Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21
Year in Review 2012-13
CLIU Opening Day
Fall 2012
November Student Forum
CLIU21 Student Forum was held at Southern Lehigh High School where the topic of discussion was careers in writing and journalism. Jared Trexler, author & director of social media & marketing for Fortese Mgmt., LLC and Keith Groller, sports writer for The Morning Call were guest speakers. Students worked collaboratively to explore the skills and tools of careers in media communications.
State Rep, Ryan Mackenzie, classroom visit.
State Representative, Ryan Mackenzie, visited a Life Skills Classroom @ Emmaus High School in the East Penn School District. Students had the opportunity to ask the Representative questions. Representative Mackenzie helped students with their lesson.
Tech Wizards Jr.
Fourth and fifth grade students work in groups to learn online tools that they can use to enhance their classroom learning experience.
Winter 2013
Principal Certification Program
CLIU 21 is the first intermediate unit in the state to gain approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for their Level 1 Pathway K-12 Principal Certification Program.
Curriculum & Instruction Blog Launch
The Curriculum and Instruction department launched their blog, Edtech...cetera to discuss topics such as curriculum, social media and educational technology. Visit the blog at edtechcetera.blogspot.com
Digital Photography Contest
We held a Digital Photography contest in February with a number of categories for students of all ages in our districts.
Spring 2013
Online Learning Symposium
We discussed online learning opportunities in our region with administrators, legislators and online learning students. Representatives from Parkland, Salsibury, Lehighton Area, Northern Lehigh and Allentown School Districts were in attendance as well as Representative Dan McNeill and Representative Michael Schlossberg.
Special Olympics
CLIU staff and students helped out with the Special Olympics held this Spring.
Elementary and Middle School Computer Fairs
Four districts within Carbon and Lehigh counties participated in the 6th Annual CLIU Regional Elementary School Computer Fair. There was a total of 54 students and 11 advisors. The categories were Computer Fair Logo, Digital Movie, Multimedia Presentation and Desktop Publishing. Congrats to all participants!
Summer 2013
Carbon County Work Based Learning Program
Students in Carbon County Work Based Learning have an end of year celebration where they received certificates for their accomplishments as well as recognized business partners that helped the program.
2013 Project SEARCH Graduation
Project SEARCH had its combined Graduation Ceremony of Good Shepherd Rehabilition Network and Lehigh County on June 13th.
Opening Day 2013
CLIU Main & Transportation Offices kicked off the year with their Opening Day programs with the theme, "Take a Creative Leap". Camp Fowler ESY students made these frogs for our theme.
About Us
The Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 (CLIU), located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, is an Educational Service Agency created by an Act of the General Assembly to help equalize educational opportunities for all students in the Commonwealth.
Email: social@cliu.org
Website: www.cliu.org
Location: 4210 Independence Drive, Schnecksville, PA
Phone: 610-769-4111
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarbonLehighIntermediateUnit21
Twitter: @CLIU21