At Carl Cozier Elementary School students are focusing on action. This action cycle demonstrates the commitment to The Bellingham Promise on a system level. Teachers are promoting the theme of action by giving students real world situations to wrestle with and having students demonstrate power in positive ways. “An element of the IB, Primary Years Program…
Painting a collaborative mural for the school’s playground, Silver Beach Elementary students were visited by local artist, Ben Mann, to create a 15-piece mural themed: Nature in the Neighborhood. Instructing students on painting techniques, Mann kept the project open to students creativity and developed the theme from in class discussion with students. Working with students in the school’s annex, Mann said…
SpringHill Suites by Marriott hosted ArtNight in fall 2014 which included a fundraiser for a Bellingham school in need of classroom art supplies. Thanks to this Save Art! initiative and Fresh Artists, a non-profit organization that brings quality art supplies and innovative art programs to teachers in need. Hotel guests and community members were invited to make a donation anytime…
Roosevelt Elementary School presented Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta Pirates of Penzance (junior version) in Spring 2015. Directed by elementary music teacher Teresa McKee, the production was made up of two full casts, chorus singers from grades 3 to 5, and a crew of assistants, designers, techs, publicists and volunteers. The students rehearsed for approximately three days per week…
Latina author and illustrator Yuyi Morales was the guest of honor at a breakfast hosted at Shuksan Middle School on March 1, 2015. More than 250 people attended the event where Morales gave a presentation about her work as a writer and artist. A recent online article about Morales is posted here. Funding for the…
Thanks to a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Challenge America grant and Kuntz and Company, a local performing arts organization, the art and ritual of Brazilian capoeira was brought to the school during a recent assembly. According to the International Capoeira Angola Foundation website, capoeira “is an Afro-Brazilian art form — a fluid, rhythmic…
The Promise Awards Program recognizes the exemplary achievements and contributions of staff and volunteers connected to The Bellingham Promise, our district’s strategic plan. Nominations for volunteer or staff member awards were organized in the following categories: Staff Members of the Year, Team of the Year, Community Partner/Volunteer of the Year and Leader of the Year. “We thank…
Kulshan Middle School is piloting the Creators & Innovators Club this school year, a multi-faceted robotics program for middle school girls. With the motivation of community volunteer, software developer and Kulshan parent Sydney Cole, the club found its roots in summer 2014. After working with the high school robotics program and their community volunteer and…
Community organizations from across Bellingham and Whatcom County joined together to put on the Shuksan Community Family Night on Feb. 25 at Shuksan Middle School. The evening was full of learning, fun and community building. Highlights of the event included a pasta dinner in Shuksan’s cafeteria, community resource tables set up in the hallway, workshops for…
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