BSF & BSD NEWS: ONLINE POSTS & PRESS RELEASES
Local Grants Available to Teachers
Several local organizations are currently offering grants to teachers. Click the links below for more information.
Eastside Audobon Society Teacher Grant Application
East-King School Retirees Association Teacher Grant Application
Three Bellevue Schools Named "Schools of Distinction"
Congratulations to Enatai Elementary, Spiritridge Elementary and Interlake High School for their achievements!
Read the 10/25/2011 press release
In the National News!
Three Bellevue high schools star in the top 100 in U.S. News & World Report's Best High Schools for Math and Science.
Best High Schools for Math and Science, U.S. News & World Report, 9/27/11
In the Local News!
Read the Bellevue Reporter to learn about Odle Middle School's Starting Strong, program funded by BSF, and other school district news.
Bellevue outshines other state schools on SAT scores
BEA president speaks candidly about 'no confidence' vote, goals, district
Superintendent speaks candidly about challenges, strengths, year ahead
New school year in Bellevue has much to offer |Editorial
The Big Picture | New Bellevue school to focus on personalized learning
Odle program helps 6th-graders ‘Start Strong’, 8/25/2011
AMERICA'S BEST HIGH SCHOOLS 2011 Newsweek magazine lists all five of Bellevue's high schools in their annual ranking. Special kudos to Interlake High School for being named one of the nation's ten "miracle high schools."
Newsweek 6/19/2011,The Best High Schools in America
Newsweek 6/21/2011, Ten Miracle High Schools
Spring for Schools Thank you to the more than 1,000 school supporters who joined us at our Spring for Schools benefit luncheon on May 26, 2011. Together we raised $555,815 to support the best learning opportunities in Bellevue's public schools.
Learn more about Spring for Schools
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Luke 12:48 Foundation Grants $30,000 to BSF
The Luke 12:48 Foundation granted BSF $25,000 to support Project Readiness and $5,000 to support AVID.
Learn more about Project Readiness and AVID
Bacon Family Foundation Awards $100,000
The Bacon Family Foundation announced a $100,000 donation to benefit BSF's Project Readiness. Project Readiness targets academic intervention and needed services so every child is ready to learn.
Read 3/1/2011 Bellevue Reporter
Thirteen Bellevue Schools Receive WA Achievement Awards
BSF congratulates our schools for this achievement and honors our principals, teachers, staff, and students for their hard work.
Read the Bellevue School District press release
Advanced Placement Update
Bellevue students continue to challenge themselves through college-level AP and IB classes. Eighty five percent of Bellevue School District students who graduated in June 2010 had at least one AP or IB course on their transcript. To learn more about how BSF and The George Lucas Educational Foundation support AP learning in Bellevue's high schools, click here.
Link to the College Board's 7th Annual AP Report to the Nation
Read the College Board's AP Report for Washington State (2/9/2011)
New Bellevue NBCTs Announced
Congratulations to the 49 teachers in the Bellevue School District who earned their National Board Certification in 2010. BSF is proud to support their hard work to achieve this distinction. Bellevue ranks in the top 20 districts nation-wide for National Board Certified Teachers.
See the List of Newly Certified Teachers
Read the Washington State NBCT profile
Top 20 Districts for 2010 NBCTs
Read OSPI Press Release
Read more in the Seattle Times
Bellevue School District Wins i3 Grant
U.S. Department of Education awarded $4.1 million to BSD for "Re-imagining Career and College Readiness: STEM, Rigor, and Equity in a Comprehensive High School." BSF was instrumental in helping secure the 20% private-sector matching required to receive the grant.
Read Bellevue press release
Read U.S. Department of Education press release
Read more on i3 Program
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