A Message from the Director SUMMER 2018 A Publication of the Southern Westchester BOCES Center for Career Services After an unusually cool spring, summer is finally upon us. Here at the Center for Career Services, we are taking a few moments to reflect on the school year that has just ended. To say that it was a successful one is really an understatement. This year, we had more students passing industry exams than ever before, and their performance in competitions like HOSA- Future Health Professionals and SkillsUSA was definitely something to be proud of. In fact, four of our students, two from the EMT Program, and two from the Veterinary Science Program, made it to the HOSA Nationals in Dallas last month, and while they didn’t come back winners, the experience was a life-changing one for them. The work that all of our students completed throughout the year and the lessons they learned are among our proudest moments. All of that is evident in Graduates from the Nursing Assistant Program pictured with instructor Alyson Keane. the quarterly awards they received, in the way they stepped up to the plate to participate Career Services Center Celebrates Student in various projects, the respect they showed their instructors and the camaraderie they Achievements with Recognition Ceremony developed with each other. We are especially proud of the promotional video students in our TV/Video Production It was a proud moment for teachers In her opening remarks, Center Director Program completed this past year titled, “The and administrators at the Center Dahlia Jackson cited the 168 technical Key to Your Success.” The premise for the for Career Services in Valhalla as endorsements that students in various video is that enrollment in any of our career 282 students marched across the programs had earned, as well as the and technical education programs can provide Westchester County Center stage successful completion of their CTE exams. students with the key to their own success. in White Plains June 14 to accept their The students took the concept and certificates, evidence that they had Salutatorian Darren Tripicchio, a graduate creatively integrated it into a four-minute successfully completed two years of career of the TV/Video Production Program and video that shows them passing along a and technical education at the Center. a senior at Harrison High School, credited large wooden key from one to the other. teachers at the Center for playing a very It also includes footage of the kinds of skills Prior to the three-hour ceremony, the important role in their achievements. that each of them acquires on their students and their teachers gathered in two-year journey. a room off to the side of the main arena, “It is now our turn to take that encourage- As is the case each year, our Recognition taking celebratory photos, as well as getting ment, along with the tools we have gained Ceremony at the County Center is the last-minute instructions for the ceremony. over the last two years at BOCES, and use it culmination of our students’ and teachers’ to shape our future,” he said. efforts. Without a dedicated staff and the cooperation of our partnering school districts, CAREER CONFERENCE, continues page 2 we would be unable to provide the kind of quality career and technical education that IN THIS ISSUE we have become known for. We wish you all a restful summer and hope 3 Veterinary Science Grad Has 9 Carpentry Student Takes Home that the incoming seniors among you will be Dreams of Becoming Vet Medal from SkillsUSA Competition ready to take on the challenges that the next school year brings. We look forward to seeing 4 Trends from Turn of Century to 10 Students’ Dream Salons Part everyone on campus in September. Now on Display at Fashion Show of Creative Collaboration Sincerely, 8 Students Inducted to National 11 Successful Cosmetology Alum & Technical Honor Society Entrepreneur Returns to Campus Director,Dahlia Southern A. WestchesterJackson BOCES Center for Career Services 1 A Publication of the Southern Westchester BOCES Center for Career Services Career Services Center Recognition Ceremony The staff of the Center for Career Services pictured at the annual Recognition Ceremony. The graduates are all smiles just before walking out on to the County Center stage. Cosmetology grads pictured with instructor Laura Mirabel. CAREER CONFERENCE, continued from page 1 The Secondary Day Career and Technical Donald Fuentes-Rios, Rye Neck High School; Darren, along with other students in the TV/ Education Program Award, Cydnei Automotive Technology – Olliver Rivera, Video Production Program, was responsible Adamson, New Rochelle High School; White Plains High School (Peter Schwartzott, for making a special video titled, “The Key Outstanding Student in the Introduction to instructor); Automotive Technology – to Your Success,” which was showcased on Career and Technical Education Program, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Port Chester High several large screens in the County Center. Donald Fuentes-Rios, Rye Neck High School; School (Scott Nelson, instructor); Automotive the Donald B. Barbieri Memorial Award, Trades & Maintenance – Omar Lopez, New Guest speaker John Mercurio, a 2013 Carla Chi, Harrison High School; the De Paul Rochelle High School; Baking, Food & Retail graduate of the Security, Law and Policing Stallkamp Memorial Award, Megan Brown, Service – Megan Brown, White Plains High Program, described his decision to attend White Plains High School; the John Harley School; CISMAA – Emily Jimenez, Hastings the BOCES program as “taking a shot in Memorial Award, Melissa Resendiz, New High School; Collison Technology – Joseph the dark not knowing that this would be the Rochelle High School; the John Rembling Guagliardi, Blind Brook High School, best decision of my entire life and career.” Memorial Award, Gregory Gaudio, New the Rye School District; Commercial Art John, now a nurse at Sloan Kettering Cancer Rochelle High School; the Ray Oddo – Cydnei Adamson, New Rochelle High Center in Manhattan, added that the real-life Memorial Award, Donald Fuentes-Rios, School; Construction/Plumbing – Ian experience he gained from attending the Rye Neck High School; the Dr. Colleen Spruck-Andrews, Westlake High School, the BOCES program was invaluable. Murray Scholarship Award, Maya Guagnini, Mount Pleasant School District; Cosmetology Rye Neck High School; the Ruth Bullwinkel – Fathima Roshan, White Plains High School He urged the graduates to be ambitious. Memorial Award, Julianna Portante, (Theresa Galitello, instructor); Cosmetology – “Anything is possible for you. There is no Eastchester High School; the Stock Award for Amy Calandro, Eastchester High School limit to how far you can go,” he told them. Culinary Excellence, Aislynn Flores, Sleepy (Laura Mirabel, instructor); Culinary Arts – Hollow High School; the Elaine Barsich Taneesha Odom-Perrineau, New Rochelle As is customary each year, the TV/Video Award, Kobe Butler, Alexander Hamilton High School; Electrical Construction – Production Program debuted its signature High School, the Elmsford School District; Oscar Diaz Reyes – Pleasantville High video, “Student Voices,” a compilation of the Margaret Antonecchia Memorial Award, School; Emergency Medical Services – clips from students in various programs who Bruce Avendano, Woodlands High School, Melissa Pizzol, Sleepy Hollow High School; speak about their experiences at the Center. the Greenburgh School District; the Fashion Design/Merchandising – Anakaren Heath L. Linker Scholarship Award, Angela Barajas, New Rochelle High School; General The event included the presentation of DeFrancesco, Westlake High School, the Maintenance Assistant – Michael McMorrow, various student awards, including the Rec- Mount Pleasant Central School District; the Woodlands High School, the Greenburgh ognition of Excellence Award from Looseleaf Dree Atkins Memorial Awrd, Sophie Munoz, School District; Nursing Assistant – Nargis Law Publications, Inc. to Security, Law and Scarsdale High School; and the Ollie Clark Ahmed, New Rochelle High School; Pre- Policing graduate Shania Louis. Award, Raul Velazquez, New Rochelle Engineering – Dajel Duggins, New Rochelle High School. High School; Office Skills & Occupations The award was presented to Shania by the – Matthew Kriegal, Ardsley High School; program’s instructor, Ray Sulla. Recognition Awards for “Best in Program” Security, Law & Policing – Shania Louis, New 5 A student in the Cosmetology Program applies makeup included the following: Rochelle High School; Sound Production – on one of her classmates. Principal Jim Matera presented a number of Animal Science – John Elkamp, Scarsdale Floyd Fields, New Rochelle High School; other special awards to students from various 4 High School; Architecture & Interior Design TV/Video Production – Roman Danyluk, Students in the Animal Science Program, from left, McKayla programs. They included the following: Mulvaney of Pleasantville High School, and Cameron Videla – Elizabeth Fuerte-Villa, New Rochelle High Irvington High School. of Irvington High School with their teacher, Michael D’Abruzzo. School; Auto Body & Detailing – 2 A Publication of the Southern Westchester BOCES Center for Career Services Becoming a Veterinarian, a Dream of Animal Science Student From a very young age, Juliette Suarez was Despite the hectic schedule, she crazy about animals. She remembers coming realizes that all the hard work will home from school as a kindergartener and then pay off one day. rushing to her living room to catch