News Releases

• Facilities Update, Summer 2009
  
• Summer Hours and School Registration for Fall
  Throughout the summer, families of elementary and middle school students may pick up fall registration forms for new students at Central Services, 1306 Dupont St.
  
• School Board Adopts District Budget for 2009-10
  Following a public Budget Savings Plan process and adoption this spring, the Bellingham School District Board of Directors adopted a final budget for the 2009-10 year at the June 25 meeting. The $100 million budget includes an unprecedented expenditure reduction of about $2.5 million. Without federal stimulus funds, the expenditure reduction would be about $6.5 million.
  
• Bellingham High Teacher Jamie Yoos Selected as Regional Teacher of the Year
  Bellingham High School science teacher Jamie Yoos has been named as the 2010 Regional Teacher of the Year by the Northwest Educational Service District (ESD) 189. He is one of only nine teachers in the state being considered for 2010 Washington State Teacher of the Year.
  
• Central Lions Club Donates Heart Defibrillators to High Schools
  The Central Lions Club of Bellingham recently donated automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high schools, a gift worth $4,500.
  
• Middle, High School Athletics, Activities Information for 2009-10 School Year
  Please click here for information about program options and approved fees for 6th grade, 7th/8th grade and high school.
  
• School Year Calendar Updated for 2009-10
  Please click here to view the updated 2009-10 school year calendar for the Bellingham School District. Thanks to the Whatcom Educational Credit Union, families and staff will receive a magnetic version of this calendar in mid-August in the annual back-to-school mailing.
  
• Administrators Take Compensation Reduction to Help Preserve Classroom Resources
  All administrators in the Bellingham School District have graciously offered a reduction in compensation in their 2009-10 school year contracts to help the School Board and Superintendent preserve the future integrity of the classroom experience for every student.
  
• District Students, Schools, Staff Earn National and State Honors for Academic Excellence
  Bellingham School District students and staff from Alderwood, Columbia, Happy Valley, Northern Heights, Roosevelt and Sunnyland elementary schools, Fairhaven, Shuksan middle schools, and Bellingham, Sehome and Squalicum high schools have recently received state and national honors.
  
• Three Bellingham School District Educators Selected by Alcoa for Summer Keystone Center
  Thanks to Ferndale's Alcoa Intalco Works, three Bellingham School District educators have been selected to receive summer training at a national institute designed to provide classroom lessons focused on local environmental issues.