{"id":183620,"date":"2026-05-04T17:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/183620\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T17:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:32:11","slug":"career-and-technology-students-in-berks-celebrate-their-post-secondary-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/183620\/","title":{"rendered":"Career and technology students in Berks celebrate their post-secondary plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A special event held Friday celebrated local career and technology students\u2019 post secondary plans.<\/p>\n<p>The Decision Day event was held at Reading Area Community College\u2019s Miller Center for the Arts. It honored the achievements of students about to graduate from Berks Career and Technology Center and Reading-Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, students were recognized for the plans after high school \u2014 whether it be heading off to college, joining the workforce or enlisting in the military.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A 2026 Decision Day event was held last week at the Miller Center for the Arts at Reading Area Community College. The event was held to recognize students at Berks Career and Technology Center and the Reading-Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center and their commitment to a post-secondary path. (Courtesy of BCTC student Dariangely Maldonado Castro)\" width=\"5153\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/REG-L-CTCDecisionDay-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"5606442\" \/>A 2026 Decision Day event was held last week at the Miller Center for the Arts at Reading Area Community College. The event was held to recognize students at Berks Career and Technology Center and the Reading-Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center and their commitment to a post-secondary path. (Courtesy of BCTC student Dariangely Maldonado Castro)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event is about recognizing our students\u2019 hard work and commitment to excellence,\u201d said Michael Stauffer, BCTC executive director. \u201cWhether they\u2019ve chosen college, the military or direct employment, each student has made a decision that deserves to be celebrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric Kahler, administrative director at RMCTC, said the event is meant to recognize a significant milestone for students and their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecision Day is more than just a ceremony,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a celebration of purpose, direction and the incredible potential our students bring to the table.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A special event held Friday celebrated local career and technology students\u2019 post secondary plans. The Decision Day event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-183620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}