WHAT'S HAPPENING

• Video brings Sprain Brook Academy students' story to Albany

  Our students are our best advocates when we seek to share the SWBOCES story with our state representatives, as we did on Advocacy Day in Albany on Feb. 27.

   

  The impact of the Sprain Brook Academy, in partnership with the Westchester County Department of Correction, is not an easy story to tell, though. With the use of video, however, we were able to "bring" two young men from the program to the state capitol to share the impact SWBOCES has made in helping put their lives on a better path. Meet Messiah and James.

   

  Click here to view the video presentation.

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• Spring & Summer Brochure of Adult Education Programs Available

  The 2019 Spring & Summer Adult Education brochure has arrived in mailboxes, featuring dozens of career-focused programs like practical nursing, cosmetology, welding and networking plus many more. Also featured are ESL, Citizenship Exam prep and HSE Exam prep courses at many nearby locations. Free workforce orientation sessions are taking place, providing an overview for many of these programs, at our Harrison and Valhalla campuses. For more information, visit our Adult Education website at http://adulted.swboces.org or call 914-592-0849.

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• Community partner to honor SWBOCES for literacy programs, collaboration

  Southern Westchester BOCES will be honored later this year at a gala in White Plains in recognition of its role as collaborative community partner in support of the mission of El Centro Hispano.

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• All About Ovarian Cancer: What Nurses Need To Know

  On Tuesday, Dec. 11, Southern Westchester BOCES Practical Nursing Program will host a presentation by Yorktown-based Support Connection, "All About Ovarian Cancer: What Nurses Need to Know."

  Students currently enrolled in the program will hear directly from a survivor, who will share her powerful personal story, including how her cancer was found and successfully treated and critical information such as symptoms to look for and questions to ask patients,.

  Ovarian cancer is often called “the disease that whispers.” The symptoms are subtle and hard to recognize, and there is no routine screening test.  If ovarian cancer is found and treated before the cancer has spread outside the ovary, the 5-year survival rate is about 90%. However, only 20% of all ovarian cancers are found at this early stage.

  Nurses and other medical professionals who interact closely with patients and listen for symptoms can be the key to early detection and survival.

  Support Connection is a not-for-profit organization that provides free support services to women and families dealing with breast and ovarian cancer. Learn more at www.supportconnection.org.

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• Maria Bradley joins SWBOCES as Practical Nursing Program coordinator

  Veteran nurse and nursing administrator brings three decades' experience to leadership role with SWBOCES' flagship nursing program.

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• Graduates at county jail told 'these lives matter'

  Read about nine young men and women enrolled in SWBOCES programs who received high school equivalency diplomas in a recognition ceremony at the Westchester County jail Wednesday. 

   

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• SWBOCES lauds 60 new nurses lauded at graduation

  In a moving ceremony at Manhattanville College June 22, 60 nursing students graduated from the SWBOCES Practical Nursing program.

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• New citizens among 2018 Adult Learning Center grads

  Adult Learning Center students celebrated their achievements June 19 at the 2018 End-of-Year Recognition at Manhattanville College's  O'Byrne Chapel.

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• Employers, workers turn out at annual healthcare job fair

  Upwards of 100 job-seekers, many of them BOCES healthcare students, met with employers at the 2018 Healthcare Job & Transition Fair at our Harrison training center May 30. 

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• SWBOCES Nursing students help in outreach at college conference

  The SWBOCES Practical Nursing Program was represented at the Southern Westchester College Conference in White Plains last month, and two of our students helped support this important outreach.

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