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Sehome science teachers, Chuck Schelle, Amy Hankinson and Mark Toney have been selected to attend a teachers’ conference on “The Higgs Boson and Beyond” at the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara on May 21, 2016. Led by some of the top researchers in the world, this conference will…
Bellingham Public Schools has partnered with Wild Whatcom to create an engaging curriculum called Sehome Experimental Education and Discovery (SEED) at Sehome High School. Last year, Wild Whatcom won a $6,685 grant from the Chuckanut Health Foundation, allowing two of their staff members to work with the Life Skills class at Sehome High School once each week and to lead students in science curriculum…
In November, Bellingham Public Schools was notified that 302 high school students earned Advanced Placement (AP) scholar distinctions for exams taken during their high school career. These awards recognize high school students who demonstrate college-level achievement through AP courses and exams. Students applying for colleges in the fall, will have a special acknowledgement of their…
“How many pollinators did you see while you were working in the garden just now?” This was one of the discussion-generating questions asked by Whitney Cohen, education director of LifeLab, a nonprofit organization based in Santa Cruz, Calif., as she stood in a circle with 13 teachers from Bellingham Public Schools on a recent September afternoon.…
The Summer 2015 Promise Academy spanned 4 weeks and included 60 soon-to-be fourth grade students in Bellingham Public Schools. The academy focused on a variety of reading and writing activities in four classrooms to support students academically during the summer break. On the final day, students shared their work which included marine-themed writing. Teachers on special assignment Dawn Christiana and…
Eight middle school students from Bellingham Public Schools received scholarships from the Bellingham Chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to attend the Tech Trek summer camp at Pacific Lutheran University in July 2015. Students attending were Fairhaven Middle School’s Linnea DeVange and Elena Wolgamot; Kulshan Middle School’s Susannah Bloom; Shuksan Middle School’s Makenna Fowler and Amanda Smith; and Whatcom Middle…
Ten Bellingham elementary schools took their fourth graders on the Salish Sea Experience. The trip took place between May 26 and June 17 at the end of the 2014-15 school year. In total, 27 individual classes, 546 students and 251 chaperones had the opportunity to participate. During the Salish Sea Experience students traveled to Lime…
In Spring 2015, Biology and Environmental Science classrooms at Options High School worked with Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) on a project focused on local Squalicum Creek. Students studied the water quality in the creek in order to improve salmon habitat. The Options High students spent two class periods each week working with NSEA staff to improve stream conditions, measure…
Bellingham High School science teacher James (Jamie) Yoos has been named a Washington State Science Fellow for the 2015-16 school year. The Fellows program is an effort to build teacher leadership and a foundation of knowledge and skills statewide. Individuals participating will develop a Fellows Plan within their school and district to support the best instructional practices in…
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