As colleagues and family applauded enthusiastically, Western Suffolk BOCES honored 17 employees with the Outstanding Achievement Award at the June Board meeting. Awardees were selected by the Site-Based Decision-Making teams […]
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Board Honors Retirees
Employees who have retired during the 2014-15 school year were honored at the Board’s June meeting. Maryann Zumpano (l.), Board President, and Michael Flynn (r.), Chief Operating Officer, congratulaed those […]
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Grant to Review Testing in Districts
Western Suffolk BOCES was recently awarded a $300,000 “Teaching is the Core” grant to work with nine participating districts and the BOCES Special Education division to review assessments that students […]
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Hockey Celebrity Selects Student Artwork for Charity Event
Clark Gillies (r.), a retired Hall-of-Fame, NHL ice hockey player from the four-time Stanley Cup champion NY Islanders, recognized three students in the Cooperative Discipline program at JEA Elementary for […]
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Talent Takes the Stage
Students danced and sang through the annual Talent Show at JEA Elementary School. Teachers donned costumes to accompany students on the stage and received rousing applause from the audience. Kudos […]
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Retired Teachers Award Tech Scholarships
Sal Guadagnino (l.), retired teacher of Western Suffolk BOCES, presented four scholarships for excellent work in a program of Wilson Tech on behalf of the Faculty Association of Retired Educators […]
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All Star Named at Oldfield Middle School
Howard Cabrera of Copiague, received the All Star Award at Oldfield Middle School in Harborfields. This award is given to students who are nominated by a mainstream teacher on the […]
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BOCES Honors Outstanding Students
Before family and teachers, 13 students were honored at the May meeting of the Board of Western Suffolk BOCES for their outstanding work in a BOCES or Wilson Tech program. Those […]
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Taking the Plunge for Charity
The luck of the Irish was with Michael Flynn (r.), Chief Operating Officer! After months of bitter cold weather, the sun brought temperatures into the 70s as Mike and other […]
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Wearing Blue to Raise Autism Awareness
For nearly two decades the staff at JEA Elementary School have helped students with autism develop both their academic as well as social skills. As the Applied Behavior Analysis program […]
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