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Columbia mural reflects on pandemic school year and deep questions

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BPS community partnership is about much more than school gardens

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Bellingham High students secure virtual summer internship with Boeing

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Columbia mural reflects on pandemic school year and deep questions

BPS community partnership is about much more than school gardens

Bellingham High students secure virtual summer internship with Boeing

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Several of the muralists (now in fifth grade) with teacher Ashley Welch (far right back)

Columbia mural reflects on pandemic school year and deep questions

CTE teacher Greenwood and student in front of district truck

Advanced CTE students engage in hands-on project for real-life application

Giles fifth grade class with their letter from President Biden

Cordata fifth graders receive letter from the President

Eight seniors, two from each high school

Humans of BPS: Graduating class of 2021

Student Paige Artino holds a tool in the Aerospace Engineering shop

Bellingham High students secure virtual summer internship with Boeing

Students film Connect/Disconnect on school football field

Sehome drama students depict pandemic teen life in award-winning, devised film project

Two preschool students work on art. One girl has pink stickers.

Inclusive preschool builds friendship in Bellingham schools

Erin Burke, Eva Warner Chazo and Margi Smith

Students tackle the challenges of today through Promise Tomorrow

Photos of seniors Emma Berreth (left) and Maya Cornwall, National Merit Finalists in 2021

National Merit 2021

Educators in Action

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Parkview exterior

New Parkview Elementary School welcomes students and staff

Brian Pahl with students on computers

Brian Pahl selected as Microsoft Innovator Educator Expert for 2021-22

Several of the muralists (now in fifth grade) with teacher Ashley Welch (far right back)

Columbia mural reflects on pandemic school year and deep questions

CTE teacher Greenwood and student in front of district truck

Advanced CTE students engage in hands-on project for real-life application

Jen Reidel with Options High graduating students

Options social studies teacher appears in KCTS 9’s 2021 Golden Apple Moments

Thank you for your years of service, 2020-21 retirees!

Julie and Jared

Humans of BPS: Wade King Elementary and Bellingham High School

Mandeep Kaur, Lisa Jones and Jasleen Auhlak

Humans of BPS: Cordata, Central Kitchen and Fairhaven/Shuksan

Two preschool students work on art. One girl has pink stickers.

Inclusive preschool builds friendship in Bellingham schools

Community in Action

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Americorps volunteer Tristen Pohlman tests soil temperature with students in Geneva garden, late September 2021

BPS community partnership is about much more than school gardens

Volunteers and staff welcomed families at the registration table.

Back-to-school event symbolizes community’s commitment to students and families

Nurse matt administers a vaccine to Heidi who is in her car.

Staff access COVID vaccines thanks to partnerships and preparation

Classroom of students wearing new coats

New coats will keep kids warm this winter thanks to local firefighter association

Emily and Roxana hold their awards.

Lydia Place honors BPS staff with Housing Hero Awards

Two kids read books on the floor of the gym.

Kids Need Books (especially during a pandemic)

Duke and Elizabeth Zieglmeier traveled to Bellingham to deliver a check in honor of their late mother, Eileen Curtis Zieglmeier Broadhurst.

A childhood in poverty inspired one woman’s generous gift to reduce school lunch debt

the sun sets over the panels on the sehome roof

Solar panels at Sehome showcase community commitment to energy efficiency

School board directors visited Alderwood Elementary School in December 2019.

School board directors discuss unprecedented spring 2020