2008-09 School Year Home Page Archive

July 2008
Chef Iannacone tapped to develop national ProStart culinary curriculum
Chef Nancy Iannacone, teacher of Hospitality & Culinary Technology at Career & Tech's Schoharie campus and 2007-08 National ProStart Teacher of the Year, was chosen to travel to Chicago in June to help develop new curricula. ProStart is a National Restaurant Association program that promotes education, professional development and excellence in the culinary and hospitality industries, including the ServSafe national certification program. Chef Iannacone is recognized by her peers as an inspiring and successful teacher and industry professional.

Assemblyman Lopez tells Career & Tech students: “The skills you are learning are lifesaving”
On June 16, nearly 100 juniors and seniors from Career & Tech's Schoharie campus marched across the stage at the Holiday Inn Express to accept a variety of awards and certificates for a job well done. As they did, they were greeted by Assemblyman Pete Lopez, who congratulated them for their “accomplishments and personal growth.”

A big supporter of BOCES Career and Technical programs, Lopez told the students in a keynote address, “The skills you are learning are lifesaving.”

Lopez spoke about the value of education from deep personal experience. The son of a working class family who moved from Schenectady to Schoharie in 1972, he recalled some lean times in his growing up years. Through it all, his parents remained “fiercely dedicated” to helping their children get ahead. “Life had taught them the hard way just how important education is,” he said.

He also spoke about “reaching your full potential.” In doing so, he recounted his own efforts to earn a black belt in karate. “It took me 17 years to accomplish that achievement,” he explained, noting that for seven of those years he was “stuck at the green belt level.” All the while, his teacher supported him and even gave him three consecutive awards as the student with the most potential. Then suddenly, one day it occurred to Lopez that he was the only one who could turn that potential into something real.

“You have potential, all of you. We as a society want to harness that potential,” he said, noting that is why “we make an investment” in programs like Career & Tech – “because when you reach your full potential, our communities and our families are stronger.”

Above: Assemblyman Pete Lopez, Career & Tech Consultant Teacher Denise Capece, '08 Fuchs Award winner and Building & Grounds Maintenance grad Robert Chrysler and Capital Region BOCES Board of Education President Lynne Lenhardt

Congratulations to our Outstanding Students for 2008 and Joseph N. Fuchs Award winners!
Albany campus:
Students and staff at Career & Tech's Albany campus celebrated their annual Awards & Recognition Ceremony at Proctors Theatre on June 4. Electrical Trades student Josh Culhane (Scotia-Glenville H.S.) was named the campus' 2008 Faculty Association Outstanding Student, while Culinary Arts student Bryan Gannon (Schenectady H.S.) was named the 2008 Joseph N. Fuchs Award winner.  Read the news release

Pictured from the Awards Ceremony, below left: Josh Culhane is congratulated by Building Trades Teacher and Faculty Association Officer Doug Harple. Below right: Director of Career & Technical Education Dr. Hank Stopinski shakes hands with Bryan Gannon.

Schoharie campus:
At the Schoharie campus Awards & Recognition Ceremony on June 16, Automotive Trades Technology student Joshua Euler (Sharon Springs HS) was named 2008 Faculty Association Outstanding Student, while Building & Grounds Maintenance student Robert Chrysler (Berne-Knox-Westerlo H.S.) was honored with that campus's 2008 Joseph N. Fuchs Award. Read the news release

Joshua Euler, Outstanding Student of the Year, and Randy Barber, his Automotive Trades Technology teacher at the Schoharie campus Awards & Recognition Ceremony

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