News & Announcements

In commemoration of Fred Rogers' 143 Day, the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit is pleased to announce the winners of its local "Message of Kindness Student Poster Contest."

The Westmoreland Intermediate Unit (WIU) is proud to announce its partnership with former Pittsburgh Steeler and owner of The Pursuit, Wes Lyons, to offer an online program that will help transform the lives of students by enhancing their educational learning experience. This platform is an evolution of Lyons’ The Pursuit Program, which was created in 2013 to help students focus on key fundamentals, including career preparation, leadership, and other life skills.

The Westmoreland Intermediate Unit (WIU) is proud to share its coordination efforts with its school districts and Westmoreland County Emergency Management to produce 3-D Masks for distribution in areas of need. A 3-D mask provides six times the usage of a single surgical mask. Up to 250 masks will be donated to the Westmoreland County Emergency Management by the beginning of next week. Each mask takes approximately 5 hours to print and 15 minutes to add weather stripping and elastic.

Article from TribLive on our upcoming parent TaC Chats in May. To access the chats, please go to: wiu.zoom.us/my/tacchat

During the month of May, join our Training and Consultation team for hints and tips to help your child in an online learning environment.

The Staunton Farm Foundation has awarded the WIU Foundation $3,790 to purchase student Chromebooks for the Clairview School. When schools closed due to COVID-19, the intermediate unit scrambled to provide appropriate instructional options. We realized that we required additional Chromebooks for all students to engage in online learning (including virtual speech, occupational, and physical therapy). The devices will enable our students to access the services they need, and experience continuity of education.

"The next 2 weeks are critical to our public health efforts to control the spread of COVID 19. Community cooperation is essential to eliminating disease spread. As the weather gets nicer, please continue social distancing and resist the urge to congregate outside in groups. It is essential that all families do their part to help us through the difficult and potential dangerous time. It will take the efforts of everyone to eliminate this disease threat from our communities. PLEASE continue to maintain social distancing during essential travel outdoors and stay at home when at all possible. "

Do you value networking time with job-alike professionals? Do you want to see what other teachers "like you" are doing to support distance learning? Do you need more resources for distance learning? Do you have great resources to share that could benefit others?

During this unique time of distance/online learning, our consultants would like to extend their expertise providing you with video shorts on a wide range of relevant topics. As we all adapt and continue to grow professionally, it is our hope to help you support students in innovative, and creative ways.

Information and resources on Coronavirus (COVID-19)