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Bellingham High students secure virtual summer internship with Boeing

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Staff access COVID vaccines thanks to partnerships and preparation

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Inclusive preschool builds friendship in Bellingham schools

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Bellingham High students secure virtual summer internship with Boeing

Staff access COVID vaccines thanks to partnerships and preparation

Inclusive preschool builds friendship in Bellingham schools

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Students and Families in Action

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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

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

Educators in Action

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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

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

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