchester
Students in the TV/Video and Sound Production programs collaborated with the owner of posh fashion retailer Chokomode to stage a fashion show at The Westchester mall Saturday, Oct. 8, marking the store’s one-year anniversary and the second collaboration with SWBOCES Center for Career Services.
The Center for Special Services welcomed more than 200 parents to Open School Night Thursday, Oct. 13, giving them a chance to tour classrooms and meet with instructors of the training programs in which their children are enrolled.
Jake Romer came to the Career Services Campus at Southern Westchester an "average student" by his own definition, but left as valedictorian was a sense of direction and the skills needed for a successful career in television.
“I tell everyone this, and I’m not even exaggerating, going to BOCES was the best decision I ever made,” said Mr. Romer, Class of 2016.
Steadicam and JIB owner/operator Tom Diaco has spent his career making creative decisions behind the camera, but he was already on his way to a two-decade run of success when he first arrived at Southern Westchester BOCES' TV/Video program.
Students in Robert Del Greco’s Emergency Medical Services classes recently participated in a Community Emergency Response Team drill as victim actors, giving emergency responders a chance to hone their skills helping people like those they might encounter in a real crisis.
“Drills like these are great opportunities for our students to work with real world professionals and gain valuable experience,” Mr. Del Greco said.
Alyssa Carasquillo, a senior from Harrison High School, portrayed a person with a cognitive disability who was disoriented following the hypothetical incident. The exercise gave her confidence that she could manage well in a crisis. "Attending to all those people looked really hard,” she said, “but I thought, I can do that."
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