Students at Sunnyland Elementary School have been participating in an after-school cooking club thanks to a partnership between Bellingham Public Schools and Common Threads Farm. For 10 weeks each Wednesday, AmeriCorps volunteers led students in simple cooking lessons, and taught them about healthy eating habits along the way. Some of the snacks prepared by students included green smoothies, apple pancakes, apple cabbage quesadillas,…
The Whatcom County School Retirees Association (WCSRA) funded twelve mini-grants to staff in Bellingham Public Schools this fall. Awardees include the following: Alderwood Elementary Principal Janae Hodge and counselor Mikah Smith, $150 each for a backpack program Teacher Josie Estrada, $150 for the Safe Place Program Enrichment coordinator Niki Mantas, $100 for grades 3 to…
District staff members Lavonne Sterling-Chue of Happy Valley Elementary School and Kathie Peterson of Squalicum High School (for leading the work of the Squalicum Health Alliance) were two of 23 recipients recognized at the 2014 Ken Gass Community Building Awards Dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. Sponsored by the Whatcom Family…
The IAFF 106 Bellingham/Whatcom County Firefighters Association is partnering with Alderwood Elementary as a site for Operation Warm, a program that purchases winter coats for all students in kindergarten and first grade. Firefighters will deliver coats to the school in mid-December and an assembly is scheduled to express their gratitude to the association. The firefighters…
The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has awarded Shuksan Middle School a $1.3 million grant to develop and implement a 21st Century Community Learning Center over the next five years. Bellingham Public Schools, Western Washington University Woodring College of Education and Whatcom Family & Community Network will partner to create a Community…
Close to 200 people came for dinner at the School Garden Harvest Dinner on Oct. 16 at Whatcom Middle School. More than 30 student, parent and community volunteers prepared the squash soup, roasted potatoes, kale/cabbage salad, and baked apple crisp. All food consumed was harvested from the district’s 14 school gardens. This annual event and the…
Bellingham High School hosted the 2014 College Fair on Oct. 2 with more than 60 colleges and universities attending, and an estimated 1,000 visitors from district and county high schools.
Squalicum High School partnered with the Nick of Time Foundation and local physicians on Oct. 8 offering free, voluntary heart screenings for students. A total of 263 screenings were performed during the school day by 116 volunteers. Thirteen students were found to need additional monitoring or follow-up. Nick of Time is an organization that educates schools, athletes and…
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