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…
The Assistance League of Bellingham (ALB) through their program Operation School Bell clothed 1,540 children in need, kindergarten through grade 8, in Whatcom County. Of those, 508 students were from Bellingham Public Schools. Three ‘shopping’ events took place between Oct. 2014 and Jan. 2015. Each child received $80 to spend in Target for school appropriate…
Bellingham Public Schools hosted more than 500 students and family members at the first annual Design Your Future, college and career planning workshop on Feb. 9. The event was an opportunity for high school students to begin thinking about their post-high school years. The keynote presenter was Maria Furtado, executive director of Colleges that Change…
At Columbia Elementary School, parents are coming together once per month for to tackle difficult subjects at Parent Discussion Nights. The discussion nights were created through a partnership between Elementary Support Specialist, Lurinda Ford, and Columbia Parent Association (CPA) president, Michelle Malone. “I noticed that we have a very active and involved parent community here…
Every year Wade King Elementary School hosts a special event called the Second Grade Toy Museum. For approximately six weeks, second graders focus on a unit of inquiry under the theme of How the World Works. This is an inquiry into describing and changing an object’s balance and motion. The inquiry weaves together scientific writing, experimentation…
Every January, high school musicians from Island, Skagit and Whatcom counties attend the San Juan Music Educators Solo and Ensemble contest, hosted at Bellingham High School. Solo/Ensemble is the regional competition for high school musicians and singers to compete at the State level. The following students and ensembles in Bellingham Public Schools won first place in…
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