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On one of our recent sunny days, several IU students enjoyed a fishing outing with the Northern Cambria Civil Defense Club. Thanks to all sponsoring organizations and everyone who made the Youth Fishing Day possible!

Our community based STEM van will be hitting the road now that spring has sprung. Watch for us at the following events in Somerset County! https://5il.co/2p2js Upcoming: Somerset Chalk the Block, Sunday, June 28th (11am - 3pm) Somerset County Fair, Saturday, August 27th (11am - 4pm)

A huge shoutout goes to Windber teams for completing in today K’NEX state competition in Harrisburg! Both teams made the IU8 region proud! (Windber Area School District)

We're back with another "adult graduation" celebration (retirement)! Kimberly Batdorf began working for IU8 in 2006 and is retiring after 18 years of supporting children in our area. Kim is congratulated by her supervisor, Jason Wasovich, and Chief Education Officer, Dr. Amy Woomer. You will be missed, Kim. Enjoy the next chapter!

STEM Rocks and #RemakeDaysSCPA season is upon us! On April 20, our van and staff was at the Blair Regional YMCA Healthy Kids Day for the first of many amazing experiences for families. Be sure to follow Remake Learning Days - South Central PA for RemakeLearningDays events in our area in May and Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 page for STEM Rocks locations throughout the summer at community events. You can't miss the sight of our van!

Our community based STEM van will be hitting the road now that spring has sprung. Watch for us at the following events in Bedford County! https://5il.co/2p2hh Upcoming: Bedford Farmers Market Youth Day, Wednesday, June 19th (9am -12pm) Beford Farmers Market Youth Day, Wednesday, August 7th (9am - 12pm)

As this school year comes to a close, we bid a fond farewell to Margaret Gallo after a long career dedicated to IU 8. She has taught courses from Economics to Physical Science to Chemistry and everything in between. The pile of books document her efforts. Congratulating Margaret are her supervisor, Brad Theys, and Chief Education Officer, Dr. Amy Woomer. We wish you the best in your retirement, Margaret!

What a fantastic interaction between the Admiral Peary Area Vocational Technical School students and our pre-schoolers!

More impact in our community! Local libraries are such a resource to families!

What a send-off! 📚

Wow! Ms. Ferry’s class in the BRIDGE program helped pack 62 lunches for high school students. The program feeds over 500 kids per week. Proud to have these helpers in our classroom!

We're sensing a food theme in our BRIDGE classrooms! This week the BRIDGE program added bread to their soup-making skills. BRIDGE Apt 83.5 and Bloomfield Apt students made bread in a bag, along with butter in a jar. 🍞🍯 The students were so excited and engaged in the activity. We shared big loaf that we sliced into and slathered with the home made butter, and each student took home a mini-loaf. Soup, bread, any predictions on what's cookin' up next? 🍽

Congratulations, inventors! Keep thinking and see you in June at the Henry Ford Museum And Greenfield Village!

The IU 8 STEM Lending Center items are often seen in our K-12 school buildings, but we recently had a delightful opportunity to share with pre-service teachers at University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown! Can't wait to see these young educators make their way into our districts!

Frogs on Leap Day! 🐸🐸 We appreciate your contributions and creativity to carrying out the work of our PASmart grant! (Pennsylvania Department of Education)

It may look like one big party, but this crew was here to learn about Science standards - STEELS (Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards). A little bit of steel might have helped those towers that look a bit rickety! Many thanks to Pennsylvania Department of Education for supporting our districts.

The Littlest Lego'ers in our area took over the Science Center at Saint Francis University!

UPDATE: The following IU8 Office locations are closed today, Thursday, December 22, 2022 - Executive Office, Educational Development Center, Park Street Office, IU8 Richland Office located in the GJCTC, and the Somerset Office.

The following IU8 Office locations are closed today, Thursday, December 22, 2022 - Executive Office, Educational Development Center, Park Street Office, and IU8 Richland Office located in the GJCTC.

Due to anticipated inclement weather, IU8 offices are closed on Thursday, December 15, 2022. Office staff will not report to the offices and will have a remote work day.