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The Winter Warming Coat Distribution at Cordata Elementary School took place in December as part of Operation Warm, an annual project of the International Association of Firefighter (IAFF) Local 106 Bellingham/Whatcom County. On Tuesday, Dec. 8, Local 106 Bellingham/Whatcom County Firefighters Association delivered hundreds of new winter coats for the 362 students enrolled at Cordata,…
During the pandemic of 2020, support has poured into the Family Resource Center of Bellingham Public Schools, responding to the need for food, personal care products and other necessities for district families. One of the most recent initiatives, Fill the Van Food and Basic Needs Drive, took place in mid-November and was organized by high…
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…
Jennifer Lawrence, COVID Coordinator and Teacher on Special Assignment “Right before the big closure announcement, Kristi Dominguez asked me to collaborate with her on the area of child care. That was when the governor made the mandate for child care. It was now our job to navigate during this unique experience. Kristi took on the…
Bellingham Public Schools recently nominated volunteer and preschool paraeducator Jami Pitman for the Hotel Bellwether’s local community hero award. Members of our executive team and representatives from the Bellwether recently surprised Jami on Aug. 25 during a meeting via Zoom; you can watch a clip of this emotional recognition above. Jami is a dedicated and…
The cover art of the 2020-21 Family Handbook and Calendar was created by Jordynn Campbell when she was an eighth grader at Kulshan Middle School last school year. The watercolor of the earth was hanging in the District Office in spring 2020 when the pandemic closure took place. We had a chance to learn more…
All of these interviews were recorded in early March before the closures. Sam Carlton, kindergarten teacher at Alderwood Elementary School “Coming to Bellingham through Western, I had all these intentions of being an English professor. But when I did my undergrad at Western I worked at the child development center for three years. And that…
It’s National Volunteer Week, and we are celebrating the more than 3,500 volunteers who serve across our schools each year. Whether chaperoning a field trip or providing weekly classroom support, volunteers bring their hearts into our schools. Take it from Sue Webber, a volunteer at Alderwood Elementary School. We interviewed Sue this winter for our…
Right after the first school closure announcement went out, students at Shuksan Middle School were feeling a lot of things including nervousness about how online learning would work as well as boredom. Language arts teachers Erin Meese and Mindy Galbraith decided to give their eight grade students an assignment that would help them engage with…
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