Wade King Elementary School has embraced the giving spirit once again this holiday season. The school’s Snowflake Drive helps families at Alderwood Elementary and elsewhere with holiday gifts or basic needs — everything from a box of Legos or other toys, to a set of towels or a microwave oven. Staff and the PTA at Wade King…
Every year, the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center acknowledges individuals, groups and organizations through their annual Peace Builder Awards. In 2016, Jeff McKenna, prevention specialist in Bellingham Public Schools, was honored with the Youth Education Award at their Nov. 18 Peace Builder Awards Gala. McKenna, through the program MAD-HOPE, received the award for “equipping youth with…
Bellingham Public Schools has two semifinalists and 12 commended students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Competition. To qualify for the competition, students took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) during the 2015-16 school year. Sehome High School student Jennifer U. Frye and Squalicum High student Thu Ton are semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. For…
Squalicum High School was chosen by FuturesNW as the Education Champion Partner School for 2016 and was honored at an event on Nov. 3. The education partner award is given to a school that demonstrates a strong commitment to helping all students achieve college goals through its partnerships with other agencies. FuturesNW created this award…
In spring of 2016, library media specialist Denisa Anderson and her students at Roosevelt Elementary School were so inspired by the book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet (about puppeteer Tony Sarg who created the balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade) they started researching the history of puppetry and puppet stages.Their research led them to community…
If you would have stopped by Eliza Court, a mobile home park by Bellis Fair, on a certain evening in late September, you would have found a typical end-of-summer scene. Autumn had already officially begun, but the sun was shining and children in shorts and T-shirts were out kicking a soccer ball around or riding bikes, stopping just…
Fifth grade teacher AJ Lear started the Mountain Bike Club available to Alderwood area students in the spring of 2015 as a way to get his students to learn bike safety skills and to take advantage of the local woodland trails in Bellingham. One of the obstacles of the club was that the majority of the…
On Nov. 4, Bellingham Public Schools was honored by Bellingham Energy Prize as the Inspirational Partner of the Year. The city of Bellingham is one of 50 semi-finalists in a competition to win the Georgetown University Energy Prize. The community that reduces their energy use the most will win $5 million. Bellingham is currently fourth place nation-wide. The competition will…
Betty Brighton didn’t really stand out as a student in the 1940s at Bellingham High School. Her grades were OK, and her favorite subject was recess, she recently joked. Brighton, now Betty Tawes, is a truly exceptional BHS student in 2016. She put on the school’s red cap and gown on Saturday, Nov. 5, and received…
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