NEWS CLIPPINGs
May 12, 2012 - Reading Eagle - United Way program encourages reading
May 11, 2012 - Hamburg Area Item - Student reads 540 pages in braille reading contest
May 11, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Special-needs students go for gold in jobs contest
May 1, 2012 - Southern Berks News - Exeter Township teacher wins Annie Sullivan Award
April 24, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Program aims to help children with brain injuries be better accommodated in school
April 24, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Who might need the services of Berks County's BrainSTEPS team?
April 20, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Albright, residential care center remember Holocaust
April 19, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Brent Worley's obituary
April 15, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Twin Valley budget calls for 2.7 tax hike in Berks
April 14, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Free citizenship course returns to Reading
April 2, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Bulletin Board: BCIU has announced the nine educators nominated for the 2012 Annie Sullivan Award
March 26, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Bulletin Board: BCIU Child Care to hold an open house
March 17, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Renovation project nearing completion
February 12, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Corbett's budget to have far-reaching impact
February 10, 2012 - The Morning Call - Southern Lehigh will add second teacher for popular Chinese program
February 7, 2012 - Southern Berks News - Exeter youth wins annual county student chemist challenge
February 5, 2012 - Reading Eagle - Students find winning formula in chemistry contest
February 3, 2012 - Walkbikeberks.blogspot.com - Safe Routes Berks Teacher Training
January 5, 2012 - BCTV - The ARC Alliance: Building Bridges
December 24, 2011 - Reading Eagle - At Your Service: Child Care Information Services of Berks County
December 14, 2011 - Reading Eagle - State's rank on homeless children improves
December 7, 2011 - Reading Eagle - District seeking new superintendent
November 21, 2011 - Reading Eagle - At BCIU facility, it's now wall-to-wall children
November 16, 2011 - Reading Ealge - People First again provides free holiday meals
November 10, 2011 - Reading Eagle - BCIU finds partner for Chinese classes: China
November 2, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Local educators join statewide discussions about teacher evaluations
October 27, 2011 - The Mercury - Berks Intermediate Unit receives $100K from DEP for biodiesel use
October 25, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Reading School Board defends resolution move
October 25, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Antietam addresses rumors on its future
October 21, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Agency gets another state grant
October 15, 2011 - Reading Eagle - BCIU to host videoconference
October 15, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Bulletin Board: National School Bus Safety Week
October 13, 2011 - Lebanon Daily News - Tulpehocken students help their Lebanon County neighbors
October 7, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Troopers charge 8 students at Alsace school
October 6, 2011 - WFMZ-TV 69 News - Police: 3 teens arrested, accused of attacking girl on school bus
October 5, 2011 - Market Watch.com - Power mobility helps Ms. Wheelchair America Shine
September 28, 2011 - Lebanon Daily News - Miss Wheelchair America to speak at Quest
September 26, 2011 - Reading Eagle - BCIU will host Keeping Kids Safe conference
September 21, 2011 - Reading Eagle - BCIU offering adult classes in Chinese
September 17, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Weatherization program ahead of schedule
September 17, 2011 - Sanatoga Post - Diamond Credit Union employees "Stuff the Bus"
September 17, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Agency wants to buy hybrid-electric bus
September 7, 2011 - BCTV - Transition in Early Intervention
September 6, 2011 - WFMZ-TV 69 News - Wall hidden in basement of BCIU pays tribute to 9/11 victims (video from broadcast)
September 5, 2011 - Reading Eagle - BCIU gets state grant for hybrid bus
August 29, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Students facing expulsion get second chance
August 25, 2011 - PennLive.com - Berks County Intermediate Unit awarded clean diesel grant
August 25, 2011 - Reading Eagle - End of the road for many bus routes
August 23, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Schools scramble to save music, the arts
August 19, 2011 - Reading Eagle - After losing son, Colebrookdale couple adopts 3-year-old girl with cerebral palsy
August 19, 2011 - Reading Eagle - 43 ex-Weiser drivers will be behind wheel
August 11, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Cybercharter schools: At home with classes
July 13, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Truancy task force forms 3-part team
July 10, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Schuylkill Valley to offer China trip as exchange program
July 7, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Weiser board approves bus contract with BCIU
July 5, 2011 - Hamburg Area Item - Schuylkill Valley adopts final budget with 6-2 vote
July 1, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Berks agencies assess impact of budget
June 16, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Weiser hikes taxes one percent; contracts BCIU for its busing
June 14, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Conrad Weiser mulls outsourcing busing to intermediate unit
May 29, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Driver education constantly evolving
May 23, 2011 - Reading Eagle - For Annie Sullivan Award winner, payoff is in students' progress
May 21, 2011 - Reading Eagle - New rules drafted on bullying, drug use
May 13, 2011 - Kutztown Area Patriot - Brandywine senior's 13-foot-tall giraffe wins first place award
May 9, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Apt postscript for messages written in wake of Sept. 11
May 6, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Fearless high school artists unsullied by commercialism
April 30, 2011 - Brandywine Heights event focuses on technology
April 26, 2011 - Kutztown Area Patriot - Fleetwood teacher wins BCIU award
April 23, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Pay on nonunion staff, admininstrators frozen
April 1, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Slices of life: job provides skills for life
April 1, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Six nominated for agency's Annie Sullivan Award
March 22, 2011 - Reading Eagle - District gets break on tax hike ceiling
March 19, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Board freezes some fees
March 14, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Expo designed to help disabled students after high school
March 11, 2011 - Hamburg Area Item - Berks County Intermediate Unit program receives book donation
March 5, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Cornwall Terrace kindergarten class learning Chinese
February 27, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Three students win chemistry contest, advance to state event
February 10, 2011 - Boyertown Area Times - Oley Valley School District mourns loss of Marc McKently
February 10, 2011 - WFMZ-TV 69News - Teen killed in crash being remembered by school district
February 9, 2011 - Boyertown Area Times - Boyertown school board does not sign on to cyber program with BCIU
January 31, 2011 - BCTV - Head Start early education program has long waiting list in Berks County
January 21, 2011 - Reading Eagle - Young scholars enthused by capital experience
January 19, 2011 - WFMZ-TV 69News - Local students hear first lady speak about China visit
January 17, 2011 - Reading Eagle - BCIU event to focus on transition to kindergarten
January 16, 2011: Reading Eagle - Consumers who pool buying power can save on utilities
January 6, 2011: Reading Eagle - Alternative-education option discussed
January 3, 2011: Kutztown Area Patriot - Kutztown student takes on WWII game for visually impaired
December 28, 2010: Boyertown Area Times - Boyertown Area School District pursues cyberschool option
December 22, 2010: Reading Eagle - Districts taking advantage of technology as teaching tool
December 8, 2010: Reading Eagle - Joint purchasing yields savings, operational efficiencies
December 8, 2010: Reading Eagle - Ex-BCIU job coach charged in assaults on 3 male students
November 25, 2010: Southern Berks News - People First doubles number of people from last year's event
November 21, 2010: Reading Eagle - Parade brings Santa to Reading
November 20, 2010: Reading Eagle - $11.5 million to fund renovations
November 1, 2010: Reading Eagle - BCIU works to enhance districts' technological capacity
November 1, 2010: Reading Eagle - Mandarin Chinese taught in Berks from remote site
October 30, 2010: Reading Eagle - Educational exchange flow of ideas between Berks, China
October 20, 2010: Reading Eagle - Mandarin Chinese class to be offered
October 20, 2010: Reading Eagle - Tulpehocken sticks with BCIU for oil bids
October 17, 2010: Reading Eagle - Drivers reminded about school bus safety
October 12, 2010: Reading Eagle - Advice for Experts
October 11, 2010: BCTV - Hundreds in Berks County have joined free service to find carpool matches
October 9, 2010: Reading Eagle - Troupe to perform at Schuylkill Valley
October 9, 2010: Reading Eagle - Grant helps schoolchildren learn Chinese
September 22, 2010: Berks-Mont News - Diamond Credit Union helps "Day of Caring"
September 21, 2010: Hamburg Area Item - Middle school student fundraises for sight
August 22, 2010: Reading Eagle - Hospital staff's generosity overstuffs the bus
August 20, 2010: Reading Eagle - Contracts for transportation hub awarded
August 17, 2010: Reading Eagle - Chinese language lessons will continue
August 11, 2010: Reading Eagle - BCIU seeks to rent house from district
August 10, 2010: Reading Eagle - Lights, Camera, Action! Camp seeks aspiring filmmakers
August 4, 2010: Reading Eagle - SV students end Chinese course on high note
August 2, 2010: Reading Eagle - Fatal school bus crash spurs rules change
July 31, 2010: Reading Eagle - Mural by child care students depicts their world
July 17, 2010: Reading Eagle - Summer program teaching Berks students Chinese
July 7, 2010: Reading Eagle - Teams ready to help students when tragedy hits
July 3, 2010: Reading Eagle - County schools getting on-demand video resource
June 12, 2010: 6ABC Action News - Recession runaways on the rise
June 6, 2010: Reading Eagle - Driver-education grants ease parents' worries
May 21, 2010: Reaading Eagle - Officials scale back expansion plans
May 13, 2010: BCTV - Berks County children do not have enough access to early-childhood education
May 7, 2010: Reading Eagle - Creative Teacher at Cumru Elementary Wins Annie Sullivan Award from BCIU
May 4, 2010: Tri County Record - Mandarin Chinese to stay at TVHS
May 4, 2010: Hamburg Area Item - Schuylkill Valley exchanges culture with China
May 4, 2010: Reading Eagle - Person of the week: Chloe Kuehn
May 3, 2010: The Mercury - Family works to rebuild after devastating fire in Douglass
April 30, 2010: Reading Eagle - Local school officials told that federal help could be on the way
April 28, 2010: Reading Eagle - Board will seek bids for high school auditorium renovations
April 20, 2010: Reading Eagle - Area's Chinese-language programs may get even stronger
April 20, 2010: Reading Eagle - Visit by Berks educators, business leaders bolsters ties with China
April 16, 2010: Reading Eagle - BCIU board gets update on Head Start program
April 16, 2010: Kutztown Area Patriot - Should Kutztown Area School District cut the driver education program?
April 7, 2010: WFMZ-TV 69News - Money awarded to switch to biodiesel
April 7, 2010: PRNewswire - Gov. Rendell: investing in alternative fuel transportation projects will drive Pennsylvania toward energy independence
April 5, 2010: BCTV - In China, Berks delegation asks for more support of language and culture instruction
March 29, 2010: BCTV - Berks education leaders leave for China
March 26, 2010: Reading Eagle - How safe is their ride: Bus driver screening under scrutiny in Berks, beyond
March 19, 2010: Reading Eagle - Board wants trooper inside Alsace School
March 3, 2010: PRLog - Bestselling author to keynote 2nd Annual Berks Autism Conference - March 13
March 2, 2010: Hamburg Area Item - Schuylkill Valley considers education alternatives
February 21, 2010: Reading Eagle - Berks County Intermediate Unit growing fast
February 21, 2010: Reading Eagle - A sampling of BCIU programs
February 21, 2010: Reading Eagle - BCIU offers many services to Berks districts
February 21, 2010: Reading Eagle - Agency looking to expand building
February 21, 2010: Reading Eagle - Exeter Junior High eighth-grader wins You Be the Chemist contest
February 19, 2010: BCTV - The United Way offers free tax help for some
February 19, 2010: Reading Eagle - BCIU database helping to screen sports officials
January 30, 2010: Reading Eagle - Students hope art helps troubled peers find path
January 30, 2010: Reading Eagle - Coalition aims to get more low-income earners in Berks to claim federal tax credit
January 17, 2010: Reading Eagle - Top 25 employers in Berks
December 19, 2009: Reading Eagle - Many schools in nation cut driving part of drivers ed; BCIU in Berks offers training
December 15, 2009: Tri County Record - Cracking the code
December 9, 2009: Reading Eagle - Hearty portions and grateful hearts
December 6, 2009: Reading Eagle - BCIU to offer online charter school
November 4, 2009: Reading Eagle - Exeter Township S. D. considers BCIU cyberschool proposal
October 23, 2009: Reading Eagle - Berks County seminar focuses on safety issues for schoolchildren
October 8, 2009: Reading Eagle - State budget impasse: Some child care centers in Berks shut; other on brink of closing
September 9, 2009: Reading Eagle - BCIU must borrow after state budget bickering cuts flow of funds
September 9, 2009: Reading Eagle - Visiting teachers bring China to U.S.
August 24, 2009: Reading Eagle - Special report on teen pregnancy: Some young moms see success beyond the struggles
August 23, 2009: Reading Eagle - Impact of teen pregnancy goes far beyond individual families
August 23, 2009: Reading Eagle - Teen pregnancy in Berks: Serious problems and success stories
August 17, 2009: Reading Eagle - Building a bridge from Berks to China
August 12, 2009: Reading Eagle - Crash drill drives home safety lessons for Berks County school bus drivers
August 11, 2009: WFMZ-TV 69 News - Drill meant to teach lessons about school bus crashes
August 3, 2009: Reading Eagle - Ailing economy taking toll on Berks County day care centers
August 1, 2009: Reading Eagle - Berks County educators urge students to exercise minds to avoid 'summer slide'
July 7, 2009: Reading Eagle - Program, volunteers end homelessness for Muhlenberg Township family
June 24, 2009: Berks Community Television - Community Visions:
Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten Transition
June 4, 2009: Reading Eagle - Fitness Profile: John Rizzo
May 11, 2009: Reading Eagle - Bulletin Board: Week-long summer program for gifted students offered at Nolde Forest this summer
May 10, 2009: Reading Eagle - Video feed from Iraq right sustenance for those on homefront
April 25, 2009: Reading Eagle - Twin Valley teacher earns annual Annie Sullivan Award from BCIU
February 28, 2009: Reading Eagle - Berks County high school students show off their cybercreativity at computer fair
February 27, 2009: Reading Eagle - New law limits how long buses, trucks can idle
February 23, 2090: Reading Eagle - Special-ed surrogate parent in Berks County finds job rewarding
February 22, 2009: Reading Eagle - Rendell's plan to combine school districts not so elementary, Berks educators say
February 7, 2009: Reading Eagle - Berks County middle-schoolers compete at computer fair
February 5, 2009: Reading Eagle - Teacher's aide fired after accusation that he hit student at alternative school in Alsace Township
February 3, 2009: Reading Eagle - Student alertness key to school bus safety
January 25, 2009: Reading Eagle - Burkhart still a teacher at heart
January 23, 2009: Reading Eagle - Meeting provides head start for kindergarten preparation in Berks
January 21, 2009: Reading Eagle - Area Highlights: Berks County Intermediate Unit sets event for staff of preschools
January 19, 2009: Reading Eagle - Deaf Reading wrestler teaches teammates about communication, tolerance
January 4, 2009: Reading Eagle - Reading kids revisit questions they were asked five years ago (with video)
December 19, 2008: Reading Eagle - Many Berks school districts allow parents to monitor their children's progress online
December 11, 2008: Reading Eagle - Berks County students learn where to draw the line with online activities
December 7, 2008: Reading Eagle - Youth Day speaker urges Berks County participants to help others
November 3, 2008: Reading Eagle - After-school tutoring in Reading helps migrant children take a step up
October 24, 2008: Reading Eagle - Program designed to interest Berks girls in technology careers
October 19, 2008: Reading Eagle - Lessons in school bus safety are offered in Muhlenberg Township
October 17, 2008: Reading Eagle - Community Log: BCIU Board briefed on response team