The Bellevue School District celebrates all our teachers for their amazing efforts in delivering learning to our students as we all navigate this new ground together.

Learning about the Snoqualmie Tribe on Teams

Randy Litzenberger is an American Government/Contemporary World Affairs Teacher at Bellevue High School. He is bringing the world to his students virtually via Teams next week with the Snoqualmie Tribe to learn about sustainability. They will be reading A Guide to Riparian Restoration in the Snoqualmie River Headwaters prior to meeting with three tribe members, one of whom is the tribe attorney.

Daily Connection with Streams

Matthew Perlman is an 8th grade Social Studies teacher at Highland Middle School. Matthew creates daily video posts to welcome students and share information using Streams. An excellent example of strengthening social connections and lessening the distance many students are feeling.

an example of a teacher using Streams to connect daily with their students

Ensuring All Students and Families Are Informed

Rocio Aguirre, a dual-language student teacher working with the supervision of Akemi Chavez, keeps her 5th grade class at Sherwood Forest on track with daily emails. The messages to students and parents include learning tasks and short directions in both English and Spanish.

daily tasks listed for students in a dual language class

Coming Soon: Encouraging the Heart Virtually

To keep hope and determination alive, we recognize contributions that individuals make. In an effort to recognize one another for demonstrating our shared values, we plan on regularly recognizing colleagues for their work! Your recipient will receive digital recognition and know how very much you appreciate their efforts. Submit your recognition here.

The Bellevue School District acknowledges that we learn, work, live and gather on the Indigenous Land of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Duwamish and Snoqualmie Tribes. We thank these caretakers of this land, who have lived and continue to live here, since time immemorial.