Nearly 250 students attended the April 28 Teen Job Fair hosted by Bellingham Public Schools. According to Martha Zender, Sehome High’s High School & Beyond Coordinator and the job fair organizer, the event was successful in linking students with jobs. “We’ve received great feedback from the employers,” Zender said, “and students left with loads of…
Former staff and alumni of Roosevelt Elementary School assembled with current staff and students to dig up and open a 50-year-old time capsule at the school. The time capsule was put in the ground nearly 50 years ago when the current school first opened its doors in the 1972-73 school year. An assembly on May…
Ask David Ramos-Trejo about Bellingham Public Schools’ AVID program and his gratitude pours out. A University of Washington graduate in marketing, Ramos-Trejo had no idea college could be an option for him until he enrolled in Shuksan Middle School’s AVID program his sixth-grade year. As a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, he didn’t…
Using their woodsy, magical school mascot as the theme, Geneva Elementary School students delivered garden gnomes and thank you cards to their surrounding Geneva neighbors on Earth Day to show their school appreciation. An important outcome of The Bellingham Promise states that our students will develop into “respectful and compassionate humans” and “well-rounded community…
The robotics team of Sehome High School juniors Nathan Eisses, Addison Getz and Isaac Parsons placed second in the VEX Washington State championships in March qualifying them to compete in the 2022 Vex World Championships in Dallas, Texas this May. The competition in May is the largest student robotics event in the world where 800…
Family members and friends of the late master carver Dale James of the Lummi Nation gathered in February at the new Alderwood Elementary School to unveil a story pole carved by James in 1974. Originally, the story pole was a gift to Marietta Elementary School. Later, when that school closed and Marietta students…
In its first-ever student show, Good Earth Pottery’s March show in Fairhaven features the work of Whatcom County high school students. Students from Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high schools have been selected to showcase their ceramic art in this celebration of Whatcom County’s youth ceramic artists. The show runs through March 31, 2022. The gallery…
When Bellingham Public Schools brought Traffic Safety Education (TSE), previously known as driver’s ed, back into high schools in 2018-19, the goal was equity, one of The Bellingham Promise’s cornerstones. TSE was phased out of many Washington schools in 2002 when the Washington state legislature stopped subsidizing it, which made offering it challenging for schools.…
“It was a great match,” according to Sehome High School senior Kate Furman, when sharing how she landed on a meaningful project to attain the Girl Scout Gold Award. In May 2021, Kate chose a small construction project at Roosevelt Elementary School, turning an idea for an onsite outdoor classroom into a reality. Taking on…
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