Newport Rocketry Claims Second Place Title at International Competition
The student rocketry team from Newport High School recently placed second at the International Rocketry Challenge held at the Farnborough International Airshow outside of London.Read More
National Board Certification Earned by Bellevue Educators
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
Recess Gets a Boost from Donors
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
Spirit of Giving
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
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
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
2019 Washington Girls Generation Robotics Competition
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
National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
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
Teacher Recognized as Art Educator of the Year
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
Celebrating 602 Years of Service
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