News Releases

• Whatcom PTSA and Whatcom Community Foundation Coordinate Support For Students and Staff
  The Whatcom Middle School PTSA and the Whatcom Community Foundation are now offering ways to help Whatcom students, parents, faculty and staff impacted by the fire.
  
• Update for Whatcom Families: Relocation Plan and Parent Meeting
  Since Thursday's early morning fire at Whatcom Middle School, Bellingham School District staff worked collaboratively to develop a relocation plan for Whatcom students to begin school again on Thursday, Nov. 12 using the following criteria.
  
• Update for Whatcom Families
  In order to allow time to coordinate plans and communicate details, school will be cancelled for Whatcom students only until Thursday, Nov. 12.
  
• District Expresses Gratitude for Outpouring of Community Support
  The Bellingham School District wishes to thank the community for the outpouring of support that it has received since the early morning fire at Whatcom Middle School that has made the building uninhabitable for the foreseeable future.
  
• State Recognizes Mentoring Program Benefitting Shuksan Students
  Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen visited Shuksan Middle School Tuesday, Oct. 27 to honor Western Washington University’s (WWU) Youth Outreach Initiative.
  
• Apply for District Title I Improvement Committee by Nov. 4
  The Bellingham School District’s Title I Program is creating a District Title I Improvement Ad Hoc Committee to make recommendations for improving reading and math achievement for students who are not yet at standard.
  
• Students, Staff Earn National and State Honors
  Students and faculty from Squalicum and Sehome high schools recently received national and state honors, along with local recognition. Whatcom Middle School principal, a school psychologist for Roosevelt Elementary School, and Sehome High School also received state recognition, and Columbia Elementary launched a school store, thanks to a grant.
  
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  Whatcom Middle School Seismic Update
  October 2009
  
• Resource Conservation Management Program Helps Save District Resources
  The program focuses on reducing energy costs by attempting to limit the district’s energy consumption to minimize operating costs and promote environmental stewardship.
  
• School Board Approves Plan to Reopen Lowell Elementary School in Fall 2010
  The Bellingham School District Board of Directors unanimously adopted a Management Action Plan at the Oct. 8 meeting to reopen Lowell Elementary School in fall 2010 and balance student enrollment and staffing at nearby Larrabee and Happy Valley elementary schools.