SCHOHARIE — A Schoharie High School graduate with a future in plumbing is the recipient of the 2026 Richard A. Conklin Award.

Kaleb Dickenson, who is a Class of 2026 graduate of the Building Trades program at Capital Region BOCES, received the honor during a June awards ceremony.

The award is presented to a student in a building trades, horticulture, or buildings and grounds maintenance program who has shown great improvement, maintained a positive attitude, and plans to pursue a career in one of these fields.

Dickenson has been accepted as an apprentice at the UA Local 7 Plumbers and Steamfitters Apprenticeship and will work for a Schenectady business.

He credits BOCES with giving him a solid foundation in the construction industry.

“Thanks to BOCES, I learned how to put up a house and make things I didn’t know about,” he said.