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Meetings | Voters to Decide on School Bond: Election Day is Tuesday, March 14 | ||
Election Day is Tuesday, March 14 for the school bond. Ballots for the all mail-in election must be postmarked on or before Tuesday and are accepted through March 14 at the Whatcom County Courthouse, open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In Brief The 2006 READY Guide has been mailed to all families of sixth through 11th graders. Fifth graders will bring them home from school. The READY Guide helps students and families choose courses to prepare for college, career and citizenship. To view the guide and high school course catalogs, click here. Staff Newsmakers Student Newsmakers Several district students recently received statewide awards. Click here to read about our Student Newsmakers...
| Registered voters will decide on the following bond package to fund the modernization of Shuksan Middle School...$22 million; seismic safety work for five of the district's historic buildings - Columbia, Larrabee, Lowell, Whatcom and Roeder...$16 million; a new elementary school in the northwest area at 4420 Aldrich Road...$13 million; a new elementary school in the southeast area on Yew Street near Tacoma Avenue...$13 million; property purchase for elementary school in Sudden Valley; and major facility preventative maintenance projects...$3 million. Click here to read more... Volunteers Needed for May 17-18 It's not too early to sign-up to volunteer a few hours on May 17 or 18 and support graduating seniors as they complete the final presentations for their culminating projects. About 700 high school seniors in the Bellingham School District will be presenting their culminating projects on these two days. The culminating project is a graduation requirement through which students demonstrate what they know and are able to do as they finish their k-12 education. Students are encouraged to identify projects that match passions or interests, demonstrate stretches in their learning and connect to the community. Click here to read more and download a registration form... BP Awards Laptops to Schools to Support Math and Science BP Cherry Point Refinery has awarded 115 laptop computers to Whatcom County schools with 40 of those going to Bellingham School District teachers. Six schools in the district had winning proposals: Bellingham, Birchwood, Carl Cozier, Shuksan, Squalicum and Whatcom.
"BP is extremely pleased to be able to donate these laptops to Whatcom County schools. All the teachers who submitted applications should be commended. There is a tremendous amount of great work happening in our schools," Abendhoff says. Photo: Birchwood fifth graders were immediately drawn to the new laptops delivered by BP's Michael Abendhoff.School Information and Communications 1306 Dupont St. Bellingham, WA 98225 (360) 676-6520 Feedback? | ||
BP replaces computers every two to three years, according to Michael Abendhoff, BP's director of Public Affairs. This year, the BP management team talked about how these laptops might benefit the community. Always looking to recruit top-notch engineers, BP leaders decided to turn this into an opportunity to enhance the math and science education of students. Subsequently, teachers across the county were given the opportunity to submit proposals showing how they would use these laptops to support the district's math and science curriculum in their classroom. 
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