On Thursday, the Class of 2025 spent the morning getting a behind-the-scenes peek and specialized tours of select Berks businesses as part of a program sponsored by the Berks Business Education Coalition. These tours offered students an opportunity to think about their post-secondary plans, ask questions and learn first-hand from employees what types of skills and training go into making their work successful. At New Castle Lawn and Landscape in Birdsboro, students received a tour throughout their facility to learn all of the different careers available to them in a full-service landscaping business, including office support, design, construction, lawn care and tree care--including a demo of how their arborist safely climbs trees to care for them, much to the students' delight! Our thanks to New Castle and the following businesses for hosting and inspiring our students:

• Arkema
• Brenntag Northeast
• East Penn Manufacturing
• Good Life Companies
• Met-Ed
• Viwinco Windows