Teams representing 35 New York school districts from 15 counties came together to compete with and against each other to ultimately challenge and defeat the BOSS.

A partnership between the OCM BOCES and WCNY gives students the chance to learn their craft from the inside of a thriving business.

Students at the William Floyd High School on Long Island are getting hands-on construction training by working alongside skilled professionals at a local Habitat for Humanity project.

Marcy, a Newfoundland, is a school service classmate by day and a mountain dog by night. She brings peace all day.

The Yorktown Heights Central School District has raised the bar for themselves by infusing empathy into their STEAM initiatives.

Tamarac High School students sacrifice a lunch period for the opportunity to enrich their education. Through an honors program, they learn how to evaluate the reliability of information sources.

After Hurricane Maria the Brito family left Puerto Rico to rebuild their life in New York. Now, 16-year-old Sarah is transitioning from home-schooling to public school, a path to an ever brighter future.

Gillette Road Middle School students are learning how to program small robots called Spheros. This 2017 Be the Change for Kids Innovation Award winning-program from North Syracuse Central Schools is changing the dynamic of computer programming instruction.

Bloomfield Elementary School’s Makerspace encourages students to become creative problem solvers while making inventions. This is a 2017 Be the Change for Kids Innovation Award winner, with thanks to SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

The Marlboro Central School District 6th grade STEAM program is one of three school districts to win a $5,000 Be the Change for Kids Innovation Award. The awards were presented by NYSSBA and SUNY Polytechnic Institute.