The Whatcom Community Foundation (WCF) is an impactful organization, supporting a healthy community in Whatcom County. Their community vision states “everyone who lives here thrives” and when it comes to the funding support they give to all corners of the county, it couldn’t be more accurate. In recent years, the WCF supported the completion of…
The transition from elementary to middle school can be challenging. Finding even one friend can make the transition easier. And being part of a network—or web—of support within the school can help even more. This philosophy drives the Where Everybody Belongs (WEB) mentorship program in our middle schools. A middle school version of the LINK mentorship program at our high schools, it is designed…
Shuksan Middle School is the first middle school in Bellingham Public Schools to offer Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC), supported with grants from the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) and the Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction (OSPI) Breakfast Meals for Kids which paid for the needed equipment. The program started with Shuksan…
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…
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,…
A total of 224 Whatcom County residents participated in the 13th annual Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest, with 25 individuals selected as winners, including seven people with ties to Bellingham Public Schools. Walk Award winners include Madeleine Joyce Patterson, a student at Silver Beach Elementary, and Emma McCoy, a student at Squalicum High School. The…
Girls wrestling made history this year when Lynette Samano won the state championship for the 120 weight division for girl wrestlers. This is the first year that girls from all three high schools competed under a combined team, Bellingham United, and their first state win. Samano’s victory at state was particularly sweet because she had…
Several Whatcom Transit Authority (WTA) buses in our community are currently adorned with artwork by students at our middle and high schools. Gretchen Leggitt, art teacher at Kulshan Middle School, spearheaded the effort. “I reached out to the WTA to explore different opportunities to get our student artwork outside of the classroom walls,” Leggitt said. She…
Bellingham Public Schools sent 28 teams of students to the state competition for Future Problem Solvers in Stanwood, Wash in April 2017. Multiple teams placed in the top 12 for their division and two teams placed in the top 3 for presentations. Of the teams that placed at state, two teams advanced to the international competition…
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