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Students from Shuksan Middle School spent a week learning about marine and other sciences from faculty at Western Washington University. The week-long course, “Real World Applications of Environmental Research: Ocean Acidification in the Salish Sea,” allowed students to engage in actual research projects being conducted by Western faculty and graduate students. Students learned about eel grass,…
So many changes are happening at high schools in Bellingham these days. Never mind that students get to sleep in an extra 45 minutes (if not more, thanks to the elimination of zero-hour courses) with the new start time that went into effect this school year. The number of class periods for high school students…
Thanks to a $780 grant from the Bellingham Public Schools Foundation, 30 sixth grade students from Kulshan Middle School learned about the science of snow in March at the Mount Baker Ski Area. Environmental educators from the North Cascades Institute and Western Washington University led the students through hands-on experiences to study snowpack, snow stability,…
James (Jamie) Yoos, science teacher at Bellingham High School, is one of four teachers from Washington state selected as finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The finalists were selected by a statewide selection committee comprised of content area experts and award-winning teachers and their application has been sent forward…
Four seventh grade students from Bellingham Public Schools attended the annual Tech Trek Camp at Pacific Lutheran University held in July 2017. They are Mimi Baydek from Kulshan Middle School, and Riley Wolf, Charlie Marie Matthews, and Natasha Oster from Shuksan Middle School. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) sponsors the annual STEM summer camp which focuses…
Two Sehome High School students are ending the 2016-17 year on a high note. Junior Drake Kirby and senior Jenn Frye both received prestigious national honors. Drake Kirby Kirby was one of 24 students nationwide to receive the Junior Travel Award, part of the National Spanish Exam program administered by The American Association of…
Ask anyone, from the PTA volunteer who organizes a jogathon, to the nonprofit leader who runs a gala auction: Fundraising is hard work. Of course, the payoff makes it all worthwhile. The Bellingham Public Schools Foundation isn’t shying away from the sometimes daunting task of fundraising, because the payoff is better opportunities for students. “I really believe in the mission…
Sehome Seamonsters, the robotics team at Sehome High School, produced the following video as a submission for the FIRST Chairman’s Award. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an organization focused on increasing interest in science and technology. Some of this interest is through robotics competitions. This three-minute video provides a glimpse into the…
Two Bellingham Public Schools students took honors at the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) in Bremerton, Wash. on March 31 and April 1. Shuksan Middle School sixth grader Celeste Fisher took first place in her division for her project, “Visuals of Subatomic Particles.” Her younger brother and Northern Heights Elementary student Mason Fisher took…
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