Spotlight

On September 6, the Nassau BOCES Children's Readiness Center at ENDO officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Nassau BOCES Board members and senior administrators were on hand to welcome the 40 staff members who will serve 42 students in the same highly structured learning environment as our Children's Readiness Center in North Bellmore.

In response to evolving career trends and student interests, Nassau BOCES Barry Tech and GC Tech have enhanced and expanded their roster of CTE courses for the 2023-24 school year. Barry Tech now offers students a new Medical Laboratory Technician Assistant course and Nail and Waxing Technician course. They have also expanded their popular Early Childhood Education program to include a Teacher Aide Preparation course. GC Tech has added a new Baking and Pastry course and an Esthetician course. Their popular Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course is now an enhanced stand-alone class.

Three exceptionally talented teens from Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts (LIHSA) have been recognized by the Long Island Arts Alliance (LIAA) prestigious Scholar-Artist award program. Scholar-Artists Alessandra Hermes-Bevans of Wantagh UFSD and Toni Nemazi of Cold Spring Harbor CSD will be profiled in Newsday; Loughlin Reid-Cleary of Lynbrook UFSD received an Award of Merit. All three students were honored at the LIAA's annual gala.

Dr. Matthew Jurgens has been appointed Principal of Nassau BOCES Jerusalem Avenue Elementary School, effective October 1, 2023. Dr. Jurgens has served as both a building and district administrator for the past eleven years throughout Long Island in an array of learning populations within every educational level, from preschool all the way through university learners. He has a keen understanding of how the process of lifelong learning begins with a caring and nurturing educator giving children the proper environment to explore and learn.

Students with interrupted formal education (SIFE) have unique educational needs. The Virtual SIFE Academy uses the Bridges curriculum in a virtual classroom to provide SIFE learners with an engaging and cost-effective learning environment. Students log in to their computers from their home districts to access asynchronous, half-day, small-group instruction.

For more information contact Don Brosnan at DBrosnan@nasboces.org or (516) 396-2256.

• The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity
• Wednesday, September 27, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

• From Conflict to Collaboration: De-Stressing Dissension in our Schools
• Monday, November 6, 9 a.m.-Noon
• Monday, November 27, 9 a.m.-Noon

• The Leader's Role in RTI/MTSS
  
• Tuesday, November 14, 9 a.m.-Noon

For more information contact Dawnmarie Valenza at DValenza@nasboces.org or 516-608-6603.

The Nassau BOCES Center for Online Learning has an opportunity for five Nassau County K-8 school buildings to participate in Year 3 of its Smart Start Grant. Participation is given on a first-come, first-served basis. This is a professional development grant designed to increase the use of effective instructional technology in the STEAM areas. All professional development will be facilitated by professors from New York Tech (formerly New York Institute of Technology).

For more information contact Elisa Maggi at EMaggi@nasboces.org or 516-608-6638.

Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services

Susan Bergtraum, President; Deborah Coates, Vice President

Ronald Ellerbe; Lawrence Greenstein; Martin R. Kaye; Fran N. Langsner

Robert "B.A." Schoen; Eric B. Schultz; Michael Weinick

April E. Poprilo, Interim District Superintendent

James R. Widmer, Deputy Superintendent/Chief Operating Officer

Colleen Lipponer, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services

Thomas McGrath, Assistant to the Superintendent (Human Resources/Regional Schools and Instructional Programs)

Susan McNulty, Assistant to the Superintendent (Special Education/Curriculum and Instruction)