Fairhaven Middle School’s theatre production of Happy Days, performed April 1-2, was sponsored by EduArts Enrichment, a division of Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth. Students rehearsed for six weeks to make the production possible. The show was directed by Ian Bivins and Chris Cariker, and produced by BAAY’s coordinator for EduArts Enrichment, Juliette Machado.
Shuksan Middle School and the Whatcom Literacy Council (WLC) are working together this spring to offer a variety of free parent education opportunities including basic English language and computer literacy classes. Katie Brown, an English Language Learners (ELL) Specialist at Shuksan, said the school’s 21st Century Grant offered Shuksan additional opportunities to think about how it…
Bellingham’s newest fire boat has a new name. The “Salish Star” was named by Benjamin Wasserman, a fourth grade student at Sunnyland Elementary School in Bellingham. Seeking community involvement in the naming process, the Bellingham Fire Department partnered with the Bellingham Public Schools to launch a naming contest throughout the schools and tap into the students’…
Bellingham High School’s Technical Entertainment Crew (TEC) visited Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida over spring break 2015. Twelve TEC students traveled ranging from freshmen to seniors along with three chaperones. Students watched and analyzed the shows in production at Universal Studios studying different technology utilized. The students also toured Full Sail, a technical university focused on…
In spring 2015, the whimsical characters of Dr. Seuss took to the stage at Happy Valley Elementary School. More than 75 cast members in Cast A and B, plus Happy Valley chorus singers in grades 3 to 5, were supported by a full tech crew and a host of staff and parent volunteers. The production was truly…
A modern twist on A Midsummer Night’s Dream plays at Sehome High School April 23 to 26. The setting is a modern American high school, students are using iPhones to plan meetings and to ask Siri questions about the moon forecast for a certain evening. Similar to the classic version, Hermia and her fiancé Lysander take to…
Retired Bellingham High School orchestra teacher Mark Schlichting and parent Tom Kunesh received a Community Leadership Award from the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) Region 108. Schlichting, Kunesh and many local businesses and community organizations were instrumental in getting the new strings program launched last fall in our elementary schools. Currently, after-school violin instruction to fifth graders is offered twice…
To raise money for the Bellingham Food Bank and Maple Valley Inn, art students at Bellingham High School (BHS) donated one of their handcrafted, ceramic bowls to the 25th Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser on April 30 at Old World Deli. The hunger awareness event raised $5,892. For a donation of $15, the community was invited to pick out…
Victoriously moving forward from regional and district level competitions, the Sehome Seamonsters robotics club competed in the international 2015 FIRST Championships (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). The districtwide high school club sent 14 students and three adults to the competition in St. Louis to compete April 22-25. This is the first group of students…
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