Bellingham Public Schools parent, Brad Swanson, was honored on May 3 by the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) with the Community Leadership Award. The award is designed to honor community members for their outstanding contributions toward education through collaboration with their school district. Swanson was recognized for his ongoing commitment of Bellingham Public Schools through…
Students at Bellingham Public Schools have even more opportunity to play competitive team sports with the addition of Unified Basketball this winter. Special Olympics devised the Unified Sports program as a way to bring together athletes with and without intellectual disabilities. Those with disabilities, referred to as “athletes,” play on the same team as their…
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…
The Family Resource Center is always busy meeting the basic needs of families in Bellingham Public Schools. The need is so great, in fact, the center can get overwhelmed. That’s where the group known as the Friends of the Family Resource Center come in. “We have projects in mind but no time,” said Kathe Koruga, family…
Every year at Parkview Elementary School, the kindergarten classes challenge the school to a food drive. This year the school donated more than 140 bags of food to the Bellingham Food Bank. On Friday, March 23, students from all three kindergarten classes helped carry the bags of food out to the Food Bank truck. Students…
This month is Music in our Schools, and last week many middle and high school band classes were visited by a talented and charismatic percussion trio from Los Angeles. Colburn Beat! is from the Colburn Conservatory of Music and includes Jimmy Chan, Pat Chapman and Greg LaRosa. The trio came to Bellingham through the Play…
High school counselors and career/vocational guidance assistants in Bellingham Public Schools are vital links to the successful futures of our graduates. Every day they support students on the path to college or career. This support comes in many shapes and sizes. Alongside helping with course selection and registration every school year and passing along information…
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…
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