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…
Mark Danielson’s fifth grade class at Geneva Elementary spent April 20 removing invasive plants from a school trail and picking up litter around the school. Both of these hands-on activities are part of Earth Week, but also action projects associated with the Green Classroom Certification Program. Through workshops, pledges and projects, the program brings conservation education to schools, challenging…
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…
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