Dawson Construction is doing more than build a school at Sehome High. They are going the extra mile by involving Sehome students and staff. Landon North, a senior at Sehome, spent his afternoons watching the ongoing construction at Sehome last year. He was there so often that Assistant Principal Mike Couto surprised him one day…
Bellingham Public Schools has two semifinalists and 11 commended students in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Competition. To qualify for the competition, students took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) during the 2016-17 school year. Bellingham High School student Brynna Kilcline and Sehome High student Tadeusz Pforte are semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. For a semifinalist…
Before a state Cheer Leadership camp in July, squads across the state of Washington were encouraged to collect items for “cheer up” bags to be distributed in the community. The Sehome High School cheer team collected items throughout the summer and filled a large box with soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, lip balm, granola bars and…
Last school year, Kulshan Middle School art students contributed their talents to a public art project for the Whatcom Transportation Association (WTA.) Art teacher Gretchen Leggitt says that she approached the WTA to see if there was a possibility of bringing student art out into the community. As she puts it, she wanted to “empower our young artists and…
Bellingham Public Schools’ online registration system for school volunteers has been in place for a full year now. With nearly 4,000 volunteers in the system as of mid-September 2017, the focus now is on matching the right volunteer with the right job in the schools. “The first year was about building systems,” volunteer coordinator Jennifer…
Whatcom Museum partners with Bellingham Public Schools on a variety of programming supporting arts in education. During the winter/spring exhibition of Images of Resilience: Chicano Art and its Mexican Roots at the Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher building, nearly 400 Bellingham Public Schools students participated in the “Art FUNdamentals” program. The program was a three-part educational series which included a pre-tour visit to classrooms,…
Four seventh grade students from Bellingham Public Schools attended the annual Tech Trek Camp at Pacific Lutheran University held in July 2017. They are Mimi Baydek from Kulshan Middle School, and Riley Wolf, Charlie Marie Matthews, and Natasha Oster from Shuksan Middle School. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) sponsors the annual STEM summer camp which focuses…
In summer 2017, nine Squalicum High School students who placed at the state level for Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), traveled to the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Calif., representing Washington state. While in Anaheim for six days, the students competed in their respective events and participated in leadership development workshops and activities. The…
Two Sehome High School students are ending the 2016-17 year on a high note. Junior Drake Kirby and senior Jenn Frye both received prestigious national honors. Drake Kirby Kirby was one of 24 students nationwide to receive the Junior Travel Award, part of the National Spanish Exam program administered by The American Association of…
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