OCM BOCES to Offer High School Welding Program at McEvoy Campus

This fall, high school students in the southern area of Central New York will have the option of learning a new type of career as part of their high school curriculum. Through its Career and Technical Education Programs, the OCM BOCES McEvoy Educational Campus (serving the Districts of Cincinnatus, Cortland City, DeRuyter, Fabius-Pompey, Homer, Marathon, McGraw and Tully) will begin offering two-year Welding Technology Program for high school juniors and seniors in September of 2012.

In Central New York, there is currently a high demand for welders. Students completing this OCM BOCES program will become industry certified, providing them with the knowledge and technical skills to prepare them for positions as entry-level welders or advanced placement in post-secondary education.
Skilled Welding Technicians have multiple job options and are a vital link in the manufacturing, construction and facilities maintenance industry.  The OCM BOCES Welding Technology program teaches students many different welding processes including arc welding, MIG welding, TIG welding, brazing and soldering, as well as cutting, heat-treating and metallurgy.

Students will gain knowledge of electrical systems, power sources and different welding technologies, as well as the use and interpretation of visual symbols related to welding.  The Welding Technology program includes technical math and science, welding print interpretation and measurement.
For more information about the OCM BOCES Welding Technology program, students can talk to their school guidance counselor or call the OCM BOCES McEvoy Educational Campus Guidance Office at (607) 758-5261.

Pictured: Earlier in March, nine students from the Fabius-Pompey, Homer and McGraw School Districts came to OCM BOCES to learn about a new welding program that will be offered at the their McEvoy Educational Campus starting in the Fall of 2012. Students had the opportunity to hear about the program, learn about college welding programs and career opportunities available and even try out the trade.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser at McEvoy Campus - March 28

OCM BOCES’ SkillsUSA and Epicurean Club students from the McEvoy Education Campus will be holding a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 on their campus (1710 NYS Route 13) in Cortland. The dinner will take place from 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM with the money raised used to support the students in their upcoming occupational competitions for ProStart and SkillsUSA.  The cost for dinner is $7.50 for adults, $6.50 for seniors (65 and over) and $4.00 for children (12 and under).

For more information, contact Kay Kraatz, OCM BOCES’ McEvoy Campus SkillsUSA Advisor at 607/758-5140.

Cosmetology Students Hit the Runway for A Walk to Remember Hair Show

On Monday, March 12, 2012 OCM BOCES senior cosmetology students from the Irvin E. Henry Campus hosted the "A Walk to Remember" competitive hair show at Barbagallo’s Restaurant in East Syracuse.

Senior cosmetology students competed in five categories and were  judged by the Cosmetology Community Advisory Board in the categories of Big Hair with a Flair, Fantasy, Vintage Hollywood, In the Jungle and Masquerade. Students competed by designing and creating hairstyles, makeup and clothing choices using their fellow students as models. The model students were then judged by walking a runway.


Following is how the students placed in each category:

Big Hair With a Flair
1st Place - Cecelia St. Andrew from Solvay High School (design modeled by Jessica Copp from Liverpool High School)
2nd Place - Brianna Popps from West Genesee High School (design modeled by Elise Walker from West Genesee High School)
3rd Place - Elise Walker from West Genesee High School (design modeled by Brianna Popps from West Genesee High School)
4th Place - Aimee Burgess from Solvay High School (design modeled by Cecelia St. Andrew from Solvay High School)

Vintage Hollywood
1st Place - Emily Carter from Liverpool High School (design modeled by Braylee Knittel from Liverpool High School)
2nd Place - Chelsea Clarkson from Baker High School (design modeled by Jessica Messina from Westhill High School)
3rd Place - Keely Wilcox from Chittenango High School (design modeled by Cassandra Westcott from Cicero-North Syracuse High School)
4th Place - Cassandra Westcott from Cicero-North Syracuse High School (design modeled by Keely Wilcox from Chittenango High School)

Additional Category Entrants
Marisa Haskell from Cicero-North Syracuse High School (design modeled by Chelsea Maitland from West Genesee High School)
Nafeesa Jenkins from Baker High School (design modeled by Hailey Harding from Baker High School)
Braylee Knittel from Liverpool High School (design modeled by Emily Carter from Liverpool High School)
Carly Reikes from Liverpool High School (design modeled by Justine Zajac from Cicero-North Syracuse High School)
Alexa Speach from Cicero-North Syracuse High School (design modeled by Alexandra Gitzen from Baker High School)
Jessica Viola from Westhill High School (design modeled by Teresa Onoff from Westhill High School)
Justine Zajac from Cicero-North Syracuse High School (design modeled by Carly Reikes from Liverpool High School)

In The Jungle
1st Place - Ashley Curcie from Liverpool High School (design modeled by Alexandria DiMartino from Liverpool High School)
2nd Place - Chelsey Williams from Cicero-North Syracuse High School (design modeled by Tiffany Elsworth from Cicero-North Syracuse High School)
3rd Place - Teresa Onoff from Westhill High School (design modeled by Jessica Viola from Westhill High School)
4th Place - Alexandria DiMartino from Liverpool High School (design modeled by Ashley Curcie from Liverpool High School)

Additional Category Entrants
Kylie Barrett from Chittenango High School (design modeled by Ollisha Crenshaw from Cicero-North Syracuse High School)
Heather Case from Chittenango High School (design modeled by Kaitlyn Hawkinson from Liverpool High School)
Ollisha Crenshaw from Cicero-North Syracuse High School (design modeled by Kylie Barrett from Chittenango High School)
Kailyn Crysler from Liverpool High School (design modeled by Christina Guindy from Marcellus High School)
Alexandra Gitzen from Baker High School (design modeled by Alexa Speach from Cicero-North Syracuse High School)
Christina Guindy from Marcellus High School (design modeled by Kailyn Crysler from Liverpool High School)
Kaitlyn Hawkinson from Liverpool High School (design modeled by Heather Case from Chittenango High School)

Fantasy
1st Place - Haley Harding from Baker High School (design modeled by Nafeesa Jenkins from Baker High School)
2nd Place - Elizabeth Zaluzhny from Baker High School (design modeled by Owen Freeley from Baker High School)
3rd Place - Tiffany Elsworth from Cicero-North Syracuse High School (design modeled by Chelsey Williams from Cicero-North Syracuse High School)
4th Place - Jessica Messina from Westhill High School (design modeled by Chelsea Clarkson from Baker High School)

Additional Category Entrants
Jessica Copp from Liverpool High School (design modeled by Aimee Burgess from Solvay High School)
Own Freeley from Baker High School (design modeled by Elizabeth Zaluzhny from Baker High School)
Allison Hughes from LaFayette High School (design modeled by Karli Kott from LaFayette High School)
Karli Kott from LaFayette High School (design modeled by Allison Hughes from LaFayette High School)
Samantha Schwarz from Baker High School (design modeled by Jennifer Moore from Baker High School)

Masquerade 
1st Place - Summer LaPointe from West Genesee High School (design modeled by Catherine Commisso from West Genesee High School)
2nd Place - Brianna Martin from Cazenovia High School (design modeled by Cassandra Rolls from Cicero-North Syracuse High School)
3rd Place - Morgan Miller from Baker High School (design modeled by Caitlin Kurilovitch from Baker High School)
4th Place - Kori Gray from Marcellus High School (design modeled by Selena Salatti from Marcellus High School)

Additional Category Entrants
Alissa Austin from Fayetteville-Manlius High School (design modeled by Mindi McArdell from Baker High School)
Catherine Commisso from West Genesee High School (design modeled by Summer LaPointe from West Genesee High School)
Caitlin Kurilovitch from Baker High School (design modeled by Morgan Miller from Baker High School)
Chelsea Maitland from West Genesee High School (design modeled by Marissa Haskell from Cicero-North Syracuse High School)
Mindi McArdell from Baker High School (design modeled by Alissa Austin from Fayetteville-Manlius High School)
Jennifer Moore from Baker High School (design modeled by Leanna Warner from Cicero-North Syracuse High School)
Cassandra Rolls from Cicero-North Syracuse High School (design modeled by Brianna Martin from Cazenovia High School)
Selina Salatti from Marcellus High School (design modeled by Kori Gray from Marcellus High School)
Leanna Warner from Cicero-North Syracuse High School (design modeled by Jennifer Moore from Baker High School)





For more information, please contact Annemarie Morabito, OCM BOCES Cosmetology Instructor at 431-8508.