BSD Welcomes Director of Student Life to Support BSD Students
Meet Drew O’Connell, BSD’s new Director of Student Life. The Director of Student Life is a new position, created to support BSD students by working with staff, families and the community to center and amplify our students’ voices, concerns, needs and strengths. Read More
Acknowledging the Impact of Social Injustice
We pause to pay respects to the families and communities who have suffered the immeasurable loss of loved ones, as 10 people in Buffalo, New York lost their lives to yet another act of senseless gun violence and racism over the weekend.Read More
Student-Led Superintendent’s Town Hall: Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity
A student-led town hall with Eva Collins is scheduled for Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Read More
Support for Students and Families
In addition to all the other challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has experienced an alarming increase in racist anti-Asian hate incidents. Horrific events have taken place across our nation and even close to home in the Puget Sound area.Read More
A Year-round Commitment to Equity
I send you this important message during the month of February – with this week marking Black Lives Matter Week and the month marking Black History Month. Though we are wracked by a pandemic and still developing how and when we will return our students to in-person learning, other important work should and must continue. For us the critical work of equity is a year-round effort and our commitment is not just marked by a week or a month.Read More
Message to Families – June 12, 2020
2020 graduation update, our equity work, planning for Fall 2020, and more.Read More
Message to Families – June 5, 2020
As our school year nears its end, I must admit that is has been a very challenging chapter in the life of our district. Both the disruptive and deadly COVID-19 virus, and the aftermath of the tragic and senseless death of George Floyd, have forced us to confront serious issues in our community and nation.Read More
Supporting Each Other During These Painful Times
In the midst of an extremely disruptive and deadly pandemic, I was deeply saddened and shocked to see the horrific video documenting the senseless death of George Floyd. The tragic killing of yet another black person by an officer sworn to protect and serve all of us is totally unacceptable. Such an injustice is not a value that Bellevue School District and its leadership will ever promote or silently condone.Read More