Once again, Roosevelt Elementary School staff created a magical and fun show for their students and shared the joy on the last day of school before winter break. In its ninth year running (with two pandemic-era shows in video), this year’s production was back on the Roosevelt Bears stage (in the gym) in person. Set…
On a November morning, the Sehome Commons buzzes with young voices. They belong to students in the Teacher Academy classes taught at Bellingham, Squalicum, and Sehome high schools. Today, all 3 classes have come together for a collaborative morning of student-designed group exercises to practice teaching skills. Once activities are underway in different areas of…
Squalicum High School once again took the lead in facilitating this fall’s Northwest Conference Sportsmanship Forum, which convened student and staff representatives from the Northwest Conference’s 16 member schools to discuss values and practices for building positive sportsmanship models in high school athletics and activities. The annual event is facilitated each year by Squalicum…
World Cup fever has taken over the Bellingham High School World Languages department this fall. BHS kicked off language classes in late November with songs, dances and crafts from a variety of countries as they gave a global nod to the 32 countries (teams) playing in the 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar.…
Bellingham Public Schools has made significant movement in the past year around sustainability. Progress (and kudos) came in the form of a national and state sustainability award, a local bond passage which included provisions for a 15th more fully sustainable elementary school, and the recent formation of a Sustainability Advisory Committee tasked with reviewing…
Every summer and throughout the school year, staff in Bellingham Public Schools take part in professional development that enhances their teaching and learning practices, deepens their knowledge in core subjects, and widens their perspectives on important topics such as inclusion and equity. Modeling the core belief in The Bellingham Promise that states “learning is lifelong…
Q. Recently the school board revised a policy related to maintaining and protecting its properties and assets (executive limitations 9) to include sustainability standards. Can you tell me more about these changes to EL-9? Jenn: I think the revision of EL-9 helps to better reflect the work the district is doing around sustainability and to…
Two new high school courses are being offered this school year in career and technical education (CTE): Construction Academy at Squalicum High School and Cosmetology offered onsite at the former Regis Salon in Bellis Fair Mall. Cosmetology students from Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high schools are bused to their afternoon class at Bellis Fair. Both…
It’s not every day you get to watch international track athletes compete on a world stage, let alone treat those athletes for heat stroke or a muscle strain. But that’s just what Katie Owen did this summer when she served as a member of the medical team at the World Athletics Championships (formerly IAAF) in…
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