Congratulations to all those who retired this school year. Thank you for your contribution to the success of our agency. Best wishes to all and we hope you enjoyed the first agency-wide Retiree Reception.
Twenty grants were awarded totaling more than $56,000 through the Nassau BOCES Educational Foundation (NBEF). The grants will be used to purchase equipment, classroom materials and educational technology for several BOCES schools, as well as to fund additional programming.
The Fred Podolski Leadership and Innovation Awards were presented to two of Long Island’s top pioneers in educational technology this fall, at the 2022 Long Island Technology and Education Summit.
Theresa M. DeMatteo has joined Nassau BOCES as our new professional development coordinator. Her focus within the Agency will be professional development and building a sustainable program to empower staff with the various technology tools they use each day.
A trio of talented teens attending Nassau LIHSA have been named Scholar Artists by the Long Island Arts Alliance (LIAA) for their exceptional abilities. These gifted young artists are among only 20 from across Long Island to be honored with these prestigious awards in the 2022-2023 Scholar-Artist competition and profiled in Newsday.
To order, complete the Directory of Public Schools order form (PDF) and return with payment to the Nassau BOCES Graphic Arts and Printing Service.
The agency recently welcomed Special Sweets, operating under their nonprofit A Special Place for Me, to its kitchen at the George Farber Administrative Center in Garden City. A commemorative ribbon cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the new collaboration.
Daniel Cava has been appointed Assistant Principal of Barry Tech high school. A former technology teacher and administrator, he understands the value of Career and Technical Education and possesses a unique insight into the learning style of technology students.
