Category: Bucks County Intermediate Unit

The Bucks County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) was recent­ly con­tact­ed by Cityline Construction of Allentown PA with the gen­er­ous offer to pro­vide EPA-approved sur­face san­i­tiz­ing solu­tion to be used as a ger­mi­cide in the ongo­ing efforts to fight the COVID-19 coro­n­avirus.  Scott Forster, Director of the Bucks County … Read more...

Our country’s ser­vice men and women are often­times sta­tioned far away from their home, fam­i­ly, and friends.  This can be espe­cial­ly dif­fi­cult for them over the hol­i­days.  To show those active­ly serv­ing out­side the United States that they are still being thought of and their sac­ri­fice appre­ci­at­ed, the stu­dents of … 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...

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) was delight­ed to bring back the Bucks County Reading Olympics for its 27th year. Held annu­al­ly in April, it had to be can­celled last year due to the sud­den imple­men­ta­tion of COVID restric­tions, how­ev­er this year every­one involved was deter­mined to hold … 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...

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 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...

The Bucks IU Mobile FAB LAB has fig­ured out how to make vir­tu­al learn­ing fun and FABulous!  The pro­gram devel­oped and offered two weeks of sum­mer camp and has over 150 campers participating. 

Campers all received their own per­son­al CAMP BOX, shipped direct­ly to their home pri­or to the … Read more...

Instead of sit­ting idle while schools are not in ses­sion, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit’s (Bucks IU) Mobile FAB LAB has been pro­duc­ing Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) face shields with their 3‑D print­ers and laser cut­ter.  Led by Dr. Lindsey Sides, Bucks IU Supervisor of STEAM (Science, … Read more...

This styl­ish car is actu­al­ly a Fabrication Laboratory on wheels that vis­its Bucks County schools every week!

Students at Butler Elementary School had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to build 3D build­ings using com­put­er soft­ware and a laser cut­ter. The “Fab Lab” also deliv­ers 3D print­ers, 3D pens, and more.

The pro­gram was fund­ed by … Read more...

Bucks IU Early Childhood Programs were fea­tured Monday, October 16, 2023, on the “Let’s Talk on WDVR” radio pro­gram. This show, host­ed by Andy Kin, Kelly Unger and Bill Tucker, spoke with Dr. Roseanna Mitsch, Bucks IU Director of Early Childhood Programs. Dr. Mitsch explained about the Bucks IU… 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...

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) was proud to host the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) for a round­table dis­cus­sion regard­ing their award to the Bucks IU of a PAsmart Advancing Grant.  This grant, for $412,656, is for the cre­ation of a Mobile Fab (Fabrication) … 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 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...