Category: Bucks County Intermediate Unit

Student intern Riley Boyle presents a gift of appreciation to his mentors in the program; Matt Weintraub Esq., Bucks County District Attorney, and Debbie Hubler. District Attorney’s Office Manager.

Project SEARCH Bucks (County) Holds Banquet to Honor Supporters and Participants of the Program’s First Year

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

On Tuesday May 31st, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) host­ed a ban­quet to hon­or the suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of the first year of Project SEARCH Bucks (County), an intern­ship pro­gram for young adults with intel­lec­tu­al and devel­op­men­tal dis­abil­i­ties pro­vid­ing them employ­ment expe­ri­ences through a total immer­sion in the … Read more...

Sun with the words Summer Camp and the Fab Lab Center logo

A Different Kind of Summer Camp at the Fab Lab Center

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

When peo­ple think ‘sum­mer camp’ they think out­door sports and activ­i­ties, swim­ming, tents, and camp­fires. However, the great out­doors isn’t the ide­al sum­mer expe­ri­ence for every­one. The Fab Lab Center is offer­ing 10 dif­fer­ent sum­mer camp themes that include all the fun, friends, and FABulous mem­o­ries of tra­di­tion­al sum­mer camps … Read more...

Mobile Fab Lab Coordinator, Matthew Hayden, introduces Finch robots to the class and is showing them how they will be able to code the robots to move. Photo Credit: Pennridge School District

Bucks IU Fab Lab Awarded $450,000 PAsmart Grant for Mobile Fab Lab Expansion

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) Fab Lab is the proud recip­i­ent of a $450,000 PAsmart Innovation Grant to expand its incred­i­bly suc­cess­ful Mobile Fab Lab pro­gram. PAsmart grants are intend­ed to expand access to com­put­er sci­ence and sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, engi­neer­ing, and math (STEM) edu­ca­tion for … Read more...

Bucks IU is the first in Pennsylvania to offer a PK-12 Special Education Teacher Apprenticeship.

Bucks IU Offers State’s First PK-12 Special Education Teacher Apprenticeship — and it’s FREE!

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) is break­ing new ground by launch­ing Pennsylvania’s first appren­tice­ship pro­gram aimed at devel­op­ing Pre-Kindergarten (PK) to 12 Special Education teach­ers. This inno­v­a­tive pro­gram pro­vides cur­rent Bucks IU staff a unique path­way to earn their Pennsylvania Special Education teach­ing cer­ti­fi­ca­tion while … Read more...

Noon Year's Eve at the Fab Lab Center! with title, Fab Lab Logo and confetti.

FABulous Fun at the FAB LAB Center

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Looking for some­thing fun for the kids on November 22nd when school is closed?! Bring them to the Fab Lab Center for a day filled with fab­ri­ca­tion, cod­ing, and engi­neer­ing! Half-day and full-day options avail­able. Details and reg­is­tra­tion infor­ma­tion at: www.BucksIU.org/FabLab/Events

  • For Home Schooled chil­dren, a Field Trip Day
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Graduation collages of speakers and presenters

Bucks County Intermediate Unit Honors and Celebrates Their Class of 2022 Graduates

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

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...

Fab Lab Center is Poewered by the Bucks IU

$200k Grant Enables the Bucks IU Fab Lab Center’s Career Awareness Program

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Secretary Rick Siger, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), has announced that the Shapiro Administration is invest­ing $200,000 in the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) Fab Lab’s Career Awareness Program. This new pro­gram will offer Bucks County mid­dle school stu­dents hands-on learn­ing expe­ri­ences in … Read more...