Nassau BOCES Education Partner Awards Program

  • Hundreds unite to salute Nassau BOCES' Education Partners


    2019 Education Partner Award honorees
    Accepting the 2019 Education Partner Awards are, back row from left: Laurence Dresner, Joshua A. Lafazan, Dr. Shari L. Camhi, Dr. Ranier W. Melucci, Lauren Pearson and Dr. Michael Nagler. Front row from left: Lindsay DeLucca, Jervey D. Edwards, Susan Ellinghaus, Dr. Ronald Smith, Maureen Mullé, Dr. Carl Bonuso and Barbara Golemme.

    Long Island's public education community gathered en masse on April 9, 2019, to pay tribute to some of its greatest advocates. That's when Nassau BOCES presented 13 honorees with its Education Partner award before a cheering crowd at the Crest Hollow Country Club.

    A strategic education partner with school districts since 1967, Nassau BOCES created the awards program to honor those who share the agency's commitment to providing the best possible education to learners of all ages and abilities.

Watch the tribute videos:

Nassau BOCES pays tribute to its 13 Education Partner Award Honorees for 2019.

The honorees are (click to learn more about each honoree):

Dr. Carl Bonuso
Dr. Shari L. Camhi
Lindsay DeLucca
Jervey D. Edwards
Susan Ellinghaus
Barbara Golemme
Joshua A. Lafazan
Long Island Arts Council at Freeport
Dr. Ranier W. Melucci
Maureen Mullé
Dr. Michael Nagler
Lauren Pearson
Dr. Ronald Smith

Proceeds from awards gala to fund educational innovation

  • The 13th annual Nassau BOCES Education Partner Awards Gala was sponsored by the Nassau BOCES Educational Foundation, an independent non-profit organization which raises funds for innovative educational programs that fall outside of the agency's budget.