8th Grade - Applying to Clean Technologies ECHS

Application Process for the 2026/2027 School Year

Applications deadlines:

Students should submit their applications through their School Counseling Office. School districts will select the applicants they want to send to the ECHS program and only forward those selected applications to the ECHS program. The ECHS program will be able to accept students after the application deadline if spots are available. Applications are due to the ECHS Program by May 8, 2026.

***Initial acceptance letters to the program will be sent by the end of June. Applications will continue to be reviewed after this date pending enrollment.

Home schools must send the selected applications to the program by May 8, 2026

School Visits: Please see listed below or contact Adrienne Snow, Program Coordinator, at asnow@bscsd.org or 518-629-4981 to arrange a meeting with your school.

8th Grade Important Dates

Information Nights: January 8^th and March 5^th at 6pm at HVCC TEC-SMART – January Registration link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/ck4dbht

Shadow Day (8-9:30):

February 12^th; Registration:  https://forms.gle/ehjwLErWR6b9ZzGFA

March 9^th; Registration: https://forms.gle/D89DtXnhutewiERi7 

April 17^th; Registration: https://forms.gle/GkQaJ2xacFSEVt3t5

 

SUMMER BRIDGE (Mandatory Attendance):  9th Grade: 3 days in July

Please complete the checklist and attach all parts of the application. The application should be sent by your home school counselor to the address below by May 8, 2026. Once completed, the application should be given to your school counselor to be submitted.

• Completed Student Application, including written career interest statement and demographic data form
• Completed Counselor Form
• Completed Teacher Form
• 8th Grade Report Card Final
• Copy of IEP or 504 plan (if applicable)