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PTECH hosted Honors Breakfasts to recognize students for their academic achievements for the second quarter in their high school classes, as well as their accomplishments in college courses in the fall and winter sessions. Because of the hybrid schedule, the breakfasts took place over two days to include all students at two locations — Glebe […]
HFM PTECH alumna Heavenlee Vazquez has been named to IBM’s newly formed P-TECH Alumni Advisory Board, joining four other graduates of P-TECH programs from across the country. As a key P-TECH business sponsor, IBM is launching the P-TECH Alumni Advisory Board whose members will serve to build the first-ever P-TECH Alumni Network, a support network […]
Members of PTECH’s Chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America earned several honors at last week’s Spring District Meeting Performance Event. Alexandria Rouse — Client Service, third place and is an alternate to compete at States Trenton Sanders — Introduction to Decision Making, third place and is an alternate to compete at States. Hunter […]
Eight students have completed the PTECH program at Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES this winter, earning their high school diplomas and associate degrees through the early college high school. These students all met their requirements for graduation in December 2020. Four received their degree from Fulton-Montgomery Community College and four from SUNY Cobleskill. The graduates, along with their […]
After having to postpone the event in early December, PTECH hosted its first Honors Breakfast of the 2020-21 school year this week to recognize students for their academic achievements for the first quarter. In grades 9-12, 74 students were named to the Principal’s List, and 51 made the Honor Roll. To be named to the […]
Applications for the HFM PTECH program are now being accepted for the 2021-22 incoming freshman class. PTECH, or Pathways in Technology Early College High School, gives students the opportunity to simultaneously attend high school and earn a two-year degree from a local college at no cost to their families. The program uses a project-based learning […]
HFM PTECH has launched an initiative to emphasize the importance of attending school every day. The teachers on the Attendance Matters Committee created an animation and presented it today to introduce a contest that will reward students for good attendance. Classes that have 90 percent or higher attendance will be entered into a monthly drawing […]
When the three HFM BOCES PTECH schools — Foothills, Agriculture and Jansen — start up this fall as a co-located entity, they will introduce a new program to help integrate the students from the three schools, as well as students transferring from the former PTECH program at Amsterdam High School, and establish a school rooted […]
HFM PTECH celebrated its annual Awards Night on June 17 with a virtual ceremony via GoogleMeet to honor the recipients of awards in each class and some special recognitions. Here are the awards and their recipients: Global Studies Academic Achievement Kaidince Nellis Professional Skills Award Alexa Savage Most Improved Clayton Van Valkenburg U.S. History Academic […]
