The first annual Youth Pride Week of Whatcom County took place the first week of June, culminating with a Youth Pride Parade and Festival on June 9. Whatcom Youth Pride activities throughout the week included Queer Youth Karaoke at the Make.Shift Art Space; a screening of “The Most Dangerous Year” at the Pickford Film Center;…
On June 10, nearly 400 people attended screenings of the 2019 Kulshan Middle School Seventh Grade Film Festival at the Pickford Film Center in downtown Bellingham. The festival was a compilation of short video stories written, filmed and edited by Kulshan seventh graders in the second semester of the 2018-19 school year. The Bellingham Public…
The future of the state of Washington is in good hands. In May, three Bellingham Public Schools juniors campaigned for and won high-level leadership positions in a YMCA program called Youth and Government. In this program, students learn how to run a state government in hands-on simulation, culminating in an annual four–day mock-Congressional session held in Olympia at the State Capitol. Sehome’s Thomas Cassella was elected…
At the 2019 Washington state solo/ensemble competition, Bellingham High School senior Carmen Souza took first place in the Mezzo Soprano category. This is the second year in a row that she has earned first place at the event. Carmen plans to attend Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in the fall. At the same competition,…
For the past 20 years, the Bellingham Association of School Employees union known as BASE has been awarding scholarships to graduating seniors. The scholarships have grown from one $300 scholarship to three $1,000 scholarships. Each year BASE members create and donate baskets to be raffled off. The proceeds go to supporting the scholarship fund. “Members…
On May 2, third graders from Columbia Elementary School went to Squalicum Beach for a cleanup to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day. The students were joined by RE Sources Sustainable Schools education coordinators and volunteers from North Cascades Audubon Society. As a part of an IB inquiry unit about bird migration and conservation, Columbia third…
The Whatcom Community Foundation (WCF) is an impactful organization, supporting a healthy community in Whatcom County. Their community vision states “everyone who lives here thrives” and when it comes to the funding support they give to all corners of the county, it couldn’t be more accurate. In recent years, the WCF supported the completion of…
Bellingham Public Schools volunteers Ray Dellecker and Tim Farris were honored April 25 with the Community Leadership Award at a regional gathering of the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA). The award is designed to honor community members for their outstanding contributions toward education through collaboration with their school district. Dellecker and Farris are active…
Students in Bellingham Public Schools are enriched by the community partnership with Sustainable Schools, a program of RE Sources for Sustainable Communities. The highlight of this work is the Green Classroom Certification Program in our elementary schools and similar programming in the middle and high schools. This free program helps teachers integrate conservation education into…
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