Joining other recent space launches across the country and planet, Kulshan Middle School STEM students launched classroom rockets outside the school, boosting their [S]cience learning, [T]echnical prowess, [E]ngineering, [A]rtistic designs and [M]athematical calculations. KMS STEM teacher Rob Hendricks, along with retired science teacher Dan Bailey, led the unit for sixth grade students. Using soda bottles,…
Her student Jesse says she is the “best PE teacher in the world!” And, according to her colleagues in physical education, this is an absolutely true statement. Melanie Flink, physical education specialist at Happy Valley Elementary School and elementary PE department chair in Bellingham Public Schools, has been named the 2021 Physical Education Teacher of…
Four teams in Bellingham Public Schools earned recognition as Academic State Champions in fall 2021. Sponsored by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) and the Gesa Credit Union, the scholastics awards program recognizes high school teams with the highest grade point averages (GPA). Fall sports include cross country, football, boys and girls soccer, slowpitch softball,…
The Whatcom Literacy Council (WLC) recognized Isabel Meaker, executive director of family engagement, with the “Friend of Literacy” award on Friday, Nov. 5 during their annual Breakfast with Nancy Pearl event. This award represents someone who has helped their organization in a significant way. Meaker works with the literacy council supporting the diverse needs of…
This fall at Kulshan Middle School, students in Spanish language classes worked on a Día de Muertos project at the school. Translated as Day of the Dead, the day falls on All Soul’s Day Nov. 2 in the Catholic tradition. Día de Muertos is celebrated every year in Mexico with offerings to loved ones who…
The 2021-22 school year began in-person, a big relief to all classrooms, but especially to our band, orchestra and choir classrooms across Bellingham Public Schools. Teaching music remotely had its challenges since most sound is delayed in virtual settings and the ability to play together was lost. According to orchestra teacher Kirstin Doud at Sehome…
Equity work takes many forms in Bellingham Public Schools, but there is almost no other clearer manifestation of it than in the Project Free Education initiative over the past decade in the district. Spearheaded by Superintendent Greg Baker when he arrived in the district in 2010-11, the purpose of this initiative is to reduce the…
On a recent drizzly morning at Geneva Elementary School, AmeriCorps garden educators Tessa Bolon and Tristen Pohlman led Geneva fifth grade students through hands on soil and plant activities. While one group of students was testing the soil temperature in different areas of the school garden (including the worm compost bin!) and talking about seed…
The artwork chosen for September in the current Family Handbook and Calendar comes from Columbia Elementary School and highlights the collaborative work of teacher Ashley Welch with her 2020-21 fourth graders. The artwork is one section of a school mural found on the first floor of the school. (Photo 2) View more sections of the…
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