Elementary school librarians created the You’ll Enjoy These Incredible Books! (YETI) Books competition to challenge students to read books from a variety of genres and to work together as a team. A year in the making. Each year school librarians from across the Pacific Northwest nominate the best, recently published novels for middle grader readers…
The 2018 Year of the Dog was celebrated in mid-February at the Chinese New Year assembly at Wade King Elementary School. The school celebrates annually as part of the Chinese culture and language offerings at the International Baccalaureate (IB) school. Principal Stephanie Johnson shares her thoughts on the yearly event: As an IB school offering…
More than 30 student musicians from district high schools were invited to attend the 45th Annual All-State Conference in Yakima, Wash., hosted by the Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA.) This year’s conference was held Feb. 15 to 18 with the theme “Music: Leading to the Heart of Education.” Due to unfortunate travel conditions and inclement weather,…
The high school boys playing soccer on a recent Saturday at the Sportsplex were a blur. They moved quickly from one end of the small indoor field to another, displaying skills they developed in their home countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Somalia — to name a few. Many of the students were new to Bellingham this…
Sunnyland Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Association stepped up once again to create an enduring addition to the school grounds. Sunnyland parent Ted Clifton, who runs local home-building company TC Legend Homes, led construction of a gazebo next to Sunnyland’s playground. Clifton’s business donated about $15,000 in materials and labor to the project. This doesn’t include…
Bellingham Public Schools and community partners received two grants totaling more than $247,000 to help support homeless students during the 2017-18 school year. The grants — $195,000 from the Washington state Department of Commerce and $52,228 from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction — will help schools in Bellingham and elsewhere in Whatcom…
Every graduation is special. It is an acknowledgement of a student’s hard work and ability to see something important through to completion. Some graduations represent even more. Fredi Funes came to Bellingham from Guatemala as a teenager in 2013. He didn’t know English, yet, and he had a long road ahead, but he was thoughtful…
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…
More than 125 volunteers from Cornwall Church, along with district staff and families, came together to transform a community room at the Eliza Court mobile home park near Bellis Fair Mall, making a positive impact on the district families who live there. The renovation of the space included painting the inside and outside of the…
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