Dozens Inducted into BOCES National Technical Honor Society

ALBANY/SCHOHARIE – Nearly 100 Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on May 28, while an additional 28 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.

“Not only have you embraced the challenge of a CTE education, but your excelled doing so. You have shown an unwavering commitment to personal and professional growth,” he said.

The Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center National Technical Honor Society chapter membership now representing nearly two-dozen school districts and almost two dozen CTE programs.

Some of the local 2025 NTHS inductees broken down by Capital Region BOCES campus, their Capital Region BOCES program, home school district and grade are as follows:

Albany Campus

Schoharie Campus

Thomas Caron, Criminal Justice II, Berne-Knox-Westerlo, grade 12 

Anthony Chavarria, Welding & Metal Fabrication I, Cobleskill-Richmondville, grade 11 

Molly Coppolo, Criminal Justice I, Cobleskill-Richmondville, grade 11

Raylee Fryer, Criminal Justice I, Berne-Knox-Westerlo, grade 11

Dylan Gallagher, Heavy Equipment Repair & Operation I, Cobleskill-Richmondville, grade 11 

Liliana Hughes, Culinary Arts I, Berne-Knox-Westerlo, grade 11 

Alexzina Merritt, Criminal Justice I, Sharon Springs, grade 11 

Aiden Moyle, Welding & Metal Fabrication I, Middleburgh, grade 11 

Jeffrey Mulhern Jr., Heavy Equipment Repair & Operation II, Duanesburg , grade 12

Reily Murphy, Nurse Assistant (HHA/PCA) I, Middleburgh, grade 11 

Austin Myhre, Welding & Metal Fabrication I, Middleburgh, grade 11

Joseph Nedelsky, Criminal Justice I, Sharon Springs, grade 11

Sean Rosenzweig, Welding & Metal Fabrication I, Duanesburg, grade 11

Cayden Savino, Nurse Assistant II, Berne-Knox-Westerlo, grade 12 

Vera Shaul, Nurse Assistant II, Middleburgh, grade 12

Trista Smi, Welding & Metal Fabrication I, Berne-Knox-Westerlo, grade 11

Wyatt Strobeck, Welding & Metal Fabrication I, Middleburgh , grade 11

McKenzie Tansey, Criminal Justice I, Cobleskill-Richmondville, grade 11

Ian Vilegi, Criminal Justice I, Middleburgh, grade 11 

Preston Voelker, Electrical Trades I, Duanesburg, grade 11 

Lydia Waage, Heavy Equipment Repair & Operation I, Cobleskill-Richmondville , grade 11

RaeAnna Ward, Cosmetology II, Middleburgh, grade 12 

Wesley Willoughby, Heavy Equipment Repair & Operation I, Sharon Springs, grade 11 

New Visions: Health Careers (all seniors, all off-campus):

Lilian Ballard, Schoharie 

Kyle Golden, Cobleskill-Richmondville 

Isabella Herzog, Cobleskill-Richmondville 

Erin Klein, Windham-Ashland-Jewett

Elise Lendrum, Berne-Knox-Westerlo 

Emily Sherman, Berne-Knox-Westerlo 

Sophia Watson, Schoharie 

 Albany Campus second year NTHS members (all students in grade 12)

Jayla Harlow, Sterile Processing II, Cobleskill-Richmondville

Reese Kochis, Digital Media Design II, Middleburgh

Schoharie Campus second year NTHS members  (all students in grade 12)

Alivia Cordy, Nurse Assistant II, Duanesburg

Carson Killenberger, Nurse Assistant II, Duanesburg

Jasper LeClair, Culinary Arts II, Duanesburg

Wyatt Moss, Criminal Justice II, Duanesburg

Michael Ryan II, Culinary Arts II, Middleburgh

Fable Taylor, Culinary Arts II, Schalmont