Inspiration has the power to propel potential and transform the way students perceive their own capabilities. Each and every day, in our classrooms, practice rooms, and on our playfields, we seek to create a learning environment where students thrive as creators of their future world. May these stories of accolades and accomplishments inspire you. Together we Affirm, Inspire, Thrive. Together we are Bellevue.
Tyee Middle School students are getting hands-on cybersecurity experience and coaching thanks to former students and current Interlake Cybersecurity team members. About 40 Tyee students have been coming together as part of teacher James Burke’s STEM Club to learn about cybersecurity – from cryptography to coding, web exploitation and more.Read More
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
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
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
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
Lake Hills classes became two of only three classrooms in the world to beta test Minecraft’s “Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Good” lesson on how computational thinking and programming are used in the real world to solve problems such as controlling the spread of wildfires.Read More
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
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
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
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
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
Students at Tyee Middle School learned how coding relates to science through real-world examples. By processing and analyzing national air quality data they identified cities in the country where air quality is of concern.Read More
Students and staff at Eastgate Elementary celebrated their 30th Young Authors Day. Every student wrote and illustrated their own book in the spring and had the opportunity to share their stories on Young Authors Day.Read More
Congratulations to the Tillicum Middle Concert Choir! The combined 7th and 8th grade group took first place at both the New York Heritage Festival and at the Best in the Northwest Choral Festival in Portland, Oregon.Read More
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