District – Bellevue School District

BSD Students Make Big Strides Towards Zero Waste

December 6, 2019 brownmaAwards & Recognition, District, District News, Facilities, Nutrition Services0

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

David Tomihiro receiving an award from the BSD Safety and Security Department

BSD On the Forefront of Emergency Preparedness

December 4, 2019 brownmaBellevue, District, District News, Safety & Security9

In December 2018 David Tomihiro, an English teacher at Bellevue High School, attended the Bellevue School District’s Safety Academy training. At that time, he did not know that six months later he would be utilizing those skills in a real-life emergency.Read More

Policy Readings

December 2, 2019 Chris SumptionBoard, District, District News1

The following policies and procedures require readings by the Bellevue School District School Board at the Dec. 3, 2019 meeting: 0130P, 3241, and 4218.Read More

Students Code With Minecraft Education Development Team

November 27, 2019 brownmaDistrict, District News, Lake Hills2

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

Bellevue Schools Among Top STEM High Schools

November 22, 2019 brownmaAwards & Recognition, District, District News4

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

School Board Highlights: November 19, 2019

November 21, 2019 brownmaBoard, District, District News3

Highlights include: ASB Constitutions and Bylaws, Board Development Plan, Don & Karen Harney Scholarship Fund, 2020 Bond and reports to the board.Read More

Bellevue School District Approves Funding Measure for the February 11, 2020 Election

November 20, 2019 brownmaBoard, Community, Construction, District, District News3

On Tuesday night, the Bellevue School Board approved a resolution asking voters to consider a capital bond in the February 11, 2020 election. The measure will help improve the safety of our schools, build more space for our students, and help us plan for future growth.Read More

Affirming Students’ Heritage

November 19, 2019 brownmaDistrict, District News2

Start talking with Mary Wilber about the Eastside Native American Education Program and you’ll quickly be overwhelmingly inspired by her passion. Wilber lights up with excitement at times and at others she is nearly moved to tears recounting experiences with some of the students.Read More

a dental assistant smiling at a visitor to the Highland Clinic

School-Based Health Center at Highland Middle School

November 18, 2019 brownmaDistrict, District News, Health, Highland5

Talk to the staff from International Community Health Services (ICHS) and the Highland Middle School Health Center and they have a lot of powerful stories despite that the health center is only in its third year of operation. Staff and health practitioners give students access to care, but they also help to teach students to advocate for themselves.Read More

School Psychology Awareness Week

November 15, 2019 brownmaDistrict, District News3

This week was National School Psychology Awareness Week! We currently have 29 school psychologists in our district who provide a range of services to support students’ academic achievement and social–emotional well-being. These dedicated individuals are fully committed to working with you and the rest of BSD’s staff to continue to energize and empower our students on a daily basis.Read More

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