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What would you do if there were no restrictions? This was the question posed by teacher on special assignment Jennifer Lawrence when she reached out to fellow educators looking for colleagues to lead an extended learning experience for students. High school biology teacher Erin Buke, middle school Special Education teacher Eva Warner Chazo and first…
A desire to connect with elementary school students and a love of reading led Meysha Riviere, a ninth grader at Bellingham High School, to dream up the idea of a bilingual, virtual reading room for elementary school students in Bellingham. Before the pandemic, Meysha volunteered in her brother’s school, Birchwood Elementary School, and when schools…
Kids Need Books came to life in 2016 after a conversation with Alderwood Elementary School kids. Joe Nolting, a community volunteer and a few other volunteers asked the kids if they were looking forward to the summer. Some kids expressed that they weren’t and one of the reasons why was that they wouldn’t have access…
In the June 2020 edition of InsideSchools, our community newsletter, school board directors Doug Benjamin and Jenn Mason discuss the unprecedented spring of the pandemic closure and widespread protests against systemic racism. Photo above: (left to right) Alderwood Principal Micah Smith, Superintendent Greg Baker, Alderwood Assistant Principal Minh Nguyen with School Board Directors Doug Benjamin…
Julie van Wijk, principal at Cordata Elementary School “I learned about France in fourth grade, in Social Studies, and I came home and told my mom, “I’m going to be French teacher!” And that’s what I did. I went to the University of Texas at Austin and majored in French language and literature. I originally…
Sisters and Sehome High School students Ana and Mimi Swetish have produced and donated more than 500 face shields for frontline health care personnel and have plans for 500 more. They used their father’s mechanical engineering workshop including a die-cut machine, velcro and foam to produce the masks. “We were able to bounce ideas off…
The emails and calls started coming in just days after schools were officially closed due to COVID-19. Students wanted to use their school’s 3D printers to make masks for essential employees who may face a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). “There was more and more interest,” says Riley Liddle, Career and Technical Education (CTE)…
BJ Adams, Network Technician “I used to work in the aquatics department at Petco. I really wanted to be a marine biologist. My job as the ‘aquatics guy’ was to not only maintain the aquariums, but to educate and inspire people about caring for a vast array of species of fish and invertebrates both fresh…
Bellingham Public Schools Foundation recently launched the first-ever Think BIG Student Club Challenge, which aims to support great student-led projects for clubs that have big ideas but few resources. More than 30 clubs applied to compete in the in-person competition and only seven were selected to present their big idea at the live event. Finalists…
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