Nancy Hudson, library media specialist at Geneva Elementary School “This is the start of my sixth year here. I taught middle school for 24 years in Ferndale. That was fun, middle school. Loved those kids, but they need a lot of energy and I’m getting old! I had just finished my library endorsement and Ferndale…
Scott Smartt, math teacher at Bellingham High School, recently received the University of Chicago’s Outstanding Educator Award. Each year, the University of Chicago invites first-year students to nominate an educator who has influenced them or challenged them. The university receives hundreds of nominations each year from students who share stories about teachers who inspired them…
In July, nearly 100 canoe families came ashore at the Lummi Nation’s Stommish Grounds as part of the Paddle to Lummi Tribal Canoe Journey 2019. This year’s event was called “Sqweshenet Tse Schelangen /Honoring our Way of Life.” Several staff members from Bellingham Public Schools attended the arrival of canoes as part of the Study Canada…
Karanbir Deol, Paraeducator at Sunnyland Elementary “‘Hey, Karanbir, are you interested in being a teacher?’ Kathe Koruga asked me this, she’s a family liaison with the district. I said well, yeah, I’ve actually been thinking a lot about it. Looking back at my own experiences as a student, there were few teachers I felt like…
Over the summer, eight Squalicum High School ninth graders won scholarships to attend Envision U, a Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) summer camp at Western Washington University (WWU). Taylor Bergquist, Amiya Grayson, Cassy La, Taylor Norton, Jasmine Olivas, Jennifer Rodriguez, Dylan Schenkel, and Svitlana Shashkina spent four days on the…
Catherine Gersich, an art teacher at Bellingham High School, has shared her thoughts on an annual art project that focuses on the history and creation of mandalas. These mandalas were created by her students in Art Two in Spring 2019. GERSICH: In the classical Indian language of Sanskrit, mandala loosely translated means “circle.” A mandala…
This summer we launched a campaign to highlight staff in our district to tell their story and how they make The Bellingham Promise come to life. As the year continues we will meet more staff, at all our schools and learn more about them and their work. Here are the first six stories. Katrina Foster,…
In the Career and Technical Education (CTE) program in Bellingham Public Schools, design and shop classrooms often work together to make projects happen. One such project was a pair of skis created by student, now graduate, Ella Meade in her junior and senior year. Jared Greenwood, Options High School and CTE teacher, explains below how…
This time of year we are thinking a lot about endings—but for our new teachers in Bellingham Public Schools, this was just the beginning. All year long, our first- and second-year teachers are mentored through Beginning Educator Support Team (BEST), a grant-funded program sponsored by the state of Washington. Facilitated by veteran teacher Andrea Quigley,…
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