Together We Build Strong Minds
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 (Bucks IU), along with The Transition Coordinating Council of Bucks County, are hosting their 19th Annual Secondary Transition Options and Resource Fair on Thursday, November 1, 2018. This unique event focuses on providing information on support services, specialty programs, employment support agencies, colleges, … 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...
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...
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), an educational service agency supporting the schools of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has been awarded state grant funding to support the creation of new computer science and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) initiatives in the county. The grant funding, totaling more than … Read more...
In the midst of a pandemic, with schools trying to operate normally while dealing with changing health guidelines and schedule modifications, the students of the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) at Samuel Everitt were determined to persevere and still hold their 5th Annual Stockings for Soldiers program … Read more...
On May 3, 2018, over 100 students representing a wide range of disabilities converged on the Bucks County Intermediate Unit’s central office site in Doylestown to participate in the EmployAbility Expo. Participation at this year’s Expo represents the largest total number of participants over the past several years. This … Read more...
Due to the mandated school closures and the COVID-19 pandemic response efforts, the Bucks IU moved its June 2020 graduation ceremonies to a virtual platform. The prerecorded video included commencement speeches by Dr. Mark Hoffman, Bucks IU Executive Director and Mr. John D’Angelo, President of the Bucks IU Board of … 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 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...
There’s a new man in charge at Upper Bucks County Technical School in Bedminster. John Sweda will succeed Bernard Wagenseller, who had been the school’s top administrator the last six years.
The school — which draws students from the Quakertown Community, Pennridge and Palisades school districts — recently named John Sweda … Read more...
Head Start and Early Head Start are federal programs designed to promote school readiness by enhancing the child’s cognitive, social and emotional development with a positive learning environment and a variety of services, including:… 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...
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...