To say the Berne-Knox-Westerlo boys basketball team was on a hot streak is an understatement! For the first time in school history, this year’s team captured the first state championship for the boys’ basketball program. They accomplished this feat with a 63-47 win over Honeoye in the Class C state championship game on Saturday, March …

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Final preparations are ongoing as the BKW Theatrical Troupe draws closer to its production of ‘Way Out West in a Dress’ for the school community! The production, scheduled for March 21-23, is set in 1895 in picturesque Lucky Lady, Nevada, and follows the hijinks of NYC native Clarence Rawlins and his Acting Troupe as they …

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Registration for spring sports is now open! Students can register at https://bkwschools-ar.rschooltoday.com/  All potential athletes need a valid physical on file with the school nurse prior to the first day of practice. School physicals will be given on a date TBA. Please contact alicia.lounsbury@bkwschools.org for a physical or to check on physical status. JV and Varsity will begin 3/17/25 and …

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Nearly 20 students from our district interested in careers ranging from contractor to game designer to diesel mechanic visited the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus on Jan. 14 to learn how BOCES can provide the recipe for future success. Some students were looking to explore career options, while others …

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BKW senior Arlan Wright is building his professional resume while combining his interest in helping others with his business foresight. Since August, Arlan has created an internship opportunity that could mark the beginning of his business pathway while helping those needing prosthetics and orthotics. His passion for the industry is straightforward, and because Arlan was …

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With an assist from a National Grid Workforce Development Grant, Capital Region BOCES took delivery of four new heavy equipment operator simulators in 2022. Those simulators are currently building experience for Heavy Equipment Repair and Operation BOCES students to operate backhoes, bulldozers, graders, excavators, and dump trucks. Teacher Matt Millard said the simulators are routinely …

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