SEPTA Home Page

Welcome to the Southern Westchester BOCES Special Education Parent Teacher Association home page! SEPTA is a resource and a network of support for families of students in our Center for Special Services programs. We look forward to meeting you and hope you'll consider becoming a member and taking an active part in our robust calendar of events, workshops and activities. 

Upcoming Events

  • Spring Recess 3/25 - 4/1

    Spring Recess March 25 - April 1 - School resumes on April 2nd

    Irvington HS
  • School Closed / Spring Recess

    St. Matthews
  • VALHALLA CENTER

    SPRING RECESS

    NO SCHOOL

    The Valhalla Center
  • ST. MATTHEWS

    SPRING RECESS

    NO SCHOOL

    St. Matthews
  • VALHALLA CENTER

    EASTER

    The Valhalla Center
  • RETURN TO SCHOOL FROM SPRING RECESS

    St. Matthews
  • SCHOOL RESUMES FROM SPRING RECESS

    The Valhalla Center
  • PLRD Dismissal 4/3/24

    PLRD Day - Dismissal is at 1:15 p.m.

    Irvington HS
  • PLRD Dismissal 4/17/24

    PLRD Day 4/17/24 - Dismissal is at 1:15 p.m.

    Irvington HS
  • School Closed / Holiday Recess

    St. Matthews
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News from our Special Services Campuses

  • Unique learning space puts focus on skills students can use to work independently

    Valhalla Center students practice real-world skills in Living Center classroom

    This school year, students at Southern Westchester BOCES’ Valhalla Center have had the opportunity to practice real-world skills and work-based activities in a specially designed setting  within their instructional program.

    The new Living Center classroom provides a wide variety of everyday activities, allowing students to move from station to station as they acquire and practice valuable skills.

    News Feed - Valhalla Center
  • Spring has Sprung, begun last year, returns bigger than before

    Spring fling at Rye Lake Lower Campus a learning opportunity, seasonal celebration

    A “Spring has Sprung” event provided instructional opportunities disguised as a celebration of the change of seasons at Rye Lake Lower Campus. Students interacted and engaged with their teachers and one another, playing games, hunting eggs and getting their faces painted, among other activities. There was an underpinning of academic substance they might have missed for all the pastel-tinged revelry.

     “The purpose is to celebrate spring,” Principal Julia Dolan said, “but it also gives us the opportunity to build social skills while practicing how to maintain conversations, stay on topic, request, respond to ‘WH’ questions, use descriptive language, and take turns.”

    News Feed - Rye Lake Lower Campus
  • Sixth-graders were the first to commit to their own set of values and strategies

    Irvington program's 6th graders take lead on class charter

    A group of sixth-graders was the first class at SWBOCES's Irvington program to follow the lead of their teachers and complete a charter of their own.

    The colorful presentation they created together details the various positive behaviors to which they committed themselves – Listen Actively, Be Open-Minded, and Recognize Others When They Are Doing a Good Job. 

    "As leaders and educators, we were just so impressed with the initiative and thoughtfulness of these students,” Principal Alberta Grant-Johnson said. 

    News Feed - Irvington High School
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