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Congratulations to the 45 adult learners who were recognized recently for earning their high school equivalency diplomas through the HFM BOCES Adult Literacy program. A ceremony to honor the graduates was held on Aug. 20.  

You could say 16-year-old Nick Wayman hit a home run with his internship this summer. Wayman, a junior in HFM PTECH’s business pathway, has been working for the Amsterdam Mohawks baseball team since the middle of May and will continue with the team through August. The experience has helped steer him down a more focused […]

The Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Business Education Partnership on Thursday gave its annual business partner and business professional of the year awards to Hu-Hill Farm and Sean Piasecki. Sean Piasecki, president of Eastern Medical Support, was recognized as the Business Professional of the Year, while Hu-Hill Farm, operated by Ryan, Rob and Shirley Hudyncia, […]

President Donald Trump today outlined a workforce development plan that includes connecting businesses with skilled workers, a tenet of the HFM BOCES’ two Pathways in Technology Early College High School (PTECH) programs. Trump’s daughter and adviser, Ivanka Trump, this morning appeared on CNBC with a P-TECH student from Syracuse, pointing to the early college high […]

Tell us a little about your background. I grew up in Fultonville and attended Fonda-Fultonville Central School. I played soccer and basketball in high school, participated in student government, did volunteer work and had a part-time job. I graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a Bachelor of Science in international studies, French, and political science. During […]

After 33 years in public education, including seven as the district superintendent of HFM BOCES, Dr. Patrick Michel has announced he will retire next month. The HFM BOCES Board of Education during its annual reorganizational meeting Wednesday voted to accept Dr. Michel’s resignation. Dr. Michel’s last day at BOCES will be Aug. 10. Dr. Michel […]

The Hamilton Fulton Montgomery Pathways in Technology Early College High School (HFM PTECH) celebrated its first students to complete the program with a ceremony and banquet Sunday, July 24, at the Holiday Inn. In September of 2014, the first group of 50 students began their journey in the new 4- to 6-year program. On Sunday, […]

Agriculture PTECH students received awards in various areas of study during an evening event Thursday, June 21. The select awards and cafeteria awards included cash prizes or gift certificates. During the event, sophomores received book bags for their chosen degree pathways. The awards given were as follows: English Language Arts Ashlee Cotton and Grace Yennard […]

Ag PTECH this spring won a grant from the Education Committee for the Eastern New York Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association to cover the costs of establishing an educational orchard, and students were tasked with coming up with plans for the location of about 20 fruit trees. First, sophomores in groups presented […]

The HFM Career and Technical Center honored more than 250 high school seniors at its annual Student Recognition Program Tuesday, June 19 awarding certificates of completion and special awards to the students before an audience of family, friends, faculty and administrators. Career and Technical Center Director Jay A. DeTraglia opened the ceremony by recognizing the […]