Two Wilson Tech seniors were celebrated at the annual PTA Night, hosted by Western Suffolk BOCES, as they were presented scholarships by the Suffolk Region PTA. Western Suffolk BOCES works with the Suffolk Region PTA to host the annual PTA Night, an event that showcases career and technical education programs that are available through the […]
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Students from Western Suffolk BOCES programs were honored by the Board of Education at its annual Recognition of Outstanding Students event, which was held in conjunction with the May board meeting. Students were selected for recognition by their teachers and administrators, who took turns at the podium to talk about the honorees’ accomplishments. The honored […]
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High school students in the Autobody Repair program at Wilson Tech volunteered to perform paint and repair work on a Humvee formerly used by the military and will now be used by the Suffolk County Police Department in disaster response. Representing the SCPD were Deputy Inspector Michael Romagnoli, Commander of the Homeland Security and Criminal […]
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Shaneka Bernard, a second-year student in Aviation Science/Flight at Wilson Tech’s Republic campus, was presented a $500 scholarship from Kathy Vento, Suffolk Region PTA Director, at the BOCES annual PTA Night for her outstanding performance at Wilson Tech. Shaneka attends Amityville Memorial High School where she is an AP student in the top 10 % of […]
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For the second year in a row, Melanie Wolff of West Babylon was a member of Wilson Tech’s Advertising/Graphic Design team that won first place in the Huntington Chamber of Commerce’s 12th annual Business Leadership Competition. Melanie teamed up this year with Luis Alvarado-Rodriguez, also of West Babylon, and bested 350 entries from both Nassau […]
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School board members recently toured exhibits and visited with both Wilson Tech students and BOCES staff to learn more about the offerings of Western Suffolk BOCES. The featured speaker was Jahad Hoyte, a senior from Half Hollow Hills West in Tech’s Aviation Science/Flight program, who described how he overcame his fears and successfully learned to […]
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Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci went from the tarmac outside Wilson Tech’s Republic Airport campus to a classroom for young children with autism at the James E. Allen Elementary School on his recent tour of the schools of Western Suffolk BOCES. “We are extremely grateful that the Assemblyman took time from his busy schedule to see first […]
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Tanner Park in Copiague received its annual fall cleaning when students from Wilson Tech’s Republic Airport campus arrived on Oct. 22. Both morning and afternoon students in the SkillsUSA service organization removed garbage and planted fall flowers at the park’s entrance. Students liked the idea of doing something for the community and enjoyed being one […]
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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 to (l. to r.) Mariana Guercio of Kings Park in Cosmetology, Justin Masters of Northport in Criminal Justice and Lizeth Martinez of South Huntington in […]
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Wilson Tech students competed at the NYS SkillsUSA contests in Syracuse where they won three first place awards, one second place award and three third place awards. The first place winners will next compete at the national SkillsUSA contests in Kansas City in June. SkillsUSA, is a national student organization that offers leadership, citizenship and […]
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