TST BOCES - Tompkins · Seneca · Tioga

🎉🎓 Cheers to our World of Work Graduates! On Friday, we celebrated the World of Work Completer Ceremony at the TST BOCES Career and Tech Center! We are so proud of you and can't wait to see you succeed in your next chapter! 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓🌟 #WorldofWork #Classof2024 #CongratsGrads #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

🎓 With immense pride, we gathered last night for the 2024 P-TECH Completer Ceremony at Tompkins Cortland Community College! 📜 🌟 To the incredible P-TECH Class of 2024, we are so proud of your achievements and cannot wait to see the impact you will make in the world. Go forth and conquer — the world is yours! 🌎 #PTECH2024 #TC3 #STEAMEducation #FutureLeaders #Graduation2024 #ProudMoment #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

💼🐶 Mock interviews, hands-on learning at BARK, and top placements at FFA! 🏆🐾 Our TST BOCES Career and Tech Animal Science Program is raising the bar for vocational training! Read all about the newest student enterprise here📰: https://www.tstboces.org/article/1633435 #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud #StudentEnterprise #HandsOnLearning #FFA #BARK

💃🤵‍♂️🌟Formal Wear & Artistic Flair: RAS Students Celebrate Spring in Style! 🎨🖼️🌷 Its been a spring to remember for our Regional Alternative School (RAS) students! Last Friday, RAS students enjoyed a dazzling Spring Fling formal! It was a night of friendship, fun, and creating lasting memories! 🎶🪩 Earlier, on May 15th, we hosted the annual RAS Art Show, which was a huge success! A big thank you to our RAS art teachers Ms. Ann Harper and Ms. Carrie Overton for working with our students throughout the school year to create amazing pieces for the show. We're so proud of our RAS students' talent and dedication! 🖌️🧑‍🎨 Check out all the fun that was had! 📸 #RAS #studentsuccess #springfling #artshow #studentcreativity #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

🌳☀️ Sunshine, Ice Cream, and Fun: The WOW Picnic Recap! 🍦🧺 Friday was our highly anticipated yearly World of Work (WOW) picnic at Myers Park! Our three WOW classes—Career Exploration, Food Service, and Outdoor Recreation—spent the day bonding, playing games, painting, and reflecting on our school year successes. 🖌️🏀 After lunch was the recognition ceremony. This year was particularly special as we honored Mr. Iannello, one of our beloved WOW teachers, who is retiring after 15 amazing years at TST. The Outdoor Recreation class, along with everyone else, will truly miss him! ❤️ The cherry on top of this sweet day was an ice cream sundae bar, generously set up and funded by our Food Service class! 🍨🍒 This year, Food Service ran a campus-wide coffee bar called Sip, keeping our students and staff caffeinated throughout the year. The proceeds from Sip went toward the delicious Purity Ice Cream at our picnic! Here's to a successful school year and many more WOW picnics to come! 🌟🍦 #WorldOfWork #WOWPicnic #Community #StudentSuccess #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth

💫 A few weeks ago, Exceptional Education hosted its annual ✨PROM✨ and our gang had a groovy time dancing the night away with the Scooby-Doo theme! 🐾🔍 Students from Branches, Bridges, Career Skills, Foundations, Steps, and SWE programs, along with our amazing staff, teachers, and even some alumni, made unforgettable memories! 🎉💃🕺 🎶📸 #ScoobyDooProm #UnforgettableNight #Prom2024 #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

🌟 Shining the Spotlight on Our Incredible Cornell Collaborators! 🌟 A HUGE thank you to the Cornell Career Skills Club and The Lab of Ornithology College classes for their amazing support of our Career Skills Program students this year! Our Career Skills Program is a unique 1/2 day career exploration initiative offered in partnership with Cornell University. Each week, our students travel to Cornell’s campus to interact with Cornell University students who serve as mentors. These mentors help teach our students essential soft skills and other workplace readiness skills. Through this program, our students have the chance to explore a variety of realistic career options on the Cornell campus and gain a firsthand glimpse of what life after high school could look like for them. 🎓🌍 Thank you for making a difference in our students lives! 🙏💙 #CareerSkills #CornellUniversity #TSTBOCES #SoftSkills #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

What an incredible day we had celebrating our amazing CTE seniors and their bright futures! We were thrilled to welcome representatives from: 🏫 SUNY Delhi 🏫 SUNY Cobleskill 🏫 Alfred State College 🏫 Ithaca College 🏫 SUNY Morrisville 🏫 Keuka College 🏫 Tompkins Cortland Community College 🔧 UA Local 81 ...and plenty more represented in apparel and signs! It was a giant celebration of our students who have made commitments to attend college, enroll in the armed forces, join the workforce, and take the next steps in their lives. We are so proud of each and every one of you and your accomplishments! Congratulations! Here's to the Class of 2024! 🎓✨ #SeniorCelebration #ClassOf2024 #FutureLeaders #ProudMoment #NextChapter #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

🎉 The end of the school year brings so many wonderful events, ceremonies, and awards, but one of the best is PROM! 🌟 It's so special to see our students dressed up, and dancing the night away with their classmates. 🕺💃 Check out the fun had by our Springboard and Turning Point Students' Dinner Dance, hosted by Cornell University at McCormick's at Moakley House. It was a night we won't forget! ✨ #EndOfSchoolYear #Memories #Springboard #TurningPoint #CornellUniversity #DinnerDance #McCormicksRestaurant #MoakleyHouse #DressedToImpress #UnforgettableNight #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

🚗🏆 Engines Roared and Spirits Soared at the 31st Annual TST BOCES Car Show! 🏆🚗 On Sunday, car enthusiasts gathered for the spectacular 31st annual Car Show hosted by TST BOCES Career and Tech Center. With over 150 incredible entries, from cars and motorcycles to trucks, the event was a resounding success! 🎉 Highlights of the Day: 🏆 Best In Show: Pogo Paolangoli's stunning 1938 Ford Pickup Truck stole the spotlight and took home the top trophy! 🏆 Best Engine: Awarded to Joe Tagliavento for his 1923 Ford T-Bucket. 🏆 Best Paint: Rich Placek took home this award for his eye-catching 1968 Chevy Camero. 🏆 Ladies Choice: Congratulations to our very own Amy Jones for winning with her beautifully maintained 1970 Pontiac Tempest! A massive thank you to everyone who contributed to making this event a huge success. 🙌 Special shoutout to Sandy Foote, our dedicated CTE Math Teacher and Car Show aficionado, who has organized this event for over 20 years. As she prepares to retire in June, we extend our heartfelt gratitude and congratulations. Sandy, your passion and hard work have made the TST BOCES Car Show an unforgettable event year after year. Enjoy your retirement! 🎓🎉 We're already gearing up for next year's Car Show! See you there!🚗✨ #TSTBOCES #CarShow #IthacaCommunity #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

History made! Our very first P-TECH class graduates from Tompkins Cortland Community College! 🎓🎉 Last night TC3 hosted it's Class of 2024 Commencement and a very special group of graduates walked across the stage - our inaugural P-TECH class! 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 Six years ago, we launched TST PTECH Academy, welcoming a bright-eyed group of 9th graders to a unique learning experience. With a focus on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math), these students spent their high school years (9th-12th grade) with us, earning college credits from TC3 and getting hands-on with cutting-edge technology. 🔭👨‍🔬 The best part? P-TECH students are automatically enrolled at TC3, and earn their associate's degree entirely for FREE! 📜🆓 Huge congratulations to our P-TECH trailblazers who earned their Associate's Degrees last night: 🌟 Matthew DeTuri 🌟 Valentine Murray 🌟 Carlos Wallace 🌟 Mason Zoner These four amazing individuals are our first-ever P-TECH graduates from TC3, and we couldn't be more proud! Here's to a bright future filled with endless possibilities. ✨ #TSTPTECHAcademy #TC3Proud #STEAMEducation #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

🌟 Shining the Spotlight on TST's Finest 🌟 Meet Matt Hartz, P-TECH Business & Industry Liaison & Health Teacher! 💼📚 For Matt, nothing brings him more joy than witnessing his two children get to experience and explore the world around them. Beyond the classroom, he's been known to command the stage at karaoke nights, unleashing his inner Backstreet Boys enthusiast with friends. Although now those performances are a thing of the past. Yet, it's the prospect of innovation and growth that truly inspires him. We shine the staff spotlight on Matt for personifying the essence of the P-TECH spirit, exemplifying unwavering dedication to innovation and excellence. 👏🚀 #StaffSpotlight #MeetTheTeam #TSTBOCES #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

🌟💖 Join us in celebrating the power of a big heart and the magic it creates in our communities: Meet Carterann Lower. 👩‍⚕️ Carterann is a Senior from Candor in our TST BOCES Career and Tech Nurse Assisting & Health Occupations class who was honored by Tompkins Community Action last night as the 2024 Joe Cassaniti Community Service Award (JCCSA) winner! Nominated for the award by one of her CTE Teachers, Chanhom Green, Carterann embodies the very spirit of compassion and selflessness. Her dedication to making a difference extends far beyond the classroom, as she volunteers her time to uplift those in need. Whether she's comforting patient, or lending a helping hand to local organizations, Carterann's big heart shines through in everything she does. Congratulations Carterann, we're so proud of you! ❤️👏 #CommunityService #TCAction #Graduation #JCCSA #Volunteer #ProudMoment #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

🎉🍎✨Celebrating our incredible team at TST BOCES! 🌟📚🎊 It's Teacher Appreciation Week, and our Administration + BOE hosted a breakfast yesterday to honor the incredible dedication and hard work of every single person in our TST family! From our inspiring teachers to the amazing assistants, aides, monitors, and all-around employees - THANK YOU for for all that you do! You truly make a difference every day and we couldn't be more grateful for your choice to be a part of our family! 💖 #TeacherAppreciationWeek #StaffAppreciation #TeamTST #Grateful #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud🙌🏼

🌿🌸Botanical Beauty in Bloom! 🌼🌺 Enjoy a sneak peak of the TST Greenhouse teaming with life for our 39th Annual Plant Sale! Our exceptional education students have nurtured a stunning array of annuals, perennials, herbs, hanging baskets, strawberries, and veggies ready for purchase! 🍓🥬 🗓️ Reminder - We're open to the public: 📅 SATURDAY, May 4th, 2024 ⬅️ That's TOMORROW! 🕘 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 💵 Cash or Check only #StudentGreenhouse #PlantSale #SupportLocalStudents #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

🎉 Last night we celebrated the inaugural Aspiring Leaders Cohort's completion of their first course in the C.A.S. program! 🎓 These aspiring leaders are paving their way towards growth in leadership, and we couldn't be more proud of them! Congratulations to these outstanding individuals and the districts they represent: 🌟 Matt Hartz, TST BOCES 🌟 Brett Hotchkiss, Lansing Central School District 🌟 Sara Loomis, Candor Central School District 🌟 Merrick Volpe, Candor Central School District 🌟 Nicholas Dyson, Groton Central School District 🌟 Jennifer Keister, Groton Central School District 🌟 Jane Manning, Newfield Central School District 🌟 Liz Kozlowski, Newfield Central School District Your dedication and commitment to educational excellence are truly inspiring. We eagerly await the incredible impact you'll make and the lives you'll improve along the way! 👏 #LeadershipDevelopment #EducationalExcellence #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

🛠️Breaking barriers and building futures - that's what our Women in Trades Event was all about today at TST BOCES! 💪 Ninth grade students from Newfield Central School District and Lansing Central School District got to experience the trades in nine different hands-on interactive stations, all led by local women professionals! From carpentry to solar energy, to pipefitting and welding, our guests experienced it all! Huge shoutout to our incredible business partners who made it happen: 🔆 Fingerlakes Renewables 🔩 Millwrights Local 1163 🔥 Ironwood Studios - Stacey M. Mrva 🔨 Hammerstone School Carpentry for Women 🚿 Plumber's and Pipefitter's Union - UA Local 81 ⚡ IBEW 🌾 Cargill 🔨 Carpenters Local 277 🚗 Diane's Downtown Automotive Thank you all for joining us in celebrating the power and skill of women in trades! 🙌 We can't wait to do it all over again next year! #WomenInTrades #HandsOnLearning #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

Today, TST Regional School Success had the honor of hosting the NYS Seal of Biliteracy Presentation Day, celebrating the linguistic talents of students from Dryden Central School District, Lansing Central School District, and Trumansburg Central School District! 📚🌟 The NYS Seal of Biliteracy honors students' proficiency in English and one or more world languages. Today, these students showcased their Culminating Projects, presenting entirely in their chosen world language before a panel of proficient judges. Not only did they deliver their presentations, but they also fielded questions from the judges, and were scored on a rubric for demonstrating proficiency across the three modes of communication- Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational. 🎙️💬 We had students demonstrate their language skills in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Thai, and Khmer! 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇵🇹 🇹🇭 🇰🇭 If successful, these students will proudly receive the Seal of Biliteracy affixed to their diplomas and don the prestigious biliteracy medallion at graduation. With less than five percent of graduating seniors achieving this distinction, today marks an extraordinary accomplishment for these individuals. 🏆🎓 #NYSSB #BiliteracySeal #LanguageMatters #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

🌿🌸 Join us at the 39th Annual Plant Sale! 🌱 🌻 Our students have been hard at work cultivating a stunning array of Perennials, Annuals, Herbs, Hanging Baskets, Strawberries, and Vegetables in the TST Greenhouse! 🍓🥬 🗓️ Mark your calendars: 📅 May 4th, 2024 🕘 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 💵 Cash or Check only #StudentGreenhouse #PlantSale #SupportLocalStudents #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud

☀️ 🐑What a perfect day Tuesday was as Daisy Hollow Farm brought sunshine and smiles to our campus! 🐰🐥 Our students had an exceptional time cuddling up with all of the bunnies, chicks, ducks, goats, and sheep! 🐐 ❤️ Thank you, Daisy Hollow, for bringing the farm to us and giving our students this hands-on experience! #DaisyHollowFarm #FarmToSchool #SchoolVisits #TeachingEmpathy #ConnectingMindsInspiringGrowth #BOCESProud