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January 23, 2025Capital Region BOCES Offers Foundation for Technological Future for High School Students
Whether their interests lie in coding, cybersecurity or network cabling, high school students attending Capital Region BOCES receive a solid foundation for a high-tech future.
The Network Technology and Game Design & Implementation programs offered at the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center provide students with a base of technology awareness to launch solid careers.
“I want to work in fiber optics as soon as I get out of college. Going to [Capital Region BOCES] is giving me a head start on that,” said Yousif Alsammarraie, a Network Technology senior from Bethlehem.
Located on the Albany Career & Technical Education Center campus, the two-year Network Technology program helps area students develop a unique understanding of today’s ever-growing field of network connectivity and emerging technologies. Through lectures, course work and hands-on activities, students explore this exciting field and gain the technical knowledge and professionalism needed to prepare them for an after-high school career or post-secondary study.
Meanwhile, students in the Game Design and Implementation program learn the “ins” and “outs” of video game design, 3-D modeling and computer programming. They also learn in the Albany Campus program the history of games and create a wide variety of games, including board games, card games and dice games while exploring various art concepts during the first year and 3-D modeling during the second year of the program.
“I have always been into coding, so I enrolled in the [Game Design and Implementation] program to get more experience and be able to do this as a side job,” said Arianna Rivas, a Mohonasen senior.
Rivas is planning a career in criminology and may use the technological skills learned at BOCES to solve cyber crimes.
Meanwhile, fellow Game Design senior Laila Daniels is planning for a career in coding.
“I like the people in the [Game Design] program and how we work together as a team. Coming here allows me to work towards my future goals by improving my coding and tech skills,” she said.
Enrollment is currently underway for the 2025-26 school year. For more information on career and technical school programs, go to https://www.capitalregionboces.org/career-technical-education/courses-programs/.
