Catherine Gersich, an art teacher at Bellingham High School, has shared her thoughts on an annual art project that focuses on the history and creation of mandalas. These mandalas were created by her students in Art Two in Spring 2019. GERSICH: In the classical Indian language of Sanskrit, mandala loosely translated means “circle.” A mandala…
Nine students in Bellingham Public Schools who are part of the Bellingham Canoe and Kayak Sprint Team ( BCKST) competed in August at the American Canoe Association Sprint National Championships at Lake Lanier, Georgia. The team composed of 5 young women and 4 young men won a total of 40 medals, 22 gold, 9 silver…
Ever wonder how the two-ton tomato sauce got its name? Well, your question is answered here. Executive chef and director of food services Patrick Durgan and culinary program supervisor and chef Mataio Gillis attended the February 2019 Farm-to-Table Trade Meeting sponsored by Sustainable Connections. With the opening of the Central Kitchen earlier in the year,…
This summer we launched a campaign to highlight staff in our district to tell their story and how they make The Bellingham Promise come to life. As the year continues we will meet more staff, at all our schools and learn more about them and their work. Here are the first six stories. Katrina Foster,…
An after-school club activity has led to permanent change with real results. On the sunniest June afternoon imaginable on top of Bellingham High School’s roof, a contingent of students, graduates, staff and professional installers placed the first solar array in Bellingham Public Schools. In 2017, several students in the BHS Environmental Club calculated energy use…
In the Career and Technical Education (CTE) program in Bellingham Public Schools, design and shop classrooms often work together to make projects happen. One such project was a pair of skis created by student, now graduate, Ella Meade in her junior and senior year. Jared Greenwood, Options High School and CTE teacher, explains below how…
Five local middle school students were sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) – Bellingham Branch to attend the summer 2019 Tech Trek STEM Camp hosted at Pacific Lutheran University. The students were Angelica Khizhnyak and Sydney Wolfson of Kulshan Middle School, Liv Hampton and Julianna Schenkel of Shuksan Middle School, and Paige…
The first annual Youth Pride Week of Whatcom County took place the first week of June, culminating with a Youth Pride Parade and Festival on June 9. Whatcom Youth Pride activities throughout the week included Queer Youth Karaoke at the Make.Shift Art Space; a screening of “The Most Dangerous Year” at the Pickford Film Center;…
On June 10, nearly 400 people attended screenings of the 2019 Kulshan Middle School Seventh Grade Film Festival at the Pickford Film Center in downtown Bellingham. The festival was a compilation of short video stories written, filmed and edited by Kulshan seventh graders in the second semester of the 2018-19 school year. The Bellingham Public…
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