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Early College High School will host business breakfast at SMART-TEC campus

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The Clean Technologies & Sustainable Industries Early College High School, a state Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) Program, will host a Business and Education Breakfast focusing on Innovation Hubs and Partnerships from 7:30 to 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Hudson Valley Community College’s SMART-TEC campus in Malta.

Following the business program, current students will showcase their solar, micro housing and smart growth projects.

Area business leaders, partners, workforce stakeholders, civic leaders, students, teachers, school counselors and administrators are invited for a complimentary breakfast and a discussion. Panelists will share their vision for a strong entrepreneurship system focusing on the opportunities of the future for our region.

The panel will be Donald DeVito, president and COO of Kirsh Helmets, Jason Kuruzovich, director of the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship at the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tom Nardacci, CEO founder of Troy Innovation Garage, and Maria Pidgeon, associate director of Innovation Hot Spot at the University at Albany.

Launched in the 2011-2012 school year by the Ballston Spa Central School District, in collaboration with NYSERDA and Hudson Valley Community College, the program provides current high school students with opportunities to develop college and career readiness skills and pursue college coursework. The program currently enrolls more than 275 students from 25 school districts throughout the region.

More information on the program is available at http://www.bscsd.org/cleanTech.cfm. TEC-SMART is located at 345 Hermes Rd. in Malta.

More information on the breakfast is available by contacting Madeleine Petraglia at mpetraglia@bscsd.org or 884-7195 ext. 1369.


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