Orleans/Niagara BOCES

The Orleans Career and Technical Education Center Cosmetology classes recently visited the Atmosphere Salon on 330 South Transit Road in Lockport. The salon is unique in that not ...

Dr. Molli Oldenburg, DNP, MS, FNP BC, AOCNP has a very impressive resume. At the University at Buffalo’s (UB) School of Nursing, she is the Family Nurse Practitioner Program Di...

The Orleans/Niagara BOCES’ Diesel Technology students Nick Trifiletti (Starpoint) and Erica Smith (Starpoint) recently represented the Niagara Career and Technical Education Cen...

They say that charity begins at home. The juniors in Susan Staddon’s Graphic Communications program, at the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center, put their talents to ...

Thanks to the generosity of Brenda and Mark Zimmerman, owners of the Gathering Place and Checkered Poppy Antiques and Gifts in Lockport, the Orleans/Niagara BOCES Bell Choir pla...

Electricity/Electronics teacher Isaac Dauphin says he’ll never forget walking into Bill Leggett’s Electricity/Electronics class at the Orleans Career and Technical Education Cen...

The Grinch made a surprise visit to North Tonawanda Learning Center, sparking everything from big smiles and excited giggles to cautious curiosity from our students! As Princip...

Brendan Monaco says that he knew college was not where he wanted to be after he graduated from high school. “I was a very hands-on individual and that is what interested me,” h...

Thank you to New York Army National Guard Recruiters Sergeant Louis Chraston and Sergeant Brandon Zimmer for coming in and training with our Security and Law Enforcement student...

When 2005 Niagara Falls graduate Eddie Murawki walked into Rae Amacher’s Cosmetology class at the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center, she knew he was trouble. But it s...

Our Adult Education Second Chance program, at the Niagara County Jail, recently completed a cool project. Teacher Paul Dewey worked with inmates to improve their essential job rea...

Zach Luick was a Lockport student in the Electricity/Electronics program at the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center (OCTEC) from 2022-2023. “The programs at BOCES are ...

Congratulations to the students from the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center, who were recently inducted into the National Technical Honor Society. Out of all the high ...

Congratulations to Conservation student Adam Yanicki from Royalton-Hartland! Adam earned first place in the entire nation in the Environmental and Natural Resources at the 98th N...

Our Culinary Arts students, in Chef Lisa Cook’s and Chef Caitlin Kucharski’s classes, had a great field trip at Smith’s Orchard Cider Mill in Lockport. The Niagara Career a...

Congratulations to the students from the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center, who were recently inducted into the National Technical Honor Society. Out of all the hig...

Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) teacher Bill Rakonczay, teacher aide Brianna Peterson and the senior class students, at the Orleans Career and Technical Education C...

Leesburg, Va. - October 17, 2025 - James Rozewski of Orleans Career & Technical Educational Center earned the SkillsUSA National Statesman Award during the organization's Washin...

Congratulations to our Safety Risk Department who recently received the 2025 School Safety Excellence Award from the Utica National Insurance Group. We are one of 156 school distr...

Administrators of the Orleans/Niagara BOCES, Newfane Superintendent Jay Lupini, Orleans/Niagara BOCES’ Board of Education members, staff and students celebrated the re-opening ...