Band students from Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high schools were selected by recorded audition to attend the Western International Band Clinic (WIBC) Honor Band in late November 2019. Along with over 300 of their peers from around the Pacific Northwest, the clinic was held over four days in Seattle, Washington. The band students rehearsed and…
At a recent gathering at Kulshan Middle School, visitors from the Lummi Nation shared stories of the late Frank Lawrence, the Lummi artist of the Kulshan Middle School thunderbird logo, with district staff, including Kulshan principal Meagan Dawson. The October 2019 gathering began with a traditional Lummi welcome which included blanketing and gifts. Several members…
Method acting, anyone? In September, the drama club of Sehome High School went sailing on the local “high seas” as preparation for their upcoming production of Treasure Island. What better way to get into character than to sail the seas, sing some sea shanties and experience what the crew of the Hispaniola would have felt…
The following interview with school board directors Camille Diaz Hackler and Kelly Bashaw was published in the Fall 2019 edition of InsideSchools, the community newsletter of Bellingham Public Schools. Why have a race and equity policy? Camille Diaz Hackler: I think the majority of people don’t think about race and equity because they don’t have…
Assistance League of Bellingham (ALB) is an all-volunteer, community nonprofit organization. Their mission states that “volunteers transform the lives of children and adults through community programs.” Last school year, 734 students in Bellingham Public Schools were given new clothing through Operation School Bell ($100 per student), the organization’s signature program. Countywide that number reaches close…
On the morning of Oct. 2, 2019, it’s as if the founding members of the Bellingham Farm-to-School team in 2009 had awoken from a dream, one that included scratch-made meals, sourced from local farms, fisheries and vendors, and served to students across Bellingham Public Schools; only on this morning, the dream was a reality. While…
In July, nearly 100 canoe families came ashore at the Lummi Nation’s Stommish Grounds as part of the Paddle to Lummi Tribal Canoe Journey 2019. This year’s event was called “Sqweshenet Tse Schelangen /Honoring our Way of Life.” Several staff members from Bellingham Public Schools attended the arrival of canoes as part of the Study Canada…
Bellingham Public Schools has two semifinalists and 13 commended students in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Competition. To qualify for the competition, students took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) during the 2018-19 school year. Sehome High School students Olivia Geist and Jae Chan Lee are semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Semifinalists are the in…
Catherine Gersich, an art teacher at Bellingham High School, has shared her thoughts on an annual art project that focuses on the history and creation of mandalas. These mandalas were created by her students in Art Two in Spring 2019. GERSICH: In the classical Indian language of Sanskrit, mandala loosely translated means “circle.” A mandala…
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