— Photo by Mike McCagg of BOCES

Practice makes perfect: Kaelyn Lawson from Voorheesville and Madeleine Castle from Niskayuna are among a dozen seniors in the Capital Region BOCES Emergency Medical Technicians program to pass the state’s EMT practical exam; they now have to pass a written test. “It’s cool to have these hands-on experiences this early. I want to be a physician’s assistant and this will help me step right into that,” said Lawson.