Published May 27. 2026 11:42AM<\/p>\n
Catasauqua Middle School held its annual Achievement Night May 7. Achievement Night is always an opportunity for families to come and see what their students have been working on.<\/p>\n
Hallways were lined with examples of the students\u2019 projects and artwork, and families were able to celebrate and enjoy the academic achievements and explorations of the students. The events also included hands-on activities, light refreshments and the Scholastic book fair.<\/p>\n
There was also a student-run science fair, a new component to the evening. These student-led experiments and innovations were organized by the school\u2019s chief science officers.<\/p>\n
Another new addition this year was the Pathways to Your Future career expo. Students had the opportunity to talk with professionals from a number of industries to explore different career options.<\/p>\n
Lehigh Valley Health Network represented the health sciences; First Commonwealth Credit Union represented business; Alloy5 represented architecture, manufacturing and construction; Henkels and McCoy represented food, agriculture and natural resources; NestMed represented STEM and IT; Lehigh Career and Technical Institute represented education; and ArtsQuest and Lehigh Valley Press represented arts, media and communications. Additionally, representatives from Lehigh County covered human services and government, and North Catasauqua Police Department officers talked about law and public safety.<\/p>\n
The new career expo came as part of CMS\u2019 addition into a new pilot career readiness innovation program, which will help build on the efforts already underway in the district.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is always a special evening, and we are thrilled to build upon it with some new and engaging career awareness and education opportunities for our students and families,\u201d Catasauqua Area School District Superintendent Dr. Christina Lutz-Doemling recently said while announcing the new career readiness program. \u201cCatasauqua Middle School\u2019s Achievement Night brings families together to celebrate a year of academic growth, a student-led inaugural science fair and an interactive expo that bridges the gap between the classroom and eight future professional pathways.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kim Flueso, CASD K-12 career connections coordinator and event organizer, was pleased with the turnout. She said she was happy to see smiling families and the students having engaging conversations with the different industry professionals.<\/p>\n
Catasauqua High School student volunteers take a moment together before the start of Catasauqua Middle School\u2019s Achievement Night, held May 7. The CHS students helped with the Pathways to Your Future career expo and more at the event.<\/p>\n
CMS students and their families visit with professionals from a number of different industries during the career expo at Achievement Night. Each set of balloons indicates a different industry.<\/p>\n
Students engage with representatives from First Commonwealth Credit Union and learn about banking and business.<\/p>\n
Vessels created using magazines and built by eighth-graders are on display.<\/p>\n
The CMS halls are lined with examples of the students\u2019 artwork during Achievement Night.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTOS BY SAMANTHA ANDERSONFamilies can see \u201cfloats\u201d built by students to represent different states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published May 27. 2026 11:42AM Catasauqua Middle School held its annual Achievement Night May 7. Achievement Night is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-203651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203651","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=203651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}