
May 8, 2026
Congratulations to Mason Lorence, a 7th grade student at our Niagara Academy. Mason, who is from Lewiston-Porter, achieved ten-week High Honor Roll! Assistant Principal Michelle...

May 7, 2026
Congratulations to two of our Orleans/Niagara BOCES Envirothon teams who took the top spots at the Niagara-Orleans Envirothon held at Bond Lake in Lewiston. There were 18 teams...

May 4, 2026
Recently Work-Based Learning Coordinator Lori Graves held an Auto Career Fair at the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center. She says it was a tremendous success and that...

May 1, 2026
Orleans/Niagara BOCES would like to congratulate all our SkillsUSA students from the Orleans (OCTEC) and Niagara (NCTEC) Career and Technical Education Centers. They competed A...

April 29, 2026
Students in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Health Occupations Technician (HOT) programs at Orleans/Niagara BOCES recently got to experience a simulated childbirth with a...

April 28, 2026
High School Equivalency teacher Jeff Smith has taken an active hand in helping inmates at the Orleans County Jail pass the rigorous GED exam. Not only has he filled the role of ed...

April 27, 2026
Our Orleans Learning Center (OLC) students recently had a day of pampering with our Cosmetology students. The Orleans Career and Technical Education Center students provided ma...

April 24, 2026
Earth Day was celebrated on April 22nd. This year's theme was "Our Power, Our Plant" to promote climate resilience, clean air, and water. The 56th annual event emphasized collec...

April 21, 2026
One of the great things about the capstoning/shadowing opportunities at the career and technical education centers at Orleans/Niagara BOCES, is that students get real-world experi...

April 14, 2026
Three Welding students from the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center (OCTEC) and Niagara Career and Technical Education Center (NCTEC) brought home the top three medals f...

April 9, 2026
The Royalton-Hartland Learning Center (RHLC) staff recently came together to create a “Giving Garden” for one of their students. Tragically the student and their family lost al...

April 8, 2026
The senior classes of the Health Occupations Technician (HOT) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) recently had a great experience at the Niagara Falls Medical Center. “We were s...

April 2, 2026
Three Niagara Career and Technical Education Center students Abigiele Chukhanenko, Madison Ciupa and Lillian Diegelman came up with a very sweet community service project for th...

March 30, 2026
Judge John Ninfo, a retired bankruptcy judge from Rochester, New York, was recently the guest speaker at the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center. Judge Ninfo star...

March 26, 2026
Diesel Technology/Heavy Equipment teacher Wes Blidy says he is very proud of his Niagara Career and Technical Education Center students. Not only did they do amazing at the reg...

March 25, 2026
Four programs at the Niagara Career and Technical Education Center recently underwent Narcan training. Students in EMS/Fire Science, Security and Law Enforcement, Certified Per...

March 24, 2026
Students in Jared Karas’ Personal Training class were paid a visit Monday by Sal Capaccio, Buffalo Bills sideline reporter and on-air personality for WGR. Sal spoke to the studen...

March 23, 2026
Jennifer Talarico, a Professional Development Specialist for Mathematics in our Center for School Improvement and Professional Development, recently had a great experience with co...

March 17, 2026
The Orleans Career and Technical Education Center’s (OCTEC) Culinary Arts team of Carina Hartigan (Royalton-Hartland), Bradyn Whittier (Albion) and Hunter Zambito (Albion) took ...

March 16, 2026
Godfrey Learning Center students, in Jillian Wisler’s class, have been focusing on job skills and looking for hands-on experience at the school. Mrs. Wisler brainstorm...
