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…
The One Schoolhouse award recognizes teams or individuals who are supporting The Bellingham Promise and equity for students beyond one school. This year, we recognized debate coach Laura Livingston for her work to expand opportunities for our high school students interested in debate. When coach Laura Livingston took over the Bellingham United Debate Club in 2014,…
Seniors at Sehome High School were surprised this week with an invitation to the construction site to sign a steel beam that will be installed in the new school. Dawson construction halted work so students could safely enter the site. “We wanted to give the seniors a chance to leave their mark on the new school since they…
When the proposed athletic training program for Bellingham High School fell through just days before the first day of school, athletic coordinator, Chad Larsen reached out to the community for help. Brian J. Weeda, MS, PT, AT, TPI with Performance Physical Therapy answered Larsen’s call. “Without an athletic trainer on staff, our school was in…
Dawson Construction is doing more than build a school at Sehome High. They are going the extra mile by involving Sehome students and staff. Landon North, a senior at Sehome, spent his afternoons watching the ongoing construction at Sehome last year. He was there so often that Assistant Principal Mike Couto surprised him one day…
Bellingham Public Schools has two semifinalists and 11 commended students in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Competition. To qualify for the competition, students took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) during the 2016-17 school year. Bellingham High School student Brynna Kilcline and Sehome High student Tadeusz Pforte are semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. For a semifinalist…
Before a state Cheer Leadership camp in July, squads across the state of Washington were encouraged to collect items for “cheer up” bags to be distributed in the community. The Sehome High School cheer team collected items throughout the summer and filled a large box with soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, lip balm, granola bars and…
Last school year, Kulshan Middle School art students contributed their talents to a public art project for the Whatcom Transportation Association (WTA.) Art teacher Gretchen Leggitt says that she approached the WTA to see if there was a possibility of bringing student art out into the community. As she puts it, she wanted to “empower our young artists and…
Bellingham Public Schools’ online registration system for school volunteers has been in place for a full year now. With nearly 4,000 volunteers in the system as of mid-September 2017, the focus now is on matching the right volunteer with the right job in the schools. “The first year was about building systems,” volunteer coordinator Jennifer…
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