A team of international athletes brought together by the Bellingham Sister Cities Association (BSCA) visited Alderwood Elementary on May 27, two days before the team competed in the 2016 Ski to Sea race. Athletes making up the Sister Cities Ambassadors 2016 Ski to Sea team come from: Finland, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Chile, Australia and the…
Students at Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high schools are working hard creating ceramic bowls for the annual Empty Bowls event sponsored by the Whatcom Artists of Clay and Kiln (WACK). This event raises money for the Bellingham Food Bank and Maple Alley Inn. Sehome art teacher, Lonnie Shang, and his students have participated in the Empty Bowls…
District musicians and singers headed to the Washington State Music Educators (WMEA) solo and ensemble competition in late April at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash. Squalicum High School senior Tristan Wine won first place in the Bass Vocal category; Bellingham High School senior Lucy Evans won second place in the Mezzo Soprano category; and BHS senior Izaya Taylor won…
Fifteen English Language Learner (ELL) families recently earned a computer literacy certificate and refurbished computers through a unique program that partners the Whatcom Literacy Council, Bellingham Public Schools and computer refurbishing classes and companies. Since the inception of this program, nearly 50 families have received certificates and computers. Coordinated by Isabel Meaker through the Family Engagement department,…
Governor Jay Inslee visited Bellingham on Monday, April 25 to award $20,000 to Wild Whatcom from the No Child Left Inside grant program of the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Wild Whatcom, a local outdoor education non-profit organization, will partner with Bellingham Public Schools to provide outdoor learning opportunities to more than 200 second graders in the district’s…
Earth Day this year brought community members together to clean up Little Squalicum Beach, including Bellingham Public Schools’ very own first graders from Birchwood Elementary. Together RE Sources for Sustainable Communities, Kiwanis Club and Congressman Rick Larsen dedicated efforts to pick up litter spread across Little Squalicum Beach. The first grade students from Anne Franzmann…
In April 2016, eight Kulshan Middle School students went to Eisenhower Middle School in Everett, Wash. to participate in the Washington State Rubik’s Cube Competition. The Kulshan team came in second place in a competition where the team solved 25 Rubik’s cubes in 3 minutes and 28 seconds flat. Eighth grader and team member Wyatt Loree won the Solo…
At Alderwood Elementary School a team of volunteers are filling the classrooms and providing support to teachers and students. Bellingham resident, Ray Dellecker, was looking for opportunities to help in the classroom. Though Ray lives on the other side of town, he chose to volunteer at Alderwood Elementary after the suggestion from Assistant Superintendent Steve Clarke.…
Thanks to a grant from the United Way both Cordata and Alderwood elementary schools have expanded their after-school enrichment programs this school year. The goal was to create opportunities for all of the children and families of the Cordata and Alderwood communities to expand their learning, become more connected to school, and to explore their interests…
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