Congratulations to student scholar Carter Swayer and mentor McKenzie Rhone from Morris Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
NYS Forest Ranger Jason Seeley spoke with students in the Security & Law and Conservation & Heavy Equipment programs at Harrold Campus on Tuesday. He showed his mobile work station, and discussed the education requirements, training, and job duties of a forest ranger, including their policing duties, fighting forest fires, search and rescue, and patrolling state lands within an assigned jurisdiction. Ranger Seeley is a BOCES Conservation program alumnus.
Congratulations to student scholar Sophia Zheng and mentor Richard Turnbull from Norwich City Schools. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
Congratulations to student scholar Alexander Mohn and mentor Amy Roseboom from Milford Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
DCMO BOCES hosted a professional learning event for school leaders at two sites on Monday. “Performance-Based Learning & Assessment for Middle and High School” was a hybrid webinar with in-person discussions and presentations, providing administrators and school leaders with an opportunity to engage in regional discussions about approaches to performances-based learning and assessment (PBLA) that support local implementation of NY Inspires and NY's Educational Assessment Strategy in middle and high school. NYS Commissioner of Education Dr. Betty Rosa addressed the group, and Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond was the keynote speaker.
The event was facilitated by the DCMO BOCES Instructional Support Services team. Attendees included school leaders from Sherburne-Earlville CSD, Norwich CSD, Oxford Academy CSD, DCMO BOCES ISS and Otselic Valley CSD at the Support Services Center in Norwich, and Unatego CSD, Afton CSD, Delaware Academy CSD at Delhi, DCMO BOCES ISS and Downsville CSD at the Harrold Campus in Sidney Center.
The event was facilitated by the DCMO BOCES Instructional Support Services team. Attendees included school leaders from Sherburne-Earlville CSD, Norwich CSD, Oxford Academy CSD, DCMO BOCES ISS and Otselic Valley CSD at the Support Services Center in Norwich, and Unatego CSD, Afton CSD, Delaware Academy CSD at Delhi, DCMO BOCES ISS and Downsville CSD at the Harrold Campus in Sidney Center.
Congratulations to student scholar Teagan Buffington and mentor Kristin Rumovicz from Unadilla Valley Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
Congratulations to student scholar Brianna Santos and mentor Erin Cure from Margaretville Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
Congratulations to student scholar Lyndsay Specht and mentor Jessica Fish from Greene Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
Congratulations to student scholar Bailey Mead and mentor Christine Roe from Jefferson Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
Culinary Arts students at the Alan D. Pole campus participated in an MRE (Meals Ready-to-Eat) Challenge in collaboration with the Army National Guard on April 15. Working in teams, students were given a mystery MRE bag and had 45 minutes to transform the contents into a complete meal, including an entrée, dessert, and drink. Teams could enhance their dishes with additional ingredients such as pasta, rice, vegetables, fruit, and seasonings, but were not allowed to add another protein.
First Place Winners: Zeke Hart, Killian Wood, Adam Beckwith, Ben Ledd, Brogan Quinn, Shuntay Eldred, Josephine Pierce (AM Session); Joshua Lindridge, Emma MacLaury, Allison Winn, Dana Hutchings, Sophia Urbanak (PM Session).
Thank you to SGT Ky’Sawn Veale and the Army National Guard for supporting this amazing learning experience!
First Place Winners: Zeke Hart, Killian Wood, Adam Beckwith, Ben Ledd, Brogan Quinn, Shuntay Eldred, Josephine Pierce (AM Session); Joshua Lindridge, Emma MacLaury, Allison Winn, Dana Hutchings, Sophia Urbanak (PM Session).
Thank you to SGT Ky’Sawn Veale and the Army National Guard for supporting this amazing learning experience!
Congratulations to student scholar Ryleigh Williams and mentor Steve West from Laurens Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
Congratulations to student scholar Alice Dibble and mentor Jillian Parascandola from Gilbertsville Mount-Upton Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
Congratulations to student scholar Bailey Mead and mentor Christine Roe from Jefferson Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
Congratulations to student scholar Naydine Gilson and mentor Vanessa Merrill-Wickham from Franklin Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
Wednesday was New York State Assembly Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day, and it was also the day that DCMO BOCES Harrold Campus students from Ms. Greene’s class and from Ms. Latourette’s Retail and Human Services program enjoyed a field trip to Albany. The group was able to see both the State Assembly and the State Senate in session, and toured the impressive state capitol building and its historic architecture. They also walked through the Empire Plaza Concourse to the New York State Museum, where they enjoyed a number of exhibits about our state’s natural and human history. The students, teachers and aides had a very full and very rewarding day in our state’s capitol!
Last Thursday, David Hoyt, Supervising Probation Officer in the Delaware County Probation Department, spoke with students in the Security & Law Enforcement program at Harrold Campus. His visit is one of the ways students in the program can learn about the different career paths available to them.
Congratulations to student scholar Abigail Dwon and mentor Jessica Boyer from Hunter-Tannersville Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
Congratulations to student scholar Ella Fitch and mentor Margaret Henderson from Downsville Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
Over 50 DCMO BOCES students from both Robert W. Harrold and Alan D. Pole Campuses were at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse April 22-24 for the NYS SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Championships. They and their advisors joined over 3,000 student competitors from across the state for two days of skills evaluation, presentations, and leadership activities.
Competitions were held in over 80 trade areas, from Automotive Technology to Welding, spread across four large buildings on the fairgrounds (and outside, in the case of Heavy Equipment Operation). All the competitors were members of a SkillsUSA Chapter at their school, and they were accompanied to Syracuse by their advisors.
The Harrold Campus SkillsUSA Chapter was named a Chapter of Distinction. Harrold Campus Culinary Arts teacher Jeanni Romanowski was also recognized as a finalist for the Chapter Advisor of the Year Award.
SkillsUSA is a national workforce development organization for students, operating in thousands of chapters in schools across the country. Founded in 1965 to help address the ongoing skills gap, SkillsUSA seeks to empower students to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members. DCMO BOCES has chapters at both campuses, supported by advisors Jeanni Romanowski, Amanda Larsen, Nanette LaTourette and Jamie Milk. Jennifer Lawrence, Director of Career and Technical Education at DCMO BOCES, serves as the Administrator Trustee of Area II. Nanette LaTourette, Human and Retail Services Teacher at Harrold Campus, also serves as an Advisor Trustee of Area II.
Competitions were held in over 80 trade areas, from Automotive Technology to Welding, spread across four large buildings on the fairgrounds (and outside, in the case of Heavy Equipment Operation). All the competitors were members of a SkillsUSA Chapter at their school, and they were accompanied to Syracuse by their advisors.
The Harrold Campus SkillsUSA Chapter was named a Chapter of Distinction. Harrold Campus Culinary Arts teacher Jeanni Romanowski was also recognized as a finalist for the Chapter Advisor of the Year Award.
SkillsUSA is a national workforce development organization for students, operating in thousands of chapters in schools across the country. Founded in 1965 to help address the ongoing skills gap, SkillsUSA seeks to empower students to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members. DCMO BOCES has chapters at both campuses, supported by advisors Jeanni Romanowski, Amanda Larsen, Nanette LaTourette and Jamie Milk. Jennifer Lawrence, Director of Career and Technical Education at DCMO BOCES, serves as the Administrator Trustee of Area II. Nanette LaTourette, Human and Retail Services Teacher at Harrold Campus, also serves as an Advisor Trustee of Area II.
Congratulations to student scholar Kylie Liddle and mentor Michele Wyckoff from Gilboa-Conesville Central School. For over 20 years, the Scholar Recognition Program has celebrated the achievements of top students and the mentors who inspire them. They will be honored in a ceremony at SUNY Oneonta on May 11. Congratulations to all the 2026 Scholars and Mentors!
