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The third quarterly meeting of the Bucks County Advocacy Committee for Education (ACE) was held on Friday morning, May 17th, 2019 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the Bucks IU. Over sixty district staff, school board members and Bucks IU staff attended.
The topic for the … Read more...
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) is proud to announce a new suite of services for individuals with disabilities over the age of 21. These Adult Programs and Services form a natural extension to the Bucks IU’s existing, high-quality services for children with disabilities from birth through … Read more...
On Wednesday May 1st, 2019 the Bucks IU hosted their annual EmployAbility Expo. Held at the Bucks IU’s Administrative Building in Doylestown PA, this event drew over 100 Bucks County high school students with disabilities who were interested in practicing and developing the confidence, skills, and strategies they … Read more...
The Bristol Township School District graduated its high school seniors under sunny skies on Thursday evening at Harry S. Truman High School.
“Graduation is just a stepping stone on our path through life,” said class president Lauren Vogt.
Lots of people lose sight of what it means to be … Read more...
The Bucks IU’s 22nd Annual “Caring Community Awards Celebration” was a great success on the evening of May 15th! Our Bucks IU staff members, nominated over 130 recipients for this special award, whose purpose is to recognize individuals, outside of our Bucks IU, that have made an extraordinary … Read more...
The COVID-19 quarantine and school closures is not keeping our Bucks IU Mobile FAB LAB from bringing amazing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) activities to students. We are making sure student can still get the fun of STEAM learning even when they’re at home. Our STEAM Energizers are designed … Read more...
Dozens of local students enjoyed “A Night in Paris” recently during a festive prom at the Bucks County Schools Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. More than 60 students, ages 17 to 21, took part in the celebration. The Bucks IU offers educational programs to students with autism, … Read more...
On Friday, March 25, 2022 the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) staged a surprise award presentation to the winning teams of this year’s STEM Design Challenge! Each year, the Bucks IU facilitates the county-wide STEM Design Challenge competition for students in grades 4–8. Elementary teams (grades 4–5) and … Read more...
Each year, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) recognizes individuals who have made an extraordinary contribution of support and assistance to Bucks IU programs and students with a Caring Community Award and celebration.
All Caring Community award winners were delivered a personalized award certificate by their nominee along … Read more...
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...
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick honored the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) with a flag that had flown over the US Capital buidling in Washington DC. The honor was bestowed in recogniton of the 5th Anual Stockings for Soldiers event. Designed to send some cheer to our military personnel … Read more...
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU), in-line with our ongoing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) education efforts, was proud to again coordinate and host the Bucks County regional STEM Design Challenge. Two sell-out crowds, of sixty-five teams each, competed on two separate days with elementary students … Read more...
The gruesome images will be tough to erase for the hundreds of kids who poured out of Harry S. Truman High School in Levittown on Thursday.
Three wrecked cars right in front of their Bucks County school. The anguished screams of “Somebody please help!” The grisly sight of wounded classmates … 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...
Upper Bucks County Technical School in Perkasie hosted a campus tour for an official from Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration, highlighting the value of vocational education.
There’s nowhere else Dylan Augustin would rather be on a rainy Thursday morning than scrunched inside the body of a classic sports car, power tools … Read more...