This school year, Alderwood Elementary is hosting a new program made possible by generous funding from the Whatcom Community Foundation. The Bellingham Food Bank will use the Alderwood Elementary gym as a pick-up site one day a week. The program began on Oct. 15. Use of the food bank is open to any family needing assistance. Alderwood…
This school year, Alderwood Elementary has a new program which includes free breakfast and lunch for all Alderwood students. Since the first day of school, students at Alderwood have been able to enjoy free breakfast and lunch thanks to a community eligibility provision. The district applied for participation in the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act and…
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…
For the past six years, Sterling Meadows along with community partners has hosted a community back-to-school event the day before school starts. The event was started because staff saw the importance of connecting school and home, according to Lindsey Karas, resident services coordinator at Sterling Meadows. Sterling Meadows is an apartment community owned by Mercy Housing…
The United Way of Whatcom County awarded the Western Washington University Foundation a grant of $41,000 to help fund “Closing the Opportunity Gap Through Free Extended-Day Programming.” This is a collaborative effort between Western’s Woodring College of Education and Bellingham Public Schools. The grant will make it possible to offer new enrichment opportunities at Cordata…
Prior to the school year ending, on June 18, Dr. Greg Baker assigned Bellingham Public Schools’ staff with a little summer homework. In an email to all district staff, he wrote, “While I definitely want you to enjoy some well-deserved time off, I know that many of you will be continuing to live and display…
All Bellingham Public Schools are participating in the Sanitary Service Company’s award-winning, school-based composting program called Food to Flowers! Materials from each school, such as food scraps from cafeterias, are delivered for composting to Green Earth Technology (GET) in Lynden. Bellingham Public Schools, “is one of the first school districts in the county (and state) to implement an…
Elementary physical education specialists worked together to organize the All City Fifth Grade Track Meet. The track meet has been taking place for more than 40 years and involves all Bellingham elementary schools. Almost 800 fifth-graders participated in the event. Prior to the track meet, students spend three to four weeks doing a track and field…
SpringHill Suites by Marriott hosted ArtNight in fall 2014 which included a fundraiser for a Bellingham school in need of classroom art supplies. Thanks to this Save Art! initiative and Fresh Artists, a non-profit organization that brings quality art supplies and innovative art programs to teachers in need. Hotel guests and community members were invited to make a donation anytime…
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