Maya Popp, music specialist at Silver Beach Elementary School “After college, I decided to go to Los Angeles and do some acting. I just got on a Greyhound bus and went down there with a backpack and a sleeping bag. I did a lot of background work on TV and stand-in work on movies and…
Jessica Ortega-Mendez, Family and Consumer Science Teacher at Bellingham High School “I changed my major three times. I started in public health/pre-nursing. Then, my sophomore year I had a weeklong summer job where I worked with students. There’s a program called CAMP at CWU, the College Assistance Migrant Program, that I was part of as…
BJ Adams, Network Technician “I used to work in the aquatics department at Petco. I really wanted to be a marine biologist. My job as the ‘aquatics guy’ was to not only maintain the aquariums, but to educate and inspire people about caring for a vast array of species of fish and invertebrates both fresh…
Leah Dutton, Life Skills Paraeducator at Wade King Elementary School “I moved to Bellingham when I was in the sixth grade. I met my husband, Aaron, in the ninth grade at Sehome. We were both in band and were traveling with the basketball team to state. I had two other friends, but we couldn’t sit together because it…
Connor Hegarty, Special Education Teacher at Bellingham High School “I signed up for two years to be a cavalry scout in the Army. It’s a job that goes along with infantry or tank units. You sit on top of hills and look out and radio back to tell what’s going on. I picked it because…
Chris Cochran – Counselor at Options High School “I love being outdoors and spending time with my family. My wife, Carrie, and I live in Birch Bay with our kids. We have three kids still at home, and three who are in college or living on their own. I also play a lot of music.…
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…
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…
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,…
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