Author: Robyn Gross

Fab Lab Center is Poewered by the Bucks IU

$200k Grant Enables the Bucks IU Fab Lab Center’s Career Awareness Program

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Secretary Rick Siger, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), has announced that the Shapiro Administration is invest­ing $200,000 in the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) Fab Lab’s Career Awareness Program. This new pro­gram will offer Bucks County mid­dle school stu­dents hands-on learn­ing expe­ri­ences in … Read more...

Sun with the words Summer Camp and the Fab Lab Center logo

A Different Kind of Summer Camp at the Fab Lab Center

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

When peo­ple think ‘sum­mer camp’ they think out­door sports and activ­i­ties, swim­ming, tents, and camp­fires. However, the great out­doors isn’t the ide­al sum­mer expe­ri­ence for every­one. The Fab Lab Center is offer­ing 10 dif­fer­ent sum­mer camp themes that include all the fun, friends, and FABulous mem­o­ries of tra­di­tion­al sum­mer camps … Read more...

Dr. Mark Hoffman welcomes the attendees

Project SEARCH Bucks Holds Second Annual Banquet to Honor Supporters and Participants

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

On Tuesday May 30th, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) host­ed a ban­quet to hon­or the suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of the sec­ond year of Project SEARCH Bucks (County). This intern­ship pro­gram is for young adults with intel­lec­tu­al and devel­op­men­tal dis­abil­i­ties pro­vid­ing them employ­ment expe­ri­ences through a total immer­sion in … Read more...

Bucks IU is the first in Pennsylvania to offer a PK-12 Special Education Teacher Apprenticeship.

Bucks IU Offers State’s First PK-12 Special Education Teacher Apprenticeship — and it’s FREE!

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) is break­ing new ground by launch­ing Pennsylvania’s first appren­tice­ship pro­gram aimed at devel­op­ing Pre-Kindergarten (PK) to 12 Special Education teach­ers. This inno­v­a­tive pro­gram pro­vides cur­rent Bucks IU staff a unique path­way to earn their Pennsylvania Special Education teach­ing cer­ti­fi­ca­tion while … Read more...

FablLab center ribbon cutting ceremony

The Bucks IU Celebrates the Grand Opening
of the New Fab Lab Center

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) is very excit­ed to open a learn­ing cen­ter designed and ded­i­cat­ed to sup­port the grow­ing inter­est in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) activ­i­ties in Bucks County. The Fab Lab (Fabrication Laboratory) Center is a bright, invit­ing space cen­tral­ly locat­ed at … Read more...

Noon Year's Eve at the Fab Lab Center! with title, Fab Lab Logo and confetti.

FABulous Fun at the FAB LAB Center

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Looking for some­thing fun for the kids on November 22nd when school is closed?! Bring them to the Fab Lab Center for a day filled with fab­ri­ca­tion, cod­ing, and engi­neer­ing! Half-day and full-day options avail­able. Details and reg­is­tra­tion infor­ma­tion at: www.BucksIU.org/FabLab/Events

  • For Home Schooled chil­dren, a Field Trip Day
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