On Thursday, April 25, Lehigh Career & Technical Institute is hosting a Career Awareness Night from 7 to 9 p.m. The event welcomes students in grades 8-12 and their parents from Lehigh and Berks County school districts. It will promote awareness of career and technical, collegiate and professional opportunities in the area and helps to ensure students and their families have information they need to explore and develop educational and career pathways.

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The McCann School of Business and Technology will be hosting a Halftime Team Skills Challenge on Saturday, April 27, at 7 p.m. Winning high school team members will receive a free game ticket as well as prizes from the Steelhawks and Dick's Sporting Goods. To register for the fun, prizes and contests contact Sonya Millington at sonya.millington@mccann.edu or by calling 484-223-4600 Ext. 4633.

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Any Catasauqua High School senior who is interested in working for Hanover Township (Lehigh County) in a summer maintenance position should speak with Mr. Snyder in the guidance office. Hours would be three to five days per week, about six to eight hours per day. Candidates must possess a driver's license.

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Representatives from Washington University in St. Louis will meet with interested students and parents at the Westin Princeton hotel in Princeton, N.J., on Sunday, April 28, 3-4 p.m. For more information, call 1-800-638-0700. Reservations are not required.

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Tired of the daily grid? Looking to get away and explore new opportunities? Mrs. Alexis Sziy, CHS teacher and 2014 class advisor, is running a trip to Italy in June of 2014 for students and adults. This is her fifth trip abroad with the students. The trip is being funded through EF Educational tours. While abroad the group will visit Milan, Venice, Verona, Florence, Rome and Cinque Terre and will be introduced to Michelangelo's David, Vatican City and The Sistine Chapel, The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Piazza del Duomo in Milan, the hometown of Romeo and Juliet, and the five villages in Cinque Terre.

The cost of the trip includes airfare, hotels, transportation, admittance into scheduled activities and sites, breakfast and daily dinner. It does not include lunches. There is a variety of trip information on her website and a link to her tour center where you can look at a detailed itinerary and watch videos about the places that will be visited. Her website is www.cattysd.org/webpages/asziy/index.cfm?subpage=385055. The Tour Center is also where you will enroll in the trip. Contact Mrs. Sziy with questions either by email at sziya@cattysd.org or by phone at 610-697-0111 extension 23226.