In November 2019, Katie Rose was elected to the school board and was sworn in and took the oath of office on Dec. 11, 2019. Below is a short, introductory interview with Director Katie Rose originally published in the Winter 2020 edition of InsideSchools. What inspired you to run for school board? It’s something that…
The following story was shared by Parkview Elementary School assistant principal Michelle Hess. Hess was also interviewed by KGMI in November. Thank you to our community partner Whatcom Farm to School for creating this wonderful opportunity for our students. Bake for Good by Michelle Hess As part of Bellingham Public Schools Good Food Promise, our…
In Squalicum High School’s Protest Art and Literature class, students have a chance to explore how artists, musicians, poets and writers, through different historical periods, have paved the way for change in our country. After researching movements of the past that have used visuals, songs, poetry and speeches, (the Vietnam War era, for example), the…
Through a community partnership with Junior Achievement of Washington, Options High School students toured Birch Equipment and Alcoa to learn more about these companies and the employee experience. The connection with Options High School was made by Ashley DeLatour from FuturesNW when she introduced Options staff Joe Wooding to Roxanne McCloud with Junior Achievement of…
At the Nov. 20 school board meeting, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) presented the board with a $563,392 check. The check was in recognition of the district’s energy efficiency achievements. Since 2008, Bellingham Public Schools has participated in the Commercial Strategic Energy Management (CSEM) program to create more energy efficient schools and facilities. “The school district…
The 17th annual Peace Builder Awards, organized by the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center (WDRC), honored a diverse group of peace builders from around our community in a variety of categories. Awardees included Latinx community health workers, the Paddle to Lummi tribal canoe journey organizers as well as Bellingham Public Schools students and staff who were…
Band students from Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high schools were selected by recorded audition to attend the Western International Band Clinic (WIBC) Honor Band in late November 2019. Along with over 300 of their peers from around the Pacific Northwest, the clinic was held over four days in Seattle, Washington. The band students rehearsed and…
Students in Ashleigh Bobovski’s Spanish 3 class at Sehome used Skype to converse in Spanish with Peruvian artist and teacher Wari Zárate. Students were able to ask questions of both Zárate and his art students during a painting workshop. Zárate’s students have been studying human anatomy and portraiture and Bobovski’s students have been learning how…
Through a partnership with Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) fourth graders across the district and county are learning about salmon, their habitat and what they can do to be better stewards of the environment. “The fourth graders that we teach through our Students for Salmon program are representative of the next generation of environmental stewards,”…
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