Awards & Recognition

Bellevue School District Honored as Inclusion Champion of the Year

April 3, 2019 brownmaAwards & Recognition, District9

AtWork! has honored Bellevue School District as their 2019 Inclusion Champion of the Year. BSD has partnered with AtWork! for almost a decade to empower people with disabilities to be productive, integrated and contributing members of their communities.Read More

Newport Students Build Networks for Schools in Antigua

March 25, 2019 brownmaAwards & Recognition5

Newport’s Cisco Networking and Cybersecurity Academy program has impacted national policy changes in Antigua! In collaboration with Rotary International, students from Newport went to Antigua to design and build networks for schools in need.Read More

Teacher Receives WITEA Program of the Year Award

March 14, 2019 brownmaAwards & Recognition15

Congratulations to James Burke, a teacher at Tyee Middle School, who was selected as this year’s recipient for the WITEA Program of the Year award for the state of Washington. Read More

Teacher Honored with Art Teacher of the Year Award

March 11, 2019 brownmaAwards & Recognition20

Congratulations to Lisa Crubaugh, an art teacher at Bennett Elementary, who received the National Art Education Association Elementary Art Teacher of the Year award! This award, determined through a peer review of nominations, recognizes the exemplary contributions, service, and achievements of one outstanding NAEA member annually at the National level within their division.Read More

Odle Middle School Student Performs at Carnegie Hall

March 7, 2019 brownmaAwards & Recognition45

Congratulations to Odle Middle School student, Yasemin Ela Goktepe, who performed at Carnegie Hall!Read More

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Students Featured in 20 Under 20 Art Exhibit

March 5, 2019 brownmaAwards & Recognition, District4

Congratulations to the six Bellevue School District students who were selected to be in the Bellevue Arts Museum 20 Under 20 exhibit. The exhibit is designed to feature youth ages 13 – 19 as emerging artists and is juried by the Teen Arts Council in collaboration with Bellevue Arts Museum curators.Read More

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Interlake Student named a Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar

February 11, 2019 brownmaAwards & Recognition18

Congratulations to Eshika Saxena, a senior at Interlake High School, for being named a 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar and a top 40 finalist! Saxena’s project, HemaCam, aimed to create a blood disease screening process for rapid and automated disease identification.Read More

Newport Cisco Academy Earns Palo Alto Cybersecurity Academy Designation

December 27, 2018 brownmaAwards & Recognition, Newport3

Newport has become the only high school in the Northwest that is a Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy. The curriculum will be integrated into the school’s already established Advanced Cisco Cybersecurity course.Read More

Sammamish Named a Washington State Finalist in Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow Contest

December 20, 2018 wilnercAwards & Recognition0

Congratulations to Sammamish’s Principles of Engineering class, led by Teacher Kim Herzog, which was selected as one of five state finalists in Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow Contest – a nationwide competition that challenges students in grades 6-12 to apply STEM skills to find creative solutions to real-world issues impacting their local communities. These students exemplify our new vision: to affirm and inspire each and every student to learn and thrive as creators of their future world. Read More

National Board Certification Earned by BSD Educators

December 18, 2018 wilnercAwards & Recognition1

Congratulations to the 31 Bellevue teachers who recently achieved National Board certification and the 43 Bellevue teachers who achieved National Board renewal this year! Bellevue School District employs more than 400 National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs). According to the National Board, Bellevue currently ranks 19th out of all public school districts nationwide in terms of the number of NBCTs who have earned the distinction.