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IU1 to Give Free GED Practice Tests for Limited Time
From September 22–October 3, 2014, Intermediate Unit 1 is giving away one free GED practice test to all students who come into local adult education class sites as part of the GED See for Free...
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2014 IU1 Inservice
On August 15, 2014, all 600 of Intermediate Unit 1’s employees gathered at Charleroi Area High School for the annual Inservice to prepare for the upcoming school year. Executive Director Charles F....
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Highmark and IU1 Team Up to Offer Wellness College
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield’s partnership with IU1 makes it easier than ever for you to get and stay healthy. With the 2014 IU1 and Highmark Wellness College, you can learn about the latest...
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Second Annual Digital Citizenship Week
We’re proud to be in partnership with Common Sense Education to celebrate the Second Annual Digital Citizenship Week—October 19–25. Join us to shine a spotlight on the importance of helping kids learn...
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Staunton Farm Foundation Awards IU1 $41,000 Grant
Thanks to a generous award from the Staunton Farm Foundation, Intermediate Unit 1 will launch a two-year project to train the Early Intervention staff to prevent and/or address student behavior...
View ArticleWe’re hiring a Substitute Social Worker—Regional
Opportunities for Part-Time and Full-Time Substitute Assignments Flexibility for 2-3 days per week to 5 days per week substitute assignments. A Social Worker is responsible for identifying and...
View ArticleWe’re hiring a Substitute Social Worker—Therapeutic Emotional Support Class
Opportunities for Part-Time and Full-Time Substitute Assignments Flexibility for 2-3 days per week to 5 days per week substitute assignments. A Social Worker assigned to a Therapeutic Emotional...
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Third Annual Calcu-Solve Math Competition to Be Held
Intermediate Unit 1 is getting ready to hold its Third Annual Calcu-Solve Math Competition. The event represents students in grades 5–8 from various districts in Fayette, Greene, and Washington...
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Autism Speaks Awards Chapter Grant to IU1
On behalf of the Autism Speaks Family Services Committee, Intermediate Unit 1 was awarded the Western PA Chapter Grant in the amount of $5,000. The grant is focused towards school-aged programs...
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Blue Knights Donate to East Franklin Campus
Blue Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club Chapter 16 recently presented a check for $800 to the IU1 Educational Campus at East Franklin in Waynesburg. With some of the students are, from left, Bill...
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IU1 and Highmark Foundation Team Up Again to Get Kids Moving
With the support of a $5,000 grant from the Highmark Foundation, Intermediate Unit 1 will build upon the exercise program established in the IU1 campus schools by a 2013 grant from the Highmark...
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Results from the Third Annual Calcu-Solve Math Competition
Well-known science and math consultant Sheila Tobias said it best: “There is a difference between not knowing and not knowing yet.” That is exactly what Intermediate Unit 1 hopes the 200 students...
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IU1 Opens State-of-the-Art Learning Labs
Look at American schools. We see neighborhood schools full of classrooms where children are grouped by age, where one teacher stands in front of students sitting at desks arranged in rows, working...
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Dr. Denova Receives the Walter G. Turner Award
On December 4, 2014, Dr. Jim Denova, Vice President with the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, was awarded the Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA) Walter G. Turner Award. AESA is a...
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Pittsburgh Celebrities Bring Their Message to IU1 School
It may have been nine o’clock, but Josh Verbanets and Gab Bonesso were definitely not “behind the Jack Rabbit”. Instead, they were bringing their anti-bullying musical comedy program to IU1’s...
View ArticleNext ESL Certification Cohort Begins February 21
The next cohort of the IU1 Online English as a Second Language (ESL) Certification program will begin February 21, 2015. Scholarships worth $900 are available to program participants. The ESL Program...
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Super Bowl Champ Rocky Bleier to Keynote 2015 IU1 Annual Convention
Former Pittsburgh Steeler and four-time Super Bowl champion Rocky Bleier will keynote the 2015 Intermediate Unit 1 Annual Convention. The convention will be held on March 24, 2015, at the Hilton...
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IU1’s CSI Crosses the Border
Intermediate Unit 1’s Cyber Solutions Initiative (CSI) is crossing boundaries and spreading its success to Hancock County, West Virginia. CSI, an online learning program established in 2010, provides...
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IU1 Board Member Edward Andria Remembered
Edward Andria was born January 7, 1923, at York Run, a son of Guisippi Andria and Josephine Russo Andria. Edward Andria Mr. Andria served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a life long...
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IU1 Participating in Project MAX
All students do not enter school with the exact same abilities, but they do all deserve access to the same general education curriculum. According to Project MAX: At least one to three percent of...
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