Embedded YouTube video about Lindsay Miakisz Our Teacher Feature videos provide a glimpse into the lives of our fantastic teachers–inside and outside the classroom. As we build our video library you can follow along by clicking on this YouTube video playlist 06.02.23-The One with Travis Dillabough- Video 05.04.23- The One with Cara Olsen- Video 03.17.23- …
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Congratulations Jacob Gilmore! A BH-BL senior and Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School graduate with a passion for helping others and a drive for a career in medicine is the recipient of The William Kress Memorial Humanitarian Award 2023. Jacob Gilmore, a Two-Year Sequence of Health Careers program graduate, was presented the scholarship during …
An aspiring marketing professional has been named SkillsUSA Student of the Year on the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus. Congratulations to Emily Burdikoff, a BH-BL High School senior, who was presented the honor during the June 7 BOCES Graduation and Awards Ceremony at Proctors. The SkillsUSA Student of the …
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The 2023-24 budget of $81.6M was approved by voters, 985 yes votes to 260 no votes, with a passing margin of 79%, which is the highest passing rate dating back to the 1980s. Additionally, proposition #2 for maintaining an ex officio student board member passed with 1,101 yes vote to 142 no votes. The three …
Congratulations to the nearly 70 students from 19 area school districts, including six BH-BL high school students, who represented Capital Region BOCES during the prestigious SkillsUSA statewide competition in April. The students competed in events that tested their abilities in the skilled trades and workplace, and allowed them to showcase their work-related skills learned through …
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High School students taking the US Military History course did something few people ever get to do–they toured an active duty nuclear fast attack submarine. In late April, the students, their teacher Kurt Semon, and Social Studies Department Chair John Antoski toured the US Submarine Base at New London, Connecticut. They were able to each …
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Capital Project Committee to Present Recommendations to the Board in June Last summer, the board voted to create a capital project committee to tour the schools, study and rank the importance of identified areas of need, and make repair, upgrade and improvement recommendations. The large representative stakeholder group is made up of community members, faculty …
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Model United Nations program slated to expand next school year In March, more than two dozen students in the high school’s CIVITAS Club participated in a Model United Nations (UN) conference in New York City. Model UN is an educational simulation centered around a series of programs run internationally with the goals of furthering understanding …
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Board Adopts Proposed 2023-24 Budget to Go Before Voters May 16 At its April 19 meeting, the Board of Education adopted the 2023-24 school budget proposal that goes before voters Tuesday, May 16. Polls are open from 7 am to 9 pm in the gymnasium at BH-BL High School, 88 Lakehill Road. The proposed budget …
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