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Humans of BPS: Sehome, Alderwood and Squalicum

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Kevin Ryan Named 2019-20 National Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year

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Teacher creativity helps students dig into year-long Washington state history

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Humans of BPS: Sehome, Alderwood and Squalicum

Kevin Ryan Named 2019-20 National Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year

Teacher creativity helps students dig into year-long Washington state history

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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

BHS senior Abigail Sorensen received the Phyllis Lawson CTE Scholarship in 2021

BHS senior receives CTE scholarship award

students reading a children's book

High school students create virtual rooms to read to elementary students and showcase global dances

Five vans and one personal vehicle were filled as part of this multi-high school food drive

Spirit of generosity fills the Family Resource Center with food and goodwill

Watercolor of earth by student artist Jordynn Campbell

Watercolor depicts beauty of our earth, according to cover artist

Logan Foy outside Bellingham High School, July 2020

Bellingham High 2020 ASB President Logan Foy receives leadership honor

Elementary Equity Project yields more funding for all

Shuksan 8th graders read to Birchwood kids

Shuksan eighth graders prove they are heroes in more ways than one

Educators in Action

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Erin Burke, Eva Warner Chazo and Margi Smith

Students tackle the challenges of today through Promise Tomorrow

Heidi Carpenter teaches science at Squalicum High School

Eight teachers attain national board certification in 2020, despite pandemic, despite lockdown

Dan takes a selfie video while kite surfing on blue-green water, blue sky in background.

Alumni and others working in sports visit virtual physical education (PE) classrooms

Ashlea Rosinski Shepherd with her computer and a poster of tribal nations

Teacher creativity helps students dig into year-long Washington state history

Three female staff people side by side

Humans of BPS: Sehome, Alderwood and Squalicum

Jennifer Gaer, Matt Neisinger and Tommy Lingbloom

Humans of BPS: Volunteer Coordinator, School Nurse and Dean of Students

Kevin Ryan Named 2019-20 National Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year

Shuksan Middle School student Raul Morales explaining how a cloud forms with his demonstration in a FlipGrid

Science in a remote learning environment: Mating spiders, growing mold (at home) and Brittany’s ongoing saga

Jenny Lawrence, Tonian Gray and Tyler Dockins

Humans of BPS: District Office, Silver Beach and Kulshan

Community in Action

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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

Student artist Elly Q. of Northern Heights holding her Delaunay-inspired drawing

Whatcom Museum collaborates with fourth graders for virtual art gallery

Sehome High is the staging hub for mealbox production

How a district and community pulls together to feed kids