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Five local middle school students were sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) – Bellingham Branch to attend the summer 2019 Tech Trek STEM Camp hosted at Pacific Lutheran University. The students were Angelica Khizhnyak and Sydney Wolfson of Kulshan Middle School, Liv Hampton and Julianna Schenkel of Shuksan Middle School, and Paige…
On May 2, third graders from Columbia Elementary School went to Squalicum Beach for a cleanup to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day. The students were joined by RE Sources Sustainable Schools education coordinators and volunteers from North Cascades Audubon Society. As a part of an IB inquiry unit about bird migration and conservation, Columbia third…
The Seamonsters, a districtwide FIRST Robotics team, took home two big honors this school year – FIRST’s Engineering Inspiration and Imagery Awards. The Seamonsters robotics team was formed at Sehome High School in 2008. The program expanded to include Bellingham High School in 2017 and Squalicum High School in 2019. The team has grown from…
Students in Bellingham Public Schools are enriched by the community partnership with Sustainable Schools, a program of RE Sources for Sustainable Communities. The highlight of this work is the Green Classroom Certification Program in our elementary schools and similar programming in the middle and high schools. This free program helps teachers integrate conservation education into…
For more than 20 years, the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) has been working with county schools to teach about salmon habitat and how to recover vital ecosystems to protect them. This school year, NSEA has worked with 12 out of our 14 elementary schools, plus the Bellingham Family Partnership Program, sharing their curriculum and…
Guest article by Kulshan Middle School eighth grade student Shahmeer Imran My science fair project for 2019 was for the Whatcom County Science and Engineering Fair (WCSEF) and the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF). This project has been under work for over two years. It all began the day I decided I wanted…
DNA. Enzymes. Genomes: these are complex concepts that Sehome High School teacher Susan Auld is working to make accessible to all science students. Auld spent five days last summer learning about the science and ethics of genome editing, bringing back a wealth of knowledge, hands-on models and curriculum to enrich her forensics, neuroscience and anatomy…
Fairhaven Middle School teacher Breann Hulford was named the WSECU Teacher of the Week on Sept. 9 at the Seattle Mariners baseball game. “I was super surprised and still in shock about it,” Hulford said. “It’s definitely one of the coolest things that’s happened to me as a teacher, and I am incredibly humbled by…
Five eighth grade girls from Bellingham Public Schools attended the American Association of University Women (AAUW) STEM Tech Trek Camps in July 2018. Emma Stewart and Grace Schamber from Kulshan Middle School, Cassie La from Shuksan Middle School, and Jaeli Tilley from Fairhaven Middle School attended Dunbar Camp on the Pacific Lutheran University campus. Gillian…
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