Together We Build Strong Minds
A Celebration of Performance and Visual Arts Education in our Public Schools
The School Districts of Bucks County are excited to be hosting an Arts Exposition to feature and highlight the depth, breadth, and variety of the arts programs being offered through our Bucks County public schools. This free expo … 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...
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...
The Bucks IU’s enormously popular Mobile FAB LAB is now offering a STEAM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Art-Math) Online Summer Camp!
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Join us for this fun STEAM learning experience! Campers will all receive their own personal CAMP BOX, shipped directly to their home prior to the start of camp. Each … Read more...
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) was extremely proud to honor and celebrate the 40 graduates of their Class of 2021. This year’s graduating class includes special education students from 10 Bucks County School Districts and the School District of Philadelphia. Family, guardians, and friends of the graduates, … Read more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) is honored to be the recipient of a $150,000 PAsmart Grant to expand the outstanding work of their Mobile Fab Lab. PAsmart grants are a program of Governor Wolf’s administration that aim to improve access to science, technology, engineering, art, and math … 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...
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...
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 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...
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...