News Releases

• March 17, 2010
  Students, Staff Receive Numerous Honors and Awards
  Bellingham School District students and staff from Alderwood and Columbia elementary schools, all district middle and high schools, and central services have recently won many awards and honors.
  
  
• March 12, 2010
  Board Adopts Budget Savings Plan to Prepare for Reduced State Funding
  The Bellingham School District Board of Directors adopted a Budget Savings with several amendments after hours of discussion on March 11.
  
  
• March 11, 2010
  School Start and End Times Set for Fall
  For the 2010-11 school year, Bellingham School District students in grades kindergarten through five will attend elementary school from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Middle school and high school students will have the same start and end times as they do this year: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for middle school and 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. for high school.
  
  
• March 11, 2010
  School Administrator Assignments Approved for Next School Year
  Three changes in school administration assignments for next school year were approved at the March 11 School Board meeting.
  
  
• March 05, 2010
  Bellingham Schools Enrolling for Fall
  Bellingham Public Schools are enrolling for fall. Please contact our schools to learn more about program offerings, events to welcome new students and families, tour schedules and opportunities to meet school leaders.
  
  
• February 25, 2010
  Superintendent Shares Recommended Budget Savings Plan
  Bellingham School District Acting Superintendent Sherrie Brown presented the Recommended Budget Savings Plan at the Feb. 25 School Board meeting.
  
  
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  February 22, 2010
  Ready Guide 2010: For Middle and High School Students and Families
  
  Middle and high school families will receive a Ready Guide in the mail prior to course registration beginning in early March. The Ready Guide contains important notifications about graduation requirements as well as a course planner. Course descriptions are online in StudentConnection and registration will occur using this system. Students will receive log-in and password information from their schools.
  
  
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  February 18, 2010
  Registration for Regular and Full-Day Kindergarten Begins March 2
  
  All elementary schools in the Bellingham School District will offer a kindergarten program with registration beginning Tuesday, March 2. Kindergarten start and end times will likely be the same as the schedule for grades one through five. For the regular kindergarten program, the district is considering a full-day, every other day schedule. The decision regarding the schedule for regular kindergarten will be made by March 1 in order to allow families and the district time to plan. The full-day schedule -- instead of a half-day schedule -- is more effective for the High Scope instructional method. It also reduces the district's transportation costs and saves other resources. There is no cost to families for regular kindergarten. For families that prefer a full-day, every day kindergarten schedule, this option will be offered at Alderwood, Carl Cozier, Happy Valley, Lowell, Northern Heights, Parkview, Roosevelt, Silver Beach and Wade King elementary schools on a space-available basis. Please click on the link below for details.
  
  
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  February 05, 2010
  Annual Progress Report and Work Priorities
  
  The District Annual Report highlights recent progress on the Bellingham School District's strategic plan and shares our work priorities. The district's latest demographic and student achievement data is also included. The report is shared with the community. We have substantially reduced costs for this required publication by distributing it primarily online. The District Annual Report and School Performance Reports are required under federal and state law to meet many annual family and public notification and reporting requirements.
  
  
• February 01, 2010
  Students, Staff Earn Regional and State Honors
  Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high school students, as well as Shuksan Middle School students receive state honors. Sehome students place well on national exam and Fairhaven Middle School choir finishes first in county competition.