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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...
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...
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...
BUCKS COUNTY – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D‑10) announced the award of $28,197 in state funding to Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22 through the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Keystone Telepresence Education Grant program for equipment and services to help educate students who are homebound for extended periods … Read more...
Teacher in the Workplace is a grant program where it connects educators to local business leaders and employers. Teachers can visit local employers to learn new skills and industry trends. Through this program, kindergarten through post-secondary educators, counselors, and administrators learn more about industry trends, needs, and opportunities – which … Read more...
On Thursday, October 10, 2019, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) welcomed Governor Tom Wolf to Brookwood Elementary School, in Bristol Township, to talk with students using their newly unveiled Bucks IU Mobile Fab Lab. The Fab Lab was funded by the governor’s groundbreaking PAsmart initiative. The governor … 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...
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...
Our Bucks IU Preschool Early Intervention Program provides services to infants and toddlers with disabilities or developmental delays. The sooner intervention services are able to be initiated, the greater the opportunity a child has for maximum growth and developmental gains prior to beginning elementary school. Early … Read more...
As most of us are aware, our country is in the middle of an opioid overdose epidemic. In the wake of this epidemic, a new school code requires schools to provide instruction to students in grades 6–12 related to the prevention of opioid abuse, beginning in the 2018–19 school year. … Read more...
The students at the Bucks IU at Samuel Everitt in Middletown stuffed more than 700 stockings to send to troops overseas.
MIDDLETOWN — The students of the Bucks Intermediate Unit at Samuel Everitt recently stuffed holiday stockings to send to troops stationed overseas. Now in its third year, the “… 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.
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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...
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...
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 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...