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Exterior view of the IU5 office building with a text overlay from our mission statement reading "Committed to providing excellence, equity and opportunities"
Executive Director Brad Whitman congratulates a student in a blue dress with a handshake during the Class Act Scholarship Ceremony. Two men representing organizations sponsoring the scholarship stand nearby applauding as the recognition takes place on a stage decorated with banners and plants.

Class Act Scholarship Ceremony

A group students presenting their project during the K’NEX STEM Design Challenge. Students are standing behind a table displaying a colorful K’NEX model, while one of them points to a large tri-fold presentation board that includes photos, diagrams, and handwritten notes explaining their design and the science behind it as an IU5 staff judge stands across from them, listening attentively and holding a clipboard.

K'nex Stem Design Challenge

Four women, IU5 staff, pose with props with positive phrases in front of a colorful banner and balloons at a student mental health symposium.

Staff at the Student Mental Health Symposium

A large group of IU5 staff smiling and posing in a hallway with autism advocate and keynote speaker Ben Hartranft, at an in-service.

Staff with In-Service Keynote Ben Hartranft

An IU5 Elect program student and their young child in matching colorful shirts, petting a guinea pig held by Erie Zoo staff outside during the program's annual trip to the zoo.

ELECT Trip to Erie Zoo

Adult Education graduates in blue caps and gowns standing in a group at their graduation ceremony.

Adult Education Program Graduates

2 IU5 staff members welcome visitors as they sign a banner in celebration of the grand opening of the IU5 Adult Education Center in Erie.

Adult Education Center Grand Opening

A large conference room filled with students working tables with a presentation screen in the background titled "Minding your mind", during a student mental health symposium.

Student Mental Health Symposium

Four middle school students work collaboratively building a model out of colorful K'nex, as the timer in the background ticks down with 42 minutes left to build, during a K'Nex STEM Design Challenge.

K'nex Stem Design Challenge

A group photo of students, scholarship sponsors, and Executive Director Brad Whitman poses in front of a stage during a Class Act Scholarship Ceremony.

Class Act Scholarship Ceremony

A group of six staff members stands together wearing colorful Play‑Doh–themed Halloween costumes, each with a matching hat, shirt, and yellow Play‑Doh apron, creating a bright rainbow lineup.

Halloween Dress Up at the Greene Township Classroom 

Executive Director Brad Whitman poses alongside a student holding an award and scholarship sponsors at a Class Act Scholarship Ceremony.

Class Act Scholarship Ceremony

A group of IU5 Adult Education staff and volunteers smiling in front of blue and yellow balloon decorations at an Adult Education Gradution Ceremony.

Adult Education Staff and Volunteers at Graduation  

IU5 Elect student and their toddler in a blue hat sitting in a red wagon are smiling, enjoying the program's trip to the Erie Zoo.

ELECT Program Zoo Trip

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