For the past six years, Sterling Meadows along with community partners has hosted a community back-to-school event the day before school starts. The event was started because staff saw the importance of connecting school and home, according to Lindsey Karas, resident services coordinator at Sterling Meadows. Sterling Meadows is an apartment community owned by Mercy Housing…
The United Way of Whatcom County awarded the Western Washington University Foundation a grant of $41,000 to help fund “Closing the Opportunity Gap Through Free Extended-Day Programming.” This is a collaborative effort between Western’s Woodring College of Education and Bellingham Public Schools. The grant will make it possible to offer new enrichment opportunities at Cordata…
In Spring 2015, Biology and Environmental Science classrooms at Options High School worked with Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) on a project focused on local Squalicum Creek. Students studied the water quality in the creek in order to improve salmon habitat. The Options High students spent two class periods each week working with NSEA staff to improve stream conditions, measure…
In October 2014, the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) awarded Shuksan Middle School a $1.3 million grant to develop and implement a 21st Century Community Learning Center over the next five years. Sean Flikke was hired as the director of the community learning center at Shuksan to provide before- and after-school…
The Bellingham Public Schools Foundation, music educators from Bellingham Public Schools, parents, alumni, and friends in the music community held a musical instrument drive and fundraiser for the Ray Downey Band Fund Saturday, June 6 at Boundary Bay in downtown Bellingham. The family-friendly event included local bands such as Black Beast Revival, The Naughty Blokes and…
TEDxShuksanMiddleSchool was a huge success on May 30. The theme of the event was, “youth who are changing the world.” The event included 22 speakers and performers ranging in ages from elementary to high school. The audience was limited to 100 people, but each speaker and performer was recorded and will be posted on the…
The United Nations has proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL2015). SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics with headquarters in Bellingham, is a not-for-profit, educational organization that supports scientists and engineers globally working with light and is a founding sponsor of this global initiative. The International Year of Light…
A group of nine Squalicum High School students, part of the Squalicum Health Alliance, competed at the 2015 Spring Youth Forum against more than 350 students from across the state representing 40 of the top projects designed to discourage smoking and drug use among high school students. The Squalicum Health Alliance won the Grand Prize. The scoring criteria…
More than 300 people came to Shuksan Middle School on May 17 for the Latino Education Summit. The summit was sponsored by the Family Engagement Department for Bellingham Public Schools. The event included a complimentary Mexican meal, followed by a guest speaker, a presentation from district staff and performances from community groups. The entire event…
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