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SUCCESS STORIES - ISSUE: XI - 2019-2020
SUCCESS STORIES
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
ISSUE: XI - 2019-2020
CV-TEC LPN STUDENT ALEXIS RHINO
practices drawing a precise dose
for an injection.
EXPANDING EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
LAUNCHING NEW VISIONS:
APPLIED ENGINEERING
PARTNERING WITH COMPONENT
DISTRICTS: GRANTS & RE-BRANDING
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ADMINISTRATION
Mark C. Davey, Ed.D.
District Superintendent/CEO
Teri Calabrese-Gray
Assistant Superintendent for
Instruction and 21st Century Learning
OUR MISSION
Eric Bell
Assistant Superintendent of Champlain Valley Educational Services empowers students, schools and
Management Services communities by providing exemplary education, training, support and
Michele Friedman shared services.
Director of Career & Technical Education
Matthew Slattery
Director of Special Education
OUR VISION
We aspire to be a nationally recognized, premier provider of dynamic and
Christine Myers
Treasurer innovative programs and services, serving as a catalyst for personal and
regional economic growth.
CVES BOARD
OUR CORE BELIEFS
Larry Barcomb, President
• Students are our first priority.
Michael St. Pierre, Vice President
• We value open and honest communication.
Bruce Murdock, Deputy Vice President
Leisa Boise • We embrace collaboration and shared decision-making.
Patricia Gero • We promote creativity and innovation.
Evan Glading • All students can learn and be successful.
Linda Gonyo-Horne
• We all lead by example.
Richard Harriman, Sr.
Donna LaRocque • We act with integrity, fostering respect for all.
Richard Malaney • Students, family and community are valued partners for success.
Ed Marin • We ensure a safe, supportive learning and work environment.
Thomas McCabe • We all impact the educational process and are dedicated to perform
Lori Saunders at the highest possible levels.
Doug Spilling
Scott Thurber
Public Non-Discrimination Notice:
Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington BOCES a/k/a/ Champlain Valley Educational Services
does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age or any
other legally protected status in its programs, activities, employment and admissions; and
provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
Inquiries regarding this nondiscrimination policy may be directed to:
James McCartney – Civil Rights Compliance Officer Bonnie Berry– Section 504 Compliance Officer
Cathy Snow – Civil Rights Compliance Officer 1585 Military Turnpike
1585 Military Turnpike P.O. Box 455, Plattsburgh, NY 12901
P.O. Box 455, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 Phone: 518-561-0100 Ext. 299
Edited, Designed & Printed by the Phone: 518-561-0100 Ext. 236
CVES Communications & Print Shop Teams
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Dear Colleagues and Friends,
IN THIS EDITION
This year’s issue of Success Stories features
the students, programs and partnerships COVER STORY
between with our component school
Advancing Medical Careers
districts that make CVES (as our Vision CV-TEC Division 4
Statement declares) “the premier provider
of dynamic and innovative programs and
Creating Mindfulness
Special Education Division 6
services.”
Granting Education
Our Special Education Division is expanding its Pre-Employment
Instructional Services Division 8
Transition Services through a five-year $1.5 million grant secured from
ACCESS-VR. They have also created a space for students to practice self- A New Vision
control skills – the Mindfulness Room.
CV-TEC Division 10
CV-TEC is launching an exciting new program, New Visions: Applied Pre-Employment
Engineering with a series of events geared toward attracting potential Transition Services
Special Education Division 12
students for this senior-year program. Its Adult Education LPN program
is growing, and the story features students who had completed Allied Above Brand
Health or Adult CNA programs at CV-TEC and have returned to further Instructional Services Division 14
their education and employment opportunities. There is a great need
(App)lications for the Future
for LPNs in the North Country, and graduates of our LPN program have Instructional Services Division 15
virtually guaranteed placement.
Supporting Employees
The Instructional Services Center is an essential partner for our Management Services & ISC Divisions 16
component districts, providing many necessary services. The two
services featured in this publication, Grant Procurement and Graphic
Design/Communications, have seen exceptional success this year.
Working through the Grant Procurement service, the Peru CSD has
received a grant to expand its Pre-K program. The Plattsburgh City
School District partnered with ISC Graphic Design service on a recent re-
branding campaign that won a NYS-wide award for excellence.
Our programs and services are recognized as being among the best in the
state; our students are thriving and contributing to the well-being of our
communities. However, we will not rest on our laurels, we will continue
to innovate and create new and improved programs and services. And,
we look forward to a strong continued partnership with our districts and
communities.
Mark C. Davey, Ed.D.
District Superintendent/CEO
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Cover Story
Brandon Kiroy practices checking
a patient’s blood pressure on
classmate Alexis Rhino.
Advancing Medical Careers
CV-TEC Division
Top 10 Opportunity
Alexis Rhino first attended CV-TEC in Alexis said, “as a CV-TEC student in the
Occupations in NYS
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the Allied Health program during her Allied Health program, I was able to
Licensed Practical Nurses ranked
junior year of high school. In her senior become a CNA in my first year, and
year, she went to work at Plattsburgh in the second year, I studied EKG and
Rehabilitation & Nursing Center as a Phlebotomy. I got a lot of medical
#
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). Alexis experience and I knew that I wanted to
then wanted to continue her education further my education, and that the LPN
in the health care field, so she applied to program was going to be a good step in
Source: www.labor.ny.gov/stats/enys_index.shtm Date: 2018
CV-TEC’s Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) furthering my career.”
program, was accepted, and is thriving. Projected Job Growth +18.4%
The LPN program runs from September
Median Annual Wage
Once she graduates, she plans to to June - 10 months, 1160 hours of
continue her employment at Plattsburgh combined classroom work and clinical
$49,470
Rehab, but as an LPN. experience. According to Dena Tedford, Post-secondary non-degree award
needed for entry to field.
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Alexis Rhino: CV-TEC Brandon Kiroy: CV-TEC
Allied Health Graduate Adult CNA Graduate
CV-TEC Health Careers Coordinator, “they have clinical practice Brandon said. “I had multiple teachers telling me that they
two days a week at local nursing homes, hospitals or other wanted me to move on and continue my education, so I
health care facilities getting hands-on experience. There’s an applied to the LPN program. I plan on working for a year as
entrance exam for the program, we offer the test, called the an LPN, while taking some nursing classes and then applying
TEAS exam, once a month beginning in February, and we also for North Country Community College’s Registered Nurse
offer a short TEAS exam prep course for applicants.” program.”
Brandon Kiroy was in CV-TEC’s adult CNA class last summer, Alexis likewise sees the LPN program as a way to further her
then got a job at the hospital as a clinical assistant. When he career as a nurse, “I’m going to work as an LPN for a little while
wanted to continue his education, he applied to CV-TEC’s and gain some experience. Then I plan to further my education
LPN program. “The teachers at CV-TEC were very supportive,” to become an RN and a nurse practitioner.”
Current LPN students who had previously graduated
from a CV-TEC Health Career program.
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A student at William A. Fritz
Special Education Center chooses to
work on a puzzle while visiting the
Mindfulness Room. Each session is
about 20 minutes.
Creating Mindfulness
Special Education Division
A key strategy in our transformation is to mindfulness training. frequent crisis situations.
build relationships with students and to
CVES Social Worker Toni Perez has had According to Toni Perez, “We started
help students with coping strategies. This
two years of trauma training under Dr. with 10 students and we took pre-data
year in our Strategic Plan we developed
Perry and says that, “a lot of his training in order to get a Baseline, and now we’re
one of the targets to look at students
is teaching kids about their body and using the room for a couple of months
at high stress levels and track restraints
their reactions to emotions.” Staff and then we’ll be taking post data so that
and break room use for them to help
researched what worked with students we can graph anxiety events.” Thanks
us in addressing their stress levels and
and one of the key pieces was the use to Toni and her intern the room was
providing them with a toolkit to help
of a Mindfulness Room. A group started prepared and ready for use by November.
with self-care. Staff members attended
planning to collect data in September
conferences with Dave Melnick and The Mindfulness Room is a supportive
and October to prepare a Mindfulness
Dr. Bruce Perry regarding trauma and environment set up to teach children
Room for use by those students in
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Mindfulness Room and must be using it
to maintain self-control. In Toni Perez’s
view, “it is there to use when they’re
escalated a bit prior to being totally out
of control, but when they feel their body
becoming angry or getting emotional,
they can choose to use the room to help
them deescalate and get back down
to baseline.” The Mindfulness Room
includes self-regulating and sensory
activities to promote self-control and
calming effects. It is not a Time Out Room
and will not be used as a punishment.
Students can do a variety of activities
Students have access to a variety of activities where they calming techniques including yoga, like create stress balls using balloons and
can be creative, calming, and fun.
mindfulness breathing, and play therapy, filling them with sand from a sandbox in
in order to help them learn about their the room. They can try different tactile
“...when they [a student] feel body and how their body works and how and sensory items like a rain stick that
to calm their body. The room will assist makes calming rain noises. They have soft
their body becoming angry or students in their self-calming efforts by plushies and pillows to sit on to meditate
providing them with a quiet, safe, and or read. There are activities such as a
getting emotional, they can relaxing environment. When students trampoline, puzzles, and coloring books.
are in distress, a crisis could occur that The hope is that students will identify
choose to use the room to help results in the use of a restraint and/ that this is a great place to go, it’s safe,
them deescalate and get back or break room use. CVES is committed and it’s somewhere they can go to calm
to eliminating this intervention and their body down.
down to baseline.” believes that the Mindfulness Room is
“In the future, our goal is to build more
- Toni Perez a tool that can assist in this effort. The
spaces that are calming, to provide
Mindfulness Room is in a central location.
options for our traumatized kids,” stated
It is designed and furnished to provide an
Toni. “We plan to open the room and
area of low stimulus and away from other
train other therapists and possibly some
peers/individuals. The entire room, from
teachers in case a therapist isn’t available.
the color of the wall to its furnishings, has
Therefore, it also has an educational
been designed to facilitate the process of
purpose for our staff: to teach them. Also
self-calming and soothing.
the benefits of their spending 30 minutes
Additional features in the Mindfulness Room The Mindfulness Room will be used by of calm and peace in this environment
a counselor for students on a voluntary has lasting benefits for them as well.
basis. A student must continue to Students and staff have had an amazing
demonstrate self-control to use the response to the Mindfulness Room.”
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First day of Pre-K
Michelle Rawson greets students in
Peru’s new Pre-K program,
funded by the grant
Granting Education
Instructional Services Division
Shelly Manchester, who oversees ISC’s Grants Procurement operation when it was compelled to downsize due to the lack
Service, helps school districts access millions of dollars each of certified teachers in their partnering agency. Even prior
year for a myriad of purposes. From improving literacy, arts, to downsizing, the district maintained a growing wait list of
counseling and physical education programs to buying new students for the program. As soon as Shelly confirmed the
cafeteria equipment, increasing energy-efficiency or decreasing NYS budget included another round of Pre-K Expansion Grant
bus emissions, Shelly works to identify the needs of component funding, she went to work with Peru Primary School Principal,
districts, both instructional and operational, and finds grant Michelle Rawson.
funding to address them.
Grant writing requires a variety of skills, including data analysis,
Shelly identifies strong partnerships with our component program and budget development and concise technical
districts as the key to winning grants. “As a grant writer who
works with school districts, the best thing I can have is an
administrator, teacher or staff member acting as a point person
at the district who is really passionate about what they want to
accomplish. They must be willing to put the work in with me
because I can’t be the expert in all areas.”
Shelly first became involved with the Peru Central School
District’s Pre-Kindergarten program in March 2018, when she
stepped in to help administer their state and federal grants.
Peru’s grant funded Pre-K program was only about a year into Partnership in action: Shelley Manchester, ISC grant writer (Co-Ser 645 Grant Procurement & Data Analytics)
and Michelle Rawson, Principal - Peru Primary School
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writing. According to Shelly, “The districts that are successful
in obtaining grants are working far in advance of answering
requests for proposals from the funding agencies.”
Shelly continued, “Michelle worked very hard on collecting a
lot of data, which she was able to give me well in advance. I
wrote this application with Michelle in about 3 weeks, which
is pushing it, but Peru had a sound Pre-K program that was
primed for expansion. Since it wasn’t a new program, I could
write about their existing curriculum and use their assessment
data, and ultimately we were successful in securing the grant.”
Michelle Rawson agreed that data, and Shelly’s technical
expertise were critical to their success. “At Peru, we had a Pre-K
program, so the challenge was looking at out existing program
and extending those practices in the new expansion grant. grant, discussions with North Country Kids, Inc. uncovered
We already had collected data on outcomes, so we knew that their excitement to expand their working relationship with the
district and their willingness to meet all program requirements
to serve an additional classroom of 10 students.
The combination of Peru’s compelling need for Pre-K program
expansion, data demonstrating the effectiveness of their
existing Pre-K program, strong collaborative partnerships and
effective writing by Shelly of ISC’s Grant Procurement Services
spelled success in a highly competitive funding arena. Peru’s
award of $341,847 annually will support the three new Pre-K
classrooms which accepted their first students in January 2020.
what we were already doing was working well for our Pre-K
students, preparing them with a strong foundation to succeed
in Kindergarten and beyond. Shelly and I collaborated over the
phone and through email. Honestly, I talked to her more than
I did my husband during that time, but she was great to work
with. She is knowledgeable about what the funding source was
looking for in the grant application.”
At Peru Primary, Michelle Rawson found space to add two
new Pre-K classrooms, doubling the size of their full day Pre-K
program to four rooms of 18 students per class and greatly
reducing the waiting list of 85 students from September 2019.
While canvasing for a collaborative partner as required for the
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Teamwork
Brennan Mazzotte, Crown Pt.
CSD tapes together the walls of a
cardboard shelter.
A New Vision
CV-TEC Division
New Visions: Applied Engineering participate in daily half-day sessions for high school and college credit-bearing
is a new, competitive, application- the course of the school year during the coursework.
based program for high school seniors senior year. The purpose of this program
The program will have two locations:
expressing an interest in a post- is to increase student success with
one in Essex County and one in Clinton
secondary educational experience in the determining a college major and career
County based at the respective CV-TEC
field of engineering. This rigorous one- pathway in the field of Engineering and/
centers; each with dual credit options at
year exploratory program is for select or related fields while completing dual
both Clinton Community College and
college-bound seniors planning to major
in Engineering or related fields.
The academic curriculum is combined
with practical applied work experience
as students engage in STEM concepts at
the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing
and clinical observations with business
partners in the field. The program
will incorporate dual enrollment in
college and high school credit-bearing
coursework with career exploration
and Work-Based Learning experiences
in Applied Engineering. Students will
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North Country Community College.
CV-TEC Director Michele Friedman
described the new program, “CV-TEC is
thrilled to be developing a New Visions:
Applied Engineering program to satisfy
the needs of our community along with
aligning our programming to what we’re
finding a large population of our high
school students are aspiring to study.”
“In keeping with our New Visions
model of excellence, this program
the potential students were
will allow students to explore a broad
organized into teams to design and
spectrum of components in the
build an emergency shelter with
engineering field - many of which
found materials (cardboard, duct
students may not have been aware
tape, etc.) to be used after a disaster
of. We also wanted to broaden the
such as a hurricane. Brennan’s team
scope to include opportunities at The participate in Junior Experience Kickoff
won the competition.
Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Day, “I conducted a survey among
to allow students to see the “I thought it was a really good experience
eligible candidates, those who met all
engineering connection for the additive that shined a new light on me for what
the initial criteria and who would like to
manufacturing technologies and other engineering is,” said Brennan. “I’m really
go to CV-TEC and check it out. It’s going
advanced manufacturing opportunities excited to see what else there is to come
to be a competitive program. Students
within the area.” of the next 2 days, to see more of what
have to be on track to earn an Advanced
the course is going to be like. It was really
On December 3, 2020, CV-TEC held the Regents Diploma with a minimum
fun, I got to meet new people who were
first of many events to introduce this overall GPA of 85 and also have interest
really cool.”
new program to potential students – the in engineering. Seven of our eligible
Junior Experience Kickoff Day. This event “The design was the most interesting students were interested in the program.”
was attended by 50 students who are part. I thought that construction was
CV-TEC Director Michele Friedman
interested in engineering, including an just following a design, but sitting down
summed up the aim of the New
impressive number of female students, and building it was the most challenging
Visions: Applied Engineering program,
representing most of our component part, but was also fun. I think that we
“Ultimately, we would like the
school districts. It will be followed up by followed the rubrics that they gave us
students to go and explore the field
the Junior Experience Day on March 17, really well. For example, the roof had
of engineering, get their degrees in
2020 at Clinton Community College’s to be pitched a certain degree, which
engineering, and then come back to the
Institute for Advanced Manufacturing. I made sure to incorporate into our
North Country and serve our community
design.”
Crown Point junior Brennan Mazzotte in that field. That is the goal.”
attended the Junior Experience Kickoff Brennan’s mother, Crown Point Counselor
Day at CV-TEC’s Satellite campus, where Joanne Mazzotte recruited students to
11Pre-Employment
Transition Services
Special Education Division
Readiness Training to develop social skills and
independent living, and Instruction in Self-Advocacy.
They applied through an RFP to ACCES-VR , and one
grant is awarded per ACCES-VR district office.
Tonya explained that, “we currently provide the Pre-
ETS services that are in this new contract, but only for
individuals who are referred to us by ACCES-VR for
services. These are individuals who applied to ACCES-
VR, if they are approved, they are referred to us for
the service - we do that already. The new contract will
enable us to extend our services to potentially eligible
individuals without the need for an ACCES-VR referral.
This would include self referrals, school referrals, family
referrals or agency referrals. We are in the process of
creating a referral system to facilitate this process.”
New clients must be between 14 and 21 and enrolled
in some kind of educational program in order to
qualify. They must also have a barrier to employment,
Tonya Robinson, Coordinator of Transition Programs, has
for example an IEP, 504 plan or other barrier for which they
received a five-year grant for $1.5 Million from the NYS
would require assistance. For example, mental health issues,
Education Department through ACCES-VR to provide Pre-
drug or alcohol abuse, or a medical condition for which they
Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) for Students
might need accommodations at work would qualify them as
with Disabilities. It will provide Pre-ETS to students with
well.
disabilities in secondary, post-secondary, non-traditional or
alternative education programs (between the ages of 14 and The program would cover Clinton, Essex, Franklin and St
21) who need such services and are potentially eligible for Lawrence counties – this is a huge area, but all are within the
Vocational Rehabilitation services in Clinton, Essex, Franklin Malone ACCES-VR District Office. The rollout plan was to cover
and St. Lawrence Counties. Pre-ETS services may include Job Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties this year, and then add St.
Exploration Counseling, Work-Based Learning Experiences, Lawrence county next year. The region overlaps with FEH and
Counseling on opportunities for enrollment in comprehensive St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES, so by applying to provide services
transition or post-secondary educational programs, Workplace for all the regions and partnering with FEH BOCES, CVES had an
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Pre-ETS may combine individual
services in a meaningful way to
enhance job readiness.
Post-Secondary Counseling for Students -
To provide students with counseling related to
education options after high school;
Job Exploration Counseling for Students -
To provide students with counseling related to careers
application that was more likely to be successful. options after high school;
Self-Advocacy for Students –
Tonya continued, “my hope is that students will gain valuable
To develop self-advocacy skills;
work experience and opportunities so that their transitions to
Work Readiness for Students –
either the workforce or to college are strengthened. Studies To enhance career exploration and develop soft skills;
show that individuals who have work experience prior to
Work-Based Learning Development for Students –
exiting school have better outcomes when they leave school. To develop an internship, work try-out or work-based
learning experience. Work-Based Learning Development
Our goal is to provide a lot of opportunities while they are still
may be used as a stand-alone service;
in school to improve those outcomes upon exit.”
Work-Based Learning Experience for Students –
To assist with paid work experience in instances where
“The contract requires us to provide services to a minimum of
the employer is unable to place the student on his/her
250 students per year, and those students can be repetitive payroll; and
from year to year. We’re making an operational plan for each Work-Based Coaching Supports for Students
region depending upon the needs that we’ve received. For (for employment) – To provide coaching supports for
youth engaged in paid work experiences.
example, we might have a group of students who are 14 this
More information: http://www.acces.nysed.gov/vr/new-services-meet-wioa-requirements-
year who we will follow through for 5 years and will be able to vocational-rehabilitation
document their growth. We might have others who are referred
to us from a college campus from out
of the region who are attending one of
our local colleges and need additional
supports.”
There is definitely a great need for these
services. Not every school can provide
school-based learning, and Regents-
bound students spend so much time on
academics that they need time outside
of school to work on those other skills
that are important for employment.
Tonya’s team will work with the students
at night, on weekends, during school
breaks and summer vacations, in
addition to working in partnership with
some school districts.
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Instructional Services Division
Plattsburgh City School District decided it was time to designed
bring their entire school district under one brand and to be a
through working with Megan-Jean Manson, Publications delight to
Specialist at Champlain Valley Educational Services, their children.
rebranding project has won the New York School Public
NYSPRA’s
Relations Association (NYSPRA) annual Award of Excellence
Award of
(1st place) in the category of Overall Graphics and Design.
Excellence
Plattsburgh’s Assistant Superintendent for Business David in Overall Megan-Jean Manson, CVES Publication Specialist presents David Baroody, Plattsburgh
CSD’s Assistant Superintendent for Business with the NYSPRA Award of Excellence.
Baroody requested a new look for the city school district Graphic
that would focus on the athletic “Hornet” mascot and its Design was judged among dozens of entries from other
current color palette – black and orange. This required school public relations professionals throughout the state.
not only creating a new and original Hornet logo for the While it is awarded to the Plattsburgh City School District,
middle and high school but also an animated, kid-friendly it is Megan’s third award from the association and the ISC
and “Happy” Hornet that would appeal to the three Communications Department’s fourth in the last five years.
elementary schools that would be retiring their various
David Baroody said that, “The Communications
existing mascots.
Department at CVES was a tremendous help in the
With Megan’s background in graphic design and Plattsburgh City School District’s re-branding initiative.
animation, she developed a diverse suite of logos that Ultimately, our project was successful due to the strong
would accommodate the district’s needs through multiple partnership, exceptional communication, and commitment
platforms. They picked a font that drove home the “point” to excellence that was shared between the School District
for their athletic division and created “Happy” the Hornet and BOCES Services.”
who is an uplifting and innocent-looking character that is
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(App)lications for the Future
Instructional Services Division
As more BOCES explore adding applications for mobile devices US-21 District.
as helpful communication tools for parents and students, an
“When it comes to winning the Congressional App Challenge,
opportunity arose through Upward Bound to place an intern
it’s not often programming gets looked at in general, or
with Communications Department at ISC to develop an in-
awarded at the very least, “ Seth continued. “Because app
house CVES App for mobile devices.
design alone is such a competitive field, being awarded as a
Seth Albertus, Northeastern youth helps compel me to continue working on this as a career.
Clinton CSD senior (then The addition of using this as a way to help my community
junior), spent the month makes it that much more important to me.”
of July learning how to
The ISC Communications team and Upward Bound were
independently develop a
ecstatic for Seth’s success.
functional android-based
application for a mobile Seth hasn’t yet decided which college he plans to attend after
phone under the supervision graduating from Northeastern Clinton, but he is interested
of Megan Manson at ISC. Working for a total of 35 Hours in pursuing a degree in Software Engineering or Computer
spread out over the month, Seth coded an application that Science.
pulls content from the CVES website into a tool for parents and
students to receive important alerts, current events, the latest
news, and find contact information for CVES personnel.
“The internship at CVES BOCES was my first time ever using my
programming skills to achieve something both helpful, and as
part of a team. In the past I’d only ever developed things I’d use
for competitions such as programming for a robot or working
on an app,” Seth explained.
The project was generally a success and gave the school
public relation team and CVES administrators something to Seth demostrates the coding behind the app (seen on the phone) which scans the current CVES.org website
and turns information like the site’s blog into a “Latest News” post on the mobile device
consider for the future. In the fall of 2019, Seth inquired about
submitting the app to the United States Congressional App
“I’m not quite sure what I want to do in the future, but I know I
Challenge, which he had already won the previous year. With
want it to involve programming. I also feel as if helping people
some guidance on his presentation from CVES, Seth submitted
would be important as well.”
a 10-minute video demonstrating the CVES app to the
challenge website. As for the CVES App, further development of the
communication tool is currently under investigation by
In early December 2019, Congresswomen Elise Stefanik notified
administrators and the Communications team.
Seth that she had selected his CVES App as her choice for the
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Management Services/Instructional Services Divisions
2018-19 was the first year that food insecurity, mental health,
Social Emotional Wellness financial guidance and work/
was added to our Strategic life balance.
Plan’s priority targets for
A series of posters were
improvements. While this had
designed by the Print Shop
always been an important goal
and the Communications
to address for students, new
Department added a directory
attention was now being paid to
to the CVES website (www.
the needs of CVES employees.
cves.org/support) for
Under the direction of Assistant employees to visit anytime
Superintendent of Management they need to. The campaign
Services Eric Bell, in the spring was launched by all divisions
of 2019, Management Services before the winter Holiday
and the Instructional Services Break of 2019 – with posters
Center began working together displayed in employee break
to develop an awareness rooms, restrooms, and offices
campaign for the Employee and a CVES-wide email sent to
Assistance Program offered by all staff by Eric Bell to introduce
CVES BOCES to all employees. It the EAP Support web page.
began with the development of
It is the hope of all who worked
a resource web page listing local
on the project that the Employee
agencies and organizations that
Assistance Program campaign
could be contacted for any form
will help any CVES staff members
of assistance, such as addressing
who are in need of such services.
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