Sehome High School senior Flannery Youngblood has been selected as the State Honors Recital Representative from the Bellingham Chapter of the Washington State Music Teachers Association (WSMTA). Her selection was based on her performance in the March 8 Bellingham Chapter classical piano competition where she played Maurice Ravel’s Sonatine, First Movement, Modéré. The stated purpose…
On March 9, 2015 author and illustrator Eugene Yelchin presented “How Reading Banned Books Saved My Life: Growing up in Stalinist Russia” in a Whatcom READS! Kids and Teens event in Whatcom Middle School’s auditorium. Mr. Yelchin also visited Columbia Elementary and Kulshan Middle School during his visit to Bellingham. Growing up in Soviet Russia…
Governor Jay Inslee visited primary classrooms at Birchwood Elementary School on Jan. 16 and discussed the importance of early childhood education with district educators. Learn more about Early Childhood Education in Bellingham Public Schools.
The Squalicum Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) hosted residents from The Willows Retirement Apartments for lunch on Feb. 18. The senior citizens enjoyed visiting classes and eating lunch with Squalicum students. Previously in January FBLA students went to The Willows for a Saturday lunch and visited with residents. One of the goals of the FBLA is to encourage development of individual…
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…
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