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September 12, 2019A Calculated Start to the Year at P-TECH
You could say it is a calculated start to the school year. Freshman Derek Zieske works with Sara Conway on an algebra problem on the second day of classes Friday in the Capital Region BOCES Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) west campus at The Center for Advanced Technology at Mohonasen.
Zieske attends the high school from the Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central School District.
P-TECH is an innovative four- to six-year program (grades 9-14) offered to students throughout the region through a consortium that includes Capital Region BOCES, the Capital Region Chamber, Hudson Valley Community College and SUNY Schenectady County Community College.
The program has two campuses – East Campus is at Watervliet High School, West Campus at the Center for Advanced Technology at Mohonasen – and provides pathways for students to earn free college degrees in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems and Cybersecurity.
The school is entering its second year of existence with more than three-dozen students spread across the ninth and tenth grades.
The P-TECH curriculum focuses on engaging students in hands-on, project-based learning – such as coding – to be successful in careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and providing students with workplace skills that will ensure success, no matter the career path they are applied to. Through the program, business partners provide students access to cutting-edge technologies and innovations that allow them to see the real-world application of the knowledge they are gaining at P-TECH.