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Congratulations to all ten Pennsbury elementary schools! As a group, they earned a 2018 Promising Practices Award from Character.org for conducting the inaugural Pennsbury Day of Service activity on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This was one of just 258 Promising Practices awards granted by Character.org nationwide to schools, … Read more...
Seven districts from Bucks or Eastern Montgomery counties, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit and Upper Bucks County Technical School were among the recipients.
Seven school districts from Bucks or Eastern Montgomery counties, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit and Upper Bucks County Technical School in Bedminster were recently among the recipients … Read more...
The Bucks IU was pleased to partner with two school districts this spring to expand the STEAM Saturdays program.
STEAM Saturdays is designed to engage students in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. The goal is to inspire and encourage interest within our future generations in STEAM related skills and … Read more...
Not all student respond well, or the same to every type of intervention service. Therefore, in response to the growing need for intensive, researched based reading and spelling intervention, the Bucks IU’s Special Education Department in partnership with IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) services worked together to begin offering … Read more...
Megan Jackson has been selected as the Upper Bucks County Technical School’s Student of the Month for January. Megan is a senior at Quakertown Community High School and is enrolled in the Baking & Pastry Arts program at UBCTS. Megan joined the Baking & Pastry Arts program four years … Read more...
Dr. Mark Hoffman, Bucks IU Executive Director, was recently named to the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission’s Advisory Committee on Secondary School Start Times. This committee was created/authorized by 2017 Senate Resolution No. 417 to study the impact of school start times at the secondary level. Dr. Hoffman holds … Read more...
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) has been awarded a 2018–2019 state grant of $680,000 to provide free preschool to 80 children from income-eligible families in Bucks county. Pennsylvania Pre‑K Counts provides high-quality pre-kindergarten services to three and four-year old children at no cost to their families. Children … Read more...
Genius Hour — An organic, student-led initiative that has spread throughout the district into many of the K‑12 classrooms. It is one of the most exciting learning experiences kids are having in school — authentic, self-directed learning about a topic of passion. The role of the teacher becomes that of … Read more...
November 9, 2018 — Many of the students attending Snyder-Girotti Elementary School have veterans in their families and because of that, are aware of the dedication, commitment, and sacrifice willingly given by our military personnel.
For this Veteran’s Day, and centennial commemoration of the end of World War I, students … Read more...
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit has received a $10,000 grant that will be used by IU specialists to help preschool and kindergarten children at various schools and other educational facilities refine
their fine motor skills.
The grant was awarded by the nonprofit Foundations Community Partnership, a philanthropic grant-making foundation supporting … Read more...
Springfield Elementary School was recognized at the State Level for “high fidelity implementation of the Positive Behavior Interventions and Support Program (PBIS).” This program, in its second year of implementation at Springfield Elementary highlights promotes positive behavior by recognizing students who are respectful, responsible and kind. In order … Read more...
Teacher in the Workplace is a grant program where it connects educators to local business leaders and employers. Teachers can visit local employers to learn new skills and industry trends. Through this program, kindergarten through post-secondary educators, counselors, and administrators learn more about industry trends, needs, and opportunities – which … Read more...
PennEngineering in Danboro, Pennsylvania has invited the Engineering Related Technology students at Middle Bucks Institute of Technology to work alongside Ms. Jennifer Lake, a Mechanical Engineer, to study a Chevrolet Volt Hybrid Electric car that was damaged by water from a recent hurricane. The automobile was donated to PennEngineering and … Read more...
Centennial has implemented an educational resource known as Khan Academy. This is a not-for-profit organization on a global mission to provide a “Free world-class education for anyone, anywhere”. Over the past 10 years, Khan Academy has become the largest open educational resource in the world. So far the program has … Read more...