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Located in Glenfield, N.Y., Howard G. Sackett Technical Center offers educational services to more than 400 students. The educational center specializes in more than 15 career and technical education programs. It provides courses in a variety of fields, such as business, welding, mechanics, nursing, medicine, electronics, forestry, fashion design and building trades. It offers classes in cosmetology, carpentry, culinary arts, automotive technology and visual communications. The institute also provides an early childhood education program, which includes elementary education, liberal arts and human services. In addition, it offers adult education programs that include math, science and English. Howard G. Sackett Technical Center is a part of Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida Board of Cooperative Educational Services, which operates more than 15 school districts.

Jefferson Community College, located in Watertown, N.Y., offers a range of educational and extracurricular programs for students. The college is one of more than 60 campuses and over 25 community colleges that comprise the State University of New York system. The institution is sponsored by Jefferson County, and its service area is largely rural, with agriculture and tourism the dominant industries. It educates more than 1,800 full-time and over 1,700 part-time students annually. The college, apart from the usual subjects, also offers a variety of workshops, seminars and workforce training opportunities. Cultural events, open to the public, include film and theatrical events, lectures, seminars, and art exhibitions.

The School of Art Gallery organizes exhibitions for various artists. Located in Utica, N.Y., it organizes various shows and provides cultural enrichment services to the community. The school encourages the direct contact of students with original works of art by practicing artists. The School of Art Gallery also organizes a variety of exhibitions. The school is a division of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, which is a fine arts center that was established in 1919 and conducts more than 800 events every year, including exhibitions and performances, as well as art and dance classes. The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute is a part of the PrattMWP, which is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and the New York State Education Department.