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omewhere between Brushstroke Lane and Charcoal Lake, in the Art City that they created with street signs, paintings and sculptures, student artists discussed how their work has evolved during their time as Advertising Art and Digital Design students at The Tech Center.

Art City, which was held in April, was the culminating project for senior high school students and was a testament to just how far they have come creatively.

Jose Chavez, a senior from Somers, said that while painting has always been his passion, he didn’t know much about making art with computer programs. Though the painting he is most proud of in the show — Magic Sunset — is done by hand, Chavez said that it is helpful to know about programs like Photoshop to expand his artistic skill set. “I used to do everything by hand,” he said, “but now I have more tools to use.”

VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 SUMMER 2013

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student aWarded for excellence in nontraditional career Path  educated Palate  fashion student lives her dream  students of distinction  camPbell and Pcrta aWards  tech takes toP honors in skills usa comPetition  culinary Places in Prostart comPetition  college & career fair  green machine is on a roll  beauty in bloom at cosmetology sPring event  using technology for emPathy

IN THIS

ISSUE

Artists Create Their Own City

It takes a village to create Art City, from left: Keeara Jones, Putnam Valley; Sara Grozenger, Brewster; Chris Morini, Chappaqua; Jose Chavez, Somers; Mary Goldsmith, Chappaqua and Jackie Guevarez, Lakeland. Not pictured: Cassandra Nicholas.

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enior high school students in the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Academy didn’t have to venture far for their celebratory exit luncheon last month. The meal, which was prepared for them and served by their younger Culinary peers, was held right in the student-run restaurant they’ve been working at all year. The seniors invited mentors from their home school districts and celebrated their time at The Tech Center in style.

Culinary Luncheon

for…Culinary Students

James Rogulski, an English teacher from Hendrick Hudson High School, with his student Fionn Quigley. Quigley will attend SUNY Cobbelskill in the fall and study Culinary Arts.

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Culinary Luncheon for…Culinary Students

While students and their guests feasted on fried goat

cheese and arugula salad, roasted beef tenderloin and flourless chocolate cake with raspberry sorbet and vanilla sauce prepared by Culinary students, the seniors spoke about how The Tech Center helped them grow in the hospitality field.

“In discussing things with my teachers in the Culinary Arts Academy I realized that I didn’t want to work in a kitchen, but rather behind a desk with a pen in one hand and a fork in the other,” said Sarah Lowman, from Walter Panas High School. Lowman will attend the Culinary Institute of America in the fall, and she envisions herself as a food writer one day.

Assistant Superintendent Dr. Lynn Allen and members of the BOCES board and administration were also on hand for the festivities.

Student Awarded for Excellence in Nontraditional

Career Path

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aylor Turnure finds working in a car paint booth “calming.” As she prepared to enter the booth in her class recently, donning full paint-proof suit and goggles, she methodically checked to see that everything was perfect. “I love the paint booth,” she said, “because I can be in my own little world.” It’s that type of focus on her work that helped her score the Vanguard Award this year, which recognizes outstanding secondary and postsecondary level students who are enrolled in Career and Technical programs that are not traditional for their gender.

The senior from Brewster may be female, but “she is just as good if not better than any of the boys

in my class,” said her Tech Auto Body teacher Steve Zavodsky. “She’s the first one here every day, and she has an amazing work ethic.”

Turnure’s determination brought her to the attention of Cara Long, deputy director of the Center for Women in Government and Civil Society at the University of Albany, which gives out the Vanguard award.

“Taylor was selected as a winner because her entry essay conveyed maturity and insight,” Long said. “Taylor understands what it takes to be successful in her field. Her nominators praised her

BOCES board member Anita Feldman sits at the head of a table of Mahopac students and staff at the luncheon.

hard work and dedication, but she also knows that pursuing a nontraditional career can be challenging at times. With hard work and help from her family and teachers, she has been able to overcome those challenges.”

Long also praised The Tech Center for submitting stellar nominations. “The nominations have been outstanding, as is evidenced by the fact that Tech had winners two years in a row.”

Turnure received a monetary award and was the focus of a web-based video that will be posted online.

Above: Taylor Turnure, center, with Cara Long, from the University of Albany, right, and videographer Sonja Stark . Left: Turnure at work in her Auto Body class at The Tech Center.

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Artists Create Their Own City

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“I really learned how to advance my style and not get stuck on one medium,” said Keeara Jones from Putnam Valley. “You can take something drawn in pencil, put it into the computer and then distort it and make it look completely different.” One of Jones’ projects in the show was a giant 3-D replica of McDonald’s French fries. “The assignment for this was to read ‘Fast Food Nation,’” said teacher Sandra Garofalo, “and then create something from the book with a message.” Each of Jones’ “fries” contained a handwritten message about health and food consumption. Jones will attend

Bridgeport University in the fall, where she will major in mass communication with a specialty in advertising and a minor in graphic design.

Jackie Guevarez, from Lakeland, wanted to incorporate fashion into her pop-art painting, so she juxtaposed it with an outfit designed by one

Jackie Guevarez, Lakeland, with her photo of her dog, Dum Dum. Behind her is her pop-art painting, juxtaposed under the dressmaker’s dummy.

of Tech’s fashion students. Guevarez will study digital media at the College of Westchester in the fall.

In addition to their work in Art City, students were responsible for all aspects of the show, including designing postcards and posters, writing press releases, obtaining print quotes, keeping a budget, tracking and logging the artwork, and designing and hanging the show. “I’m really proud of them,” Garofalo said.

Jose Chavez, Somers, stands in front of his painting “Magic Sunset.”

Educated Palate Gives Students and Diners a Full

Course in Restaurant Expertise

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he excitement was palpable in the kitchen of the Educated Palate restaurant this spring as cooks prepared the three-course menus, wait staff rushed to get it to waiting customers and dishwashers worked furiously to ensure everything was up to snuff. These hospitality workers might not be paid, but everything else about them was professional at the student-run restaurant on campus.

“This is the third time I’ve come here in two years, and the food is fabulous!” said Ilene Montesinos of Lakeland. “They really do an amazing job teaching the kids how to run a restaurant.”

From seating people to cleaning up, the students worked tirelessly. “I actually think it’s calming,” Gaven Glenn of Ossining said of his job washing dishes. “I love this program, because I love

food, and it really helps you learn every aspect of the business.”

Michael Stark, also from Ossining, agreed. “The hands-on aspect of the program is great,” he said, while assisting with the dishwashing. “I think you learn much more about the business this way than you would in a classroom.”

In addition to the front- and back-of-the-house experience they get, students also enjoy preparing the total restaurant experience for customers. Michael Feist, from Briarcliff, who designed the menu and is interested in learning about food styling and photography, has worked in restaurant kitchens before, but never as a waiter. “It’s really great to get the whole experience,” he said, “including front of the house.”

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Fashion Student Lives Her Dream, Wins Award to Boot

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ech student Breanne McCarthy is on the road to realizing a dream

she has had since she was a child – to become a fashion designer. “I’m going to FIT in the fall!” the Mahopac senior said, “and it’s thanks to my Tech teachers for giving me all the skills to get there.” McCarthy, a Fashion Design and Merchandising student, was also recently named an ACE scholar by Westchester Community College’s Advanced College Experience Program for tackling college-level courses while at Tech.

Due to the ACE program, McCarthy will have several college credits under her belt before she begins classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology next fall. ACE is an academic partnership between Westchester Community College and area high schools that enables students to enroll in college level classes and earn college credit during their final years of high school.

McCarthy was honored at a ceremony given by Westchester Community College for her ACE award in May.

Fashion Design and Merchandising student Breanne McCarthy, an ACE award recipient, works on a design. The Mahopac student will attend the Fashion Institute of Technology in the fall.

Stephanie Andoy, Ossining High School

Joseph Figueroa, Walter Panas High School

Hawkon Gustavsson, Walter Panas High School

Tyler Mason, Hendrick Hudson High School

Lauren Bonifacio, Walter Panas High School

Karina Barrantes, Peekskill High School Doris Ramos-Alonzo, North Salem High School Kayla Barlow, Croton Harmon

High School

Matthew Schnittert, Walter Panas High School

Charlie Cammilleri, Carmel High School Lisa Farr, Lakeland High School

Campbell and

PCRTA Awards

Our Students of Distinction,

Third Quarter

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en students from The Tech Center received Putnam County Retired Teachers Association Awards. They are Taylor Turnure, Auto Body, Brewster; Peter Hsi, Architectural Design and Modeling, Brewster; Jacklyn Cervantes, Architectural Design and Modeling, Brewster; James Haviland, Masonry, Brewster; Karissa Tierney, Certified Nurse Aide, Brewster; Matt Roscoe, Culinary Arts, Carmel; Amanda Palminteri, Cosmetology, Mahopac; Chantel Blyskal, New Visions Health, Mahopac; Samantha Snyder, Certified Nurse Aide, Mahopac; Danielle Simendinger, Medical Assistant, Mahopac.

Five Tech students were nominated for the Campbell Family Awards. They are Kristin Goff, Food Prep Assistant, Brewster; Brian Callahan, Food Prep Assistant, Carmel; Robert Camardella, Food Prep Assistant, Carmel; Merrel Stafford, Retail Services, Carmel; Angelo Nappi, Auto Mechanics, Mahopac.

Each year, the Putnam County Retired Teachers Association (PCRTA) contributes the scholarships and Campbell Family Awards to students who attend school in Putnam County. Students are nominated by their teachers for their academic performance and character.

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Uplifting moment: Cosmetology student Chelsey Kelly with her award-winning updo.

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ideo Production and Cosmetology students took top awards in the Skills USA state competition held recently at the Syracuse State Fair Grounds.

A partnership among students, teachers and industry, Skills USA is dedicated to ensuring that America has a skilled workforce. Skills USA programs include local, state and national competitions in which students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills.

TV and Video Film Production students Nicholas Furer and Charlie Girven, both from Mahopac, placed first in their category. They were given the task of making a three- to five-minute video on the topic of “simple things.”

The process taught them a lot about film, they said. Though juniors in high school, both students said they intend to study film in college. They said working with Tech teacher Liz Marques has been a great introduction to the field.

“We’ve learned a lot about filming techniques and also about the industry,” Girven said. Furer and Girven will go on to compete in the Skills USA national

Tech Takes Top Honors in Skills USA Competition

competition in Kansas City, MO, in June.

Cosmetology student Chelsey Kelly, from Walter Panas High School, placed third in the state in the cosmetology category. Her award-winning hairstyle — comprising an elaborate pink-tinted upsweep — won accolades from the judges.

“I had an hour to do the updo and a half hour to do a blunt cut on long hair,” Kelly said. “It was great preparation for working in a salon.”

Kelly plans to study business in college and get her cosmetology license as well. “I’m not the type to sit,” she said. Her teacher Pat Gilman said that Kelly will be an asset to the cosmetology field. “She not only has excellent cosmetology skills but excellent people skills as well,” she said.

Action! TV and Video Film Production students Nicholas Furer and Charlie Girven.

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op Chef has nothing on our Culinary students, who took second place honors at the Pro-Start Competition in Niagara Falls recently, winning thousands of dollars in scholarship money.

Both the culinary and management teams, each comprising five students and an alternate, took second place in the prestigious, statewide competition aimed at testing their skills both in the kitchen and on the business side of the restaurant field.

The culinary team included John Azznara, Marissa Mazzella, Marielle Martin, Danielle Nicolini, and Sarah Lowman.

The management team included: Jasmine A. Martinez, Ryan Casey, Katie Copeland, Olivia Derbabian, and William Paris.

Culinary Places in ProStart Competition

Back row, the Culinary Team: Marielle Martin, Marissa Mazzella, John Azznara, Danielle Nicolini, Sarah Lowman, Chef Jennifer Guiffre; and front row, the Management Team: Jasmine A. Martinez, Ryan Casey, Katie Copeland, Olivia Derbabian, and William Paris.

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Using Technology for

Empathy Lesson

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ood nutrition and good health go hand in hand. That’s why students in the Medical Assistant training program recently took a field trip – to the supermarket.

“I wanted my students to be able to choose nutritious food within a tight budget,” Tech teacher Maria Pontbriand said. With the help of a phone app

from myfitnesspal.com, they did just that.

“The students were given a budget of $19.20, which is what the federal government’s supplemental nutrition program allows to feed a family of four for one day,” Pontbriand said, adding that she wanted her students to be empathetic to families on tight budgets, whom they might encounter in their future work. Using the nutrition app that they downloaded to their phones, “the students had to shop for three nutritious meals and one snack.”

“It was difficult to stay on the budget and still buy healthy food,” Maria Alvarez from John Jay High School said.

“You really couldn’t buy anything extra,” Alice Varga of Mahopac High School, noted. “We had to make do with a sandwich with just one slice of meat!”

From left: Tech students Ebony Hall, Maria Alvarez and Alice Varga study their nutrition app.

Green Machine Is on a Roll

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reen is on the go, thanks to a new P/NW BOCES collaboration. The Green Machine is a 24-foot trailer that provides mobile instruction in sustainability, through exhibits of the construction trades at The Tech Center. The trailer has been making the rounds to area middle schools since the fall. Seven unique demonstration stations within the trailer provide opportunities for middle school students to participate in hands-on sustainability activities in Architectural Design, HVAC, Construction Electricity, Masonry/Plumbing, Lighting Efficiency, Carpentry and Smart Electronics. As many as 15 students at a time board the Green Machine and stop at the various stations to learn about aspects of sustainability. At the Masonry/ Plumbing station, students learn how solar heating can reduce energy cost in the home. Each station comes with a booklet and curriculum guide for teachers and students. Teaching assistant Paul Purpura, a retired engineer, has been accompanying the trailer as a guide and expert since it began its journey to schools at the end of October. Most recent stop this spring? Peekskill.

Beauty in Bloom at

Cosmetology Spring Event

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low-dryers were humming, flat irons were steaming and

mini-fans were drying freshly-painted nails as nearly 40 special guests enjoyed a morning of pampering during Tech’s Spring Cosmetology Event.

Cosmetology students completing their two-year program at Tech invited individuals who have inspired them throughout their lives to the annual event. Mothers, grandmothers and sisters were among those treated to haircuts, manicures and waxing services. The pampering was followed by an extensive

buffet brunch prepared by The Tech Center’s culinary students.

Judy Banta and her daughter Gwen, a senior at Mahopac High School, enjoy some mother daughter time during the Cosmetology Spring Event.

College & Career Fair Brings

Colleges to Students

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ore than

2,000 high school juniors from area school districts attended the 67th annual College & Career Fair at Putnam/ Northern Westchester BOCES on April 30th.

The conference showcased virtually every type of college or university from small liberal arts colleges to sprawling state universities to performing arts conservatories, and offered a new emphasis on technical career paths.

The conference kicked off a three-part event including College Night hosted by Fox Lane High School in Bedford, where parents had the opportunity to meet with the same representatives as well as attend workshops on the college application process; and a College Clinic on May 1 at Tappan Hill in Tarrytown for area guidance counselors to learn about the latest trends in admissions.

Haldane High School’s Sophie Rust speaks with Kevin Sobers about opportunities at SUNY Delhi at the College & Career Fair.

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ech students donated eight boxes of food and 10 hams to help stock the community food pantry at St. Andrew’s Church in Brewster this spring in recognition of National Nutrition Month. Maria Pontbriand’s Medical Assisting class brought in the most food, while students in Larry Marino’s Construction Electricity class collected $100 to purchase hams.

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ew Visions Education students

honored the mentor teachers and administrators who have given them real classroom teaching experience at a breakfast held in the Walden dining room in May. “This program has given you experience before you even get to college, and I am continually impressed by the depth of your knowledge,” Pines Bridge Principal Bob Kelderhouse, one of the mentors of the program, said to the students in attendance. “The quality of your work is so impressive,” said Mahopac Superintendent and

program mentor Thomas J. Manko. “This is a great program.” The students agreed, and were equally thankful to their mentors, whom they had been working with in classrooms and

Future Teachers Pay Homage to Mentors

The whole group, from left: Megan Shea, Mahopac; Leighana Jagow, Somers; Jason Kane-Seitz, Haldane; Christina Basso, Mahopac; Nicole Porter, Putnam Valley; Amanda Pohlman, Mahopac; Sarah Ammirato, Mahopac; Megan Day, Bedford; Christina Toso, Mahopac.

Larry Marino’s Construction Electricity students with models of their Senior Exit Sustainability Projects. The projects included a solar hot dog cooker, a wind turbine for residential housing and a geothermal simulation on a home, among others.

Exit Projects Are Just the

Beginning

Robots Taking Over

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ew Visions Engineering and Architectural Design students went to the Westchester County Police Academy recently, where detectives showed them how they use robots in real-life situations. Students were particularly interested, since many had competed in the FIRST Robotics Challenge this spring.

Helping

Needy

Families

Celebrate

Spring

Holidays

schools this year.

New Visions Education teacher Debbie Ashley said these students make her enthusiastic about the future of education. “Every year I learn from my students,” she said. “They are so resourceful and so enthusiastic about the field.”

Leighana Jagow from Somers said that her mentor Dorothy Pascale, a teacher at Pines Bridge, taught her so much. “This program really helped me understand what I wanted to do in the field,” she said.

Megan Day, from Bedford, said, “Now I know that I want to teach math, because of my experiences with math teachers. This program changed my whole view on education.”

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n May, Rocco Plateroti, owner of Fusion Color Bar in Jefferson Valley, NY, visited Cosmetology, along with a Master Colorist assistant and performed two color demonstrations on cosmetology students. Plateroti educated the students on color theory, an important part of hair coloring, while performing a tint back and ombre application. This was an example of a real world situation that the students will encounter in the industy.

Real World Cosmo

New Visions Places in

Envirothon

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ith the great outdoors as their classroom, it is no wonder that New Visions Environmental Science and Sustainability students placed in the Hudson Valley Regional Envirothon competition. The team included Cynthia Bensburg and Caroline Matuck, from Mahopac; Kayla Barlow, from Croton; and Casey Gell, from Haldane. The group placed third in the competition held this spring at the Sharpe Reservation in Fishkill.

Twenty-three teams from high schools within the Hudson Valley region participated in the competition, where they engaged in hands-on activities and gave oral presentations on a current environmental topic.

The Envirothon students, from left to right: Cynthia Bensburg, Mahopac; Kayla Barlow, Croton; Caroline Matuck, Mahopac, in the place they love best — the great outdoors. Not pictured: Casey Gell, Haldane.

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