“I have always wanted to be a nurse and this program is a good opportunity to get a head start,” she said while practicing bathing a mannequin.

“I want to work with animals the rest of my life,” said Widelski, a Pet Tech student at BOCES, while grooming Peaches. 

Hailey Lawrence, a Berne-Knox-Westerlo student, is one of just a handful of females in the Commercial Construction/Heavy Equipment program on the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School Schoharie Campus.

Aiden Bedell of Guilderland and Evan Carl of Voorheesville work together as Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School students.

Automotive Lift Institute Lifting it Right Certification despite having to learn from home with schools shut for pandemic precautions.

Gas Tungsten Arc Welding through Google classroom and Lincoln U/LINC virtual learning, the Capital Region BOCES welding program.

Capital Region BOCES delivers supplies to their students needed for their studies.

Pet-tech students learned to care for animals ranging from dogs to geckos, and criminal justice students learned handcuffing techniques as well as the more traditional techniques. 

Nancy Schmidt’s class at Schoharie campus of the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School.

Demetrius Stoddard of Guilderland, a student in the BOCES Manufacturing and Machining Technology program uses Lego blocks in a recent class integrating math with design