From 10:00AM to 1:00PM

This February, in celebration of National Career and Technical Education month, the OHM BOCES Career and Technical Education Center will host its fifth annual Saturday Showcase, at the OHM BOCES on Middle Settlement Road in New Hartford. Students will have an assortment of projects on display, as well as interactive activities to entertain visitors. The CTE store will be open to guests, featuring student-made merchandise such as cellphone amplifiers, shepherd hooks, bottle racks and bluebird boxes. The Culinary program will offer cannoli, gourmet soups, grilled pizza and pastries. Salon services will include braiding, hair wrapping, nail art and paraffin wax treatments. Students in the Criminal Justice program will be assisting members of the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office in providing NYS Safe Child ID cards, free of charge. Proceeds from the CTE store will support the Career & Technical Education Center’s SkillsUSA, a national non-profit organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health careers. SkillsUSA will also be collecting donations of non-perishable food and personal hygiene items to benefit the Feed our Vets organization of Utica and Watertown.  For more information: 315.793.8666. To schedule a salon service: 315.793.8658. The Career and Technical Education Center offers more than 30 programs, including nine New Visions programs, to the OHM BOCES’ 12 component school districts: Brookfield, Clinton, Holland Patent, New York Mills, New Hartford, Oriskany, Remsen, Sauquoit Valley, Utica, Waterville, Westmoreland and Whitesboro.