ALBANY/SCHOHARIE – Ninety Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on May 28, while an additional 33 students were recognized for meeting eligibility requirements for the second year.
Those honored come from a cross section of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, from Criminal Justice to Welding and Metal Fabrication and Culinary Arts & Hospitality Technology to Early Childhood Education.
To be honored, students had to meet several criteria, including earning grade-point averages (GPA) of 92 or greater at Career & Tech and an overall GPA of 85 or greater at their high schools, as well as having stellar attendance.
Joe Slichko, Principal of the Career and Technical Education Center – Albany Campus, praised the scholars during the induction ceremony.
“You embraced the challenge of going beyond the traditional classroom setting, and you excelled,” he said. “You carry forward tremendous promise, and your future is filled with limitless possibilities.”
The Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center National Technical Honor Society chapter membership now represents nearly two dozen school districts and almost two dozen CTE programs.
2026 NTHS inductees broken down by Capital Region BOCES campus, their Capital Region BOCES program, home school district and grade are as follows. (** indicates a student is a second-year member). Local students include:
Albany Campus
Lauren McGeary, Digital Media Design, Middleburgh
John Meacham, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Berne-Knox-Westerlo
Reily Murphy, Nurse Assistant, Middleburgh**
Asa Pagano, Entertainment Technology, Duanesburg
Connor Testa, Automotive Trades Technology, Cobleskill-Richmondville
Sophie Tommell, Nurse Assistant, Berne-Knox-Westerlo
Priscilla Tribunella, Building Trades, Scotia-Glenville
Tyler VanDewerker, Game Design & Implementation, Cobleskill-Richmondville
Schoharie Campus
Brianna Bailey, Early Childhood Education, Duanesburg
Olivia Campbell Welding & Metal Fabrication, Duanesburg
Peyton Cieszynski, Criminal Justice, Schoharie
Molly Coppolo, Criminal Justice, Cobleskill-Richmondville**
William Dawson, Criminal Justice, Duanesburg
Katelyn Delaney, Early Childhood Education, Schalmont
Caylee Faulkner, Early Childhood Education, Cobleskill-Richmondville
Carter Hopkins, Criminal Justice, Duanesburg
Liliana Hughes, Culinary Arts, Berne-Knox-Westerlo**
Landon Hulslander, Welding & Metal Fabrication, Cobleskill-Richmondville
Rose Mercer, Culinary Arts, Middleburgh
Aiden Moyle, Welding & Metal Fabrication, Middleburgh**
Matthew Mulhern, Welding & Metal Fabrication, Duanesburg
Austin Myhre, Welding & Metal Fabrication, Middleburgh**
Andrew Palluti, Culinary Arts, Duanesburg
Sean Rosenzweig, Welding & Metal Fabrication, Duanesburg**
Trista Smi, Welding & Metal Fabrication, Berne-Knox-Westerlo**
Teghan Stacey, Welding & Metal Fabrication, Schalmont
Wyatt Strobeck, Welding & Metal Fabrication, Middleburgh**
McKenzie Tansey, Criminal Justice, Cobleskill-Richmondville **
Riley VanDenburgh, Criminal Justice, Schalmont
Olivia VanEvera, Welding & Metal Fabrication, Cobleskill-Richmondville
Ian Vilegi, Criminal Justice, Middleburgh
Wesley Willoughby, Heavy Equipment Repair and Operation, Sharon Springs
Isabella Yakel, Criminal Justice, Berne-Knox-Westerlo
New Visions: Health Careers (off campus)
Niara Fianchino, Cobleskill-Richmondville
Stella Ioannou, Middleburgh
Anne Lendrum, Berne-Knox-Westerlo
Caleb Mickle, Middleburgh
