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For Sale: Student-Built House
The house, located at 568 Old State Road in Oley, is the 18th house to be built by Career Center students. The student-built home is scheduled to be sold at public auction on August 16, 2006 at 7 p.m. at the premises. more |
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BCTC Students Build Gingerbread Hospital
Sugar and spice isn’t usually what comes to mind when you think of hospitals, but for students at BCTC’s East Campus, they were the main ingredients used in the construction of a gingerbread hospital.
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From left: Jason Spencer, 12th grade Boyertown Area Culinary Arts student; Karen Orquiza; Kathy Moffitt; Lynn Snow, Culinary Arts Instructional Assistant; and Betsy Power. |
When auxiliary volunteers at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center decided on a gingerbread house theme for this year’s annual holiday fund-raising craft show and bake sale on December 2, the idea quickly arose to construct a gingerbread scale replica of the hospital’s clock tower and main entrance. Auxiliary volunteer Karren Orquiza contacted Culinary Arts instructor Carol Lynn Snow for help with the project. Students in BCTC’s Drafting Design Technology program developed the plan for the replica, and Cabinetmaking students constructed the platform. Culinary Arts students baked the gingerbread and assembled the model. The replica will be displayed in the hospital through the holidays.
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Student Designer Takes Fresh Ideas to the Max |
Craving a cup of java? How about an espresso or cappuccino? Well, your coffee yearnings can be satisfied with a visit to Max Crema’s Espresso and Coffee Bar in Alsace Township. While you are enjoying your favorite beverage, take a close look at some of the marketing materials for the coffee house; they were designed by Jenna L. Luckenbach, a 2004 BCTC Visual Imaging and Design Technology program graduate. more
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Students Create Virtual Tour of Pennsylvania Capitol
 Students in the Photo Imaging Technology program are playing an important role in the plans for the centennial celebration of Pennsylvania's State Capitol, which is scheduled for 2006. For the past three years, students have been working on an ongoing project to produce an exciting visual record of the Pennsylvania Capitol. Their work has resulted in a stunning virtual tour of the historic building that can now be enjoyed by anyone in the world via the Internet. more
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Keep Growing in Horticulture
 This spring, students enrolled in Berks Career and Technology
Center's Horticulture program at the East Campus were able to really hone
their skills in plant propagation and production, climate control, and
pest management.
Last
summer and throughout the fall 2002 school term, their colleagues in Carpentry
and Plumbing, under the guidance and expertise of Carpentry instructor,
Mr. Michael Swiderski, built three Connelly greenhouses. more
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