ACES Locations

BOCES offers two locations for alternative education programming. The Alternative Center for Educational Services (ACES) on our Watertown BOCES Campus and the Jack J. Boak, Jr. Educational Center in Lowville.

Watertown ACES

Watertown ACES is the home of ACES programs in Jefferson County and is located on the Watertown campus of Jefferson-Lewis BOCES. The building contains a number of classrooms and a gymnasium use by students and faculty.

Watertown ACES serves students in 11 of our component districs including: Alexandria, Belleville Henderson, Carthage, General Brown, Indian River, LaFargeville, Lyme, Sackets Harbor, South Jefferson, Thousand Islands and Watertown.

Watertown ACES
20104 NYS Route 3
Watertown, NY 13601

Jack J. Boak, Jr. Educational Center

The Jack. J. Boak, Jr. Educational Center is the home of ACES programs in Lewis County and is located behind St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Lowville, NY.

The building is named in honor of Jack. J. Boak, Jr., who served at Jefferson-Lewis BOCES in various capacities from 1983 -2014, including District Superintendent. In making the designation in 2014, the Board of Education cited his commitment to providing high quality services to the school districts of Northern New York, earning him the respect of students, teachers, parents, principals and superintendents.

The building contains a number of classrooms and a gymnasium utilized by students and faculty. It serves students in 7 of our component districts including: Adirondack, Beaver River, Copenhagen, Inlet, Lowville, South Lewis and Town of Webb.

Jack J. Boak, Jr. Educational Center
5439 Shady Ave.
Lowville, NY 13367

Supervisors

Watertown ACES

Alisa O'Hagan, Supervisor aohagan@boces.com

315-779-7233

Jack J. Boak, Jr. Educational Center

Debra Hoppel, Supervisor dhoppel@boces.com

315-377-7365

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