Churchville-Chili has been integrating experiential learning (learning by doing) into required middle school science curriculum for several years, offering engaging enrichment experiences. This year, the district is expanding the initiative into social studies with lessons that encourage scholars to put themselves in the places of the people they are studying.
Matt Migliore, a 2008 graduate of Greece Athena High School and former Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) student, went on to Paul Smith’s College and graduated with an associate degree in culinary arts. Since then, he has helped to open Llama Inn in Brooklyn, created the YouTube channel “The Real GoPro Chef,” participated in the Food Network’s “Chopped,” and was featured on the Cooking Channel’s “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.”
For the first time since Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York began hosting the JA Titan of Business Challenge here a decade ago, a Rochester City School District school took top honors in the annual contest. It also was the first time each of the team members from the top three teams was female.
A Community Together (ACT) for Education is an unprecedented initiative by public schools in the Monroe 1 and Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES districts, RCSD, area businesses, and community members. With a unified voice, ACT for Education delivers positive messaging about our local school districts and encourages community support of public education.
