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HFM PTECH senior Nadia Payan has been named a 2018-19 Outstanding Business Student of the Year by the Capital Region Business and Marketing Educators’ Association. Payan, along with other selected students from the Capital Region, was honored at the annual student recognition dinner May 2 at the Century House in Latham. Following her nomination for […]
A team of five Agriculture PTECH students won the top spot for Montgomery County at Thursday’s Capital Region Envirothon, advancing them to the state-level competition slated for later this month. The outdoor environmental competition for high school students took place at the New York State Power Authority’s Visitor Center at Lansing Manor in Gilboa and […]
Matthew Davis has been named the new principal of the Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES Pathways in Technology Early College High School (PTECH). Davis comes to HFM PTECH after serving as assistant principal for curriculum and instruction at Northampton County High School in Gaston, N.C., where he also worked as a social studies teacher for four years. The […]
PTECH students Nick Suits, Marcos Santiago and Monique Beam accompanied PTECH/FMCC Transition Coordinator Jennifer Drake to the annual Advisory Council meeting that brings together representatives from the Technology Division of Fulton Montgomery Community College, the HFM BOCES Career and Technical Center and the local business community. The meeting, which took place April 3, started with […]
HFM PTECH sophomore Gianna Merendo of Amsterdam has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award, which recognizes those who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities, was granted by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program. Merendo applied for the award and was […]
Applications are now being accepted for the incoming freshmen classes at the HFM PTECH, Foothills PTECH and Agriculture PTECH programs. 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 three […]
Four students in the HFM PTECH program finished all the requirements for their associate degrees and high school diplomas in December, making them the latest students to complete the program. The students are all part of the first class that entered HFM PTECH when it launched in 2014. They will be invited to participate in […]
Agriculture PTECH began the 2018-19 school year with three new business partners, adding to the depth of mentors and other real-world learning opportunities for its students. New partner Alpha Garlic Farm is a 50-acre farm in Fort Plain specializing in garlic and fingerling potatoes. The company has been in operation since 1993. Mohawk Drumlin Creamery, […]
This year the Hamilton Fulton Montgomery PTECH is again breaking new ground for education in the region, offering a Chinese course to its students. In years prior, HFM PTECH students had a Spanish course offered at FMCC as their only option for filling their high school language requirement. The Chinese class, held at PTECH’s Jansen […]
MALTA — Many teenagers anxiously await their 18th birthday. It comes with a new level of freedom — the right to vote, legal adulthood. But for Nick Suits, an HFM PTECH student in the Advanced Manufacturing pathway, it meant he could begin the highly sought-after internship at GLOBALFOUNDRIES for which he had been selected months […]
