Awards & Recognition

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National Board Certification Earned by Bellevue Educators

December 31, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District, District News, Staff6

Congratulations to the 13 Bellevue teachers who recently achieved National Board certification and the 25 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 20th out of all public school districts nationwide in terms of the number of NBCTs who have earned the distinction.Read More

elementary students playing Gaga Ball at recess

Recess Gets a Boost from Donors

December 24, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, Cherry Crest, Community Partners, District, District News4

In the spring of 2019, six Cherry Crest students decided to “make recess better” and launched a plan to raise funds for the school. Selling donuts door to door, the students donated nearly $500 to the elementary school. After surveying their classmates, the consensus improvement was to add Gaga Ball pits for students to use during recess.Read More

a group of students holding presents and smiling for a photo with their teacher

Spirit of Giving

December 19, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, Community, Community Partners, District, District News3

Each year our Bellevue School District community finds different opportunities to lend a hand during the holiday season! Highlighted are just some of the ways our students, staff, families and community members have given back this year.Read More

BSD Students Make Big Strides Towards Zero Waste

December 6, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, Community Partners, District, District News, Facilities, Nutrition Services4

This year twenty-four schools in the Bellevue School District took part in the annual “Cafeteria Challenge” sponsored by the City of Bellevue, Bellevue School District and Bellevue Utilities. Schools competed to produce the least amount of trash sent to landfill, as opposed to recycling or compost. After weighing everything in, Puesta del Sol won the big prize, reducing waste to just 1.77 grams per student – the same weight as a paperclip!Read More

Bellevue Schools Among Top STEM High Schools

November 22, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District, District News5

Congratulations to Bellevue, Interlake, International and Newport High School for all ranking in the top 500 best STEM schools in America! All of our high schools were featured in an article covering the top 5,000 STEM schools in the country.Read More

The girls from the Interlake Robotics Team posing with their robot for a photo

2019 Washington Girls Generation Robotics Competition

November 13, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District, District News4

Members from all five of Bellevue School District’s high school robotics teams competed in the 8th Annual Washington Girls Generation Robotics Competition.Read More

Affirm, Inspire, Thrive, Bellevue School District

National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

October 4, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District, District News4

Congratulations to the Bellevue School District seniors who were recognized as semifinalists for National Merit Scholarships! These students were among those receiving the highest scores on the 2018 PSAT taken by 1.5 million juniors this past year.Read More

Linda Martin Chitturi, visual arts teacher at Chinook

Teacher Recognized as Art Educator of the Year

June 27, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District News0

Congratulations to Linda Martin Chitturi, the visual arts teacher at Chinook Middle School, who was recognized as the Washington Art Education Association 2019 Middle-Level Art Educator of the Year! This annual achievement award recognizes outstanding professionalism, service, promotion and support of the arts by individual art educators in the state.Read More

a group of retirees, the superintendent and two board members and the director of human resources smile for a photo

Celebrating 602 Years of Service

June 12, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District, District News10

Twenty-eight retirees were honored for their achievements at the annual retirement celebration. They have served in a wide variety of areas to ensure that our students thrive and become creators of their future world.Read More

Youth Link Leadership Award Winners

May 28, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District News5

Congratulations to all the Bellevue School District students who were awarded for their community leadership! To celebrate Bellevue Youth Link’s 29th year of providing nationally recognized programs and services for Bellevue teens, Youth Link requested nominations of children and teens for their positive influence in the community.Read More

Five Bellevue Teams Qualify for Rocketry Nationals

May 16, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District News2

Five rocketry teams from the Bellevue School District have qualified for the national finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge. Two teams from Odle Middle School, two from Bellevue High School, and one from Newport High School will participate in the finals this Saturday, May 18 in Washington, D.C.Read More

Bellevue PTSA Council and Local PTSAs Recognized for Excellence

April 29, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District, District News2

Congratulations to our Bellevue School District PTAs who won a total of 24 awards at the Washington State PTA Convention this weekend. We are thankful for all the work you do to support our schools!Read More

Students Awarded for Community Service

April 23, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District, District News, Interlake, Odle0

Congratulations to Bellevue School District students Mehr Grewal and Eshika Saxena for being recognized in the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards! Mehr was honored as a Washington State Honoree for her work in promoting good health and acts of service. Eshika was recognized as a Distinguished Finalist for starting a nonprofit that encourages girls to pursue STEM fields and the sickle cell app she developed. Read More

Bellevue School District Honored as Inclusion Champion of the Year

April 3, 2019 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District, District News10

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 Chris SumptionAwards & Recognition, District News7

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

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.

The Vision of the Bellevue School District is to affirm and inspire each and every student to learn and thrive as creators of their future world.