Eighth Graders Learn Career Options

By Bryon Ackerman

More than 650 eighth graders from the 10 Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton- Otsego BOCES component school districts are touring Career and Technical Education programs at BOCES for this year’s Journey from 8 to Great visits.

Herkimer BOCES School to Careers liaisons MaryBeth Napolitano and Sarah Crowe told students to start thinking about career planning, what interests them about the BOCES programs and how their academics apply to the programs.

“Today is about you starting to think about your future,” said Napolitano, who is also a work-based learning coordinator for Herkimer BOCES. “We’re so excited for you. We have a morning full of exploration.”

Eighth graders from Central Valley, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mount Markham, Poland, Richfield Springs and West Canada Valley attended the Journey from 8 to Great while Dolgeville, Frankfort-Schuyler and Owen D. Young are being rescheduled because there was a two-hour delay when they were scheduled to visit.

Herkimer BOCES also hosted 10th graders during Sophomore Visitation Day. ...