Middle Bucks Student-built house finds a home!

Middle Bucks Student-built house finds a home! 

Posted onAuthorJeanise Dimitri

Middle Bucks Institute of Technology is pleased to announce that the school’s student-built home has moved to its per­ma­nent loca­tion in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

The home was dis­as­sem­bled and loaded by crane on to 4 flatbed trucks, then trans­port­ed to the buyer’s site.

The stu­dent built house is built pri­mar­i­ly … Read more...

Student intern Riley Boyle presents a gift of appreciation to his mentors in the program; Matt Weintraub Esq., Bucks County District Attorney, and Debbie Hubler. District Attorney’s Office Manager.

Project SEARCH Bucks (County) Holds Banquet to Honor Supporters and Participants of the Program’s First Year

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

On Tuesday May 31st, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) host­ed a ban­quet to hon­or the suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of the first year of Project SEARCH Bucks (County), an intern­ship pro­gram for young adults with intel­lec­tu­al and devel­op­men­tal dis­abil­i­ties pro­vid­ing them employ­ment expe­ri­ences through a total immer­sion in the … Read more...

As students exit a school bus, which has its red "Stop Sign" extended, blurred vehicles illegally speed past the bus instead of stopping, putting the students in danger.

Safety at heart of QCSD agreement with BusPatrol

Posted onAuthorGary Weckselblatt

The Quakertown Community School District has entered into an agree­ment ded­i­cat­ed to stu­dent trans­porta­tion safe­ty with BusPatrol, which is equip­ping Levy School Buses with stop-arm enforce­ment cam­eras to deter dri­vers from ille­gal­ly pass­ing stopped school buses.

BusPatrol’s cam­era sys­tem is posi­tioned to cap­ture vehi­cles that pass a school bus while … Read more...

Graduation collages of speakers and presenters

Bucks County Intermediate Unit Honors and Celebrates Their Class of 2022 Graduates

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) was extreme­ly proud to hon­or and cel­e­brate the 45 grad­u­ates of their Class of 2022.  This year’s grad­u­at­ing class includes spe­cial edu­ca­tion stu­dents from 11 Bucks County School Districts, and the School Districts of Eastern Lancaster, Philadelphia, Spring-Ford, and Wyoming Valley. Family, … Read more...

Kasey Kollar, Chief of Operations at the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, stands in front of a group of people as he facilitated the tabletop event at Quakertown Community High School.

QCSD hosts tabletop exercise

Posted onAuthorGary Weckselblatt

Nearly 50 peo­ple attend­ed a table­top exer­cise on August 22nd at Quakertown Community High School, one of sev­er­al steps the dis­trict has tak­en to increase safe­ty in its facil­i­ties.

Kasey Kollar, Chief of Operations at the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, facil­i­tat­ed the event, which sim­u­lates an emer­gency sit­u­a­tion in a … Read more...

Teacher working with students at a desk during the summer program

Summer program targets learning loss

Posted onAuthorNeshaminy School District

This sum­mer, Neshaminy was for­tu­nate to offer an Elementary Pilot Intervention Program as part of their MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports) ini­tia­tive. This pilot pro­gram was offered using fed­er­al ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) funds pro­vid­ed to the District to address learn­ing loss. The goal of the pro­gram

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Pennsylvania Cooperative Education Association logo

Bucks and Montgomery County Cooperative Education Association meets to discuss workforce needs.

Posted onAuthorJeanise Dimitri

Middle Bucks Institute of Technology’s Cooperative Education Coordinators Ms. Pamela Swoyer and Mr. Steve Guinan host­ed the Bucks and Montgomery County Cooperative Education Association’s first meet­ing of the year. Ms. Swoyer has served as the President of this group for many years. They col­lab­o­rate on work­force needs, share best prac­tices, … Read more...

Summer Work-Based Education Students

MBIT Work-Based Education Students had a BUSY summer!

Posted onAuthorJeanise Dimitri

Level 200 Welding Technology stu­dent, Harrison Spurr doing his sum­mer co-op at CCM Fabrication Inc. in Warminster. Welding is an essen­tial com­po­nent of many indus­tries such as the auto­mo­tive indus­try, the con­struc­tion indus­try, the avi­a­tion indus­try, and more. Without this form of met­al work, so many things, includ­ing many build­ings, … Read more...

Teacher Jeanne Caputo, with the microphone, speaks to students about her career in education.

Teachers exhibit varied paths to education careers

Posted onAuthorGary Weckselblatt

Four Quakertown Community School District teach­ers from var­ied back­grounds explained to QCHS stu­dents how their career paths pulled them in dif­fer­ent direc­tions before they land­ed in the field of education.

Kurt Amen, Jeanne Caputo, Tyler Kitchenman, and Tracey Sieger gave “The New Teacher Perspective” as part of the school’s Career … Read more...