District Updates

Middle School Enrollment and Potential Consolidation Study Underway

Having right-sized the number of elementary schools in the 2022-2023 school year by consolidating two schools to accommodate lower enrollment, the Bellevue School District made a commitment to continue to study enrollment at our middle schools and the implication of our declining enrollment on our facilities and operating budget.Read More

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New Website Project Update: Website Design and Changes to District Newsletters

Throughout the spring and summer, the BSD website project team, in collaboration with the district’s website vendor, Finalsite, have worked on the design and structure of the new district website. Feedback from the Listen and Learn project phase has also been implemented, with the goal of streamlining newsletter communications from schools and the district.Read More


School News
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Mascot Change Evokes Mixed Emotions for Sammamish Staff, Students and Alumni

Sammamish High School administration embraced the April 26, 2021 state law, HB 1356, “prohibiting the inappropriate use of Native American names, symbols, or images as school mascots” and moved quickly to include the students and community in the deciding on a new mascot. Student leaders along with the student body overcame mixed emotions about the change, and the student body voted for the “Red Hawks” to start this school year after 62 years as the “Totems.” 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.