By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Debra Teufel, CEO of the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce wanted to highlight an upcoming event for kids who are going on to a career in something other than sports.
"We have a fun event coming up on May 6," Teufel said. "It's brand new for our community and it's called Signing Day. It's going to be held at the Hutchinson Career and Technical Education Academy. This is not a new concept in our country. It's new to Hutch."
The idea is that those that are going on to two or four year schools because of talent on the playing field or in the arts aren't the only ones who should be honored for their future plans.
"It's basically for those kids who are committing to go into a career and tech ed track that requires some technical education, either through HCTEA or through Hutchinson Community College," Teufel said. "They're making that commitment to their future and we want to value that just as much as we want to value kids that are signing to go to college for whatever activity, whether its music or sports."
The intent is to have as many Reno County schools represented as they can.
"Travis Reibel is working with the public schools and even private schools to make sure there's transportation lined up," Teufel said. "We'll have a schedule of kids coming in. We also will have businesses there that they can network with and talk about, maybe their future jobs and we'll have a ceremony for them. We'll have them come up to the table, they'll introduce themselves, they'll sit there, they'll get a commemorative shirt for Signing Day this year. Then they'll actually sign a certificate saying, I'm committing to my future career."
There are other signing days that are school specific, like one coming up for WSU Tech in April, but the Chamber event is May 6.
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