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TRADITIONS THROUGH TIME

The Mount Baker High School Choir Department is presenting “Traditions Through Time” a delightful evening of songs and stories about many of our holiday traditions and how they came to be. This dinner-theater style performance will take place on December 4th and 5th in the high school commons at 7:30 PM. Your $5.00 price of admission includes a serving of Starbucks coffee, and a dessert donated by a local restaurant. There are only 100 seats available for each performance so call today to reserve your seats.

For more information contact Linda Moore (choir director) at 383-2033 or email  lmoore@mtbaker.wednet.edu

H1N1 VIRUS - MBSD RESPONSE - District Nurse Brenda Goebel updates this site as new information becomes available.  Updated on October 26.

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH TO SCHOOL CHILDREN - THE FOLLOW-UP - President Barack Obama spoke to school children across the country on Tuesday, September 8.  Some parent and community concerns have been expressed about President Obama’s speech. Please follow the link for the district's response to these concerns and to the speech itself.

WELCOME TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR - Superintendent Richard Gantman provides an overview of some important aspects of the 2009-2010 school year.

MBSD ACTIVITY CALENDAR AVAILABLE - This is the online .pdf version of the 2009-2010 District Activity Calendar.

FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATIONS - You can apply for Free and/or Reduced Lunch at anytime during the school year.  Follow the link for the application form.

 

COMPASS ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL - The Mount Baker COMPASS program is a new program designed for ninth and tenth grade students, select eighth grade students and credit deficient upper classmen who will benefit from an alternative learning environment.  The COMPASS Program prepares students for a successful transition into Mount Baker’s comprehensive high school program for on-time graduation.

TRANSPORTATION NEWSLETTERS - New Transportation Supervisor Joe Banach publishes a monthly newsletter - aimed at his staff, but they have messages from which all of us can benefit.

America's Best High Schools 2008 MBHS HONORED FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR - U.S.News & World Report has once again given a Bronze Medal to MBHS for serving all students well, not just those bound for college.  MBHS is one of only three high schools in Whatcom County to be honored by US News and the only one to receive the honor for the past two years.  Follow the link to the U.S.News web site for a full report.

OSPI WASL RESOURCES - Resources for teachers, parents and students to better understand the WASL and the WASL requirements and to assist with interpreting student WASL results.  In addition, the MBSD provides the MOUNT BAKER WASL INFORMATION CENTER - This is WASL information tailored to our own students and families.

MATH TASK FORCE —  Trina Hall, MBSD Curriculum Director, heads this group that is reviewing the K-12 Math Curriculum.

HEALTH AND FITNESS TASK FORCE —  The Health and Fitness Task Force continues their work on the review and development of our K-12 Health and Fitness Curriculum.  Please visit the Task Force web site for information on their work and to provide input to the process.  Or call Curriculum Director, Trina Hall at 383-2012 for further information.

MOUNT BAKER ACADEMY - The MBA is a support system for parents who choose to home-school their children.  Read on for contact information.

VIEW GRADES ONLINE - FAMILY ACCESS - MBHS and MBJH parents can see grades, assignments, attendance records, and check messages from teachers.

SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR MOUNT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT - OSPI provides a "report card" for each district and each school within a district.  WASL scores and demographic data about our district are available.  Follow this link to get data about Mount Baker Schools.

 
Pride 101

NAVIGATION 101 - Mount Baker High School (PRIDE 101) and Mount Baker Junior High School (Junior High 101) are trying to help students survive and thrive during their school years and plan for their post-secondary lives.

 

November 26-27
NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Thanksgiving Holiday

Monday, December 7
MOUNT BAKER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
7:00 pm, District Office

Thursday, December 10
MBHS/MBJH WINTER CONCERT
7:30 pm, Auditorium

Thursday, December 10
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
7:00 pm, District Office

December 21-January 1
NO SCHOOL
Winter Break

 

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COMPLETE MOUNT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT CALENDARS

 

REUNIONS
Reunions - Are you a graduate of MBHS?  We'll post class reunion details here when the organizers send us the information.

WEATHER AND OPERATIONS INFORMATION

Call 383-2070 for Mt Baker School Operations and Weather Information Service.
OR
www.schoolreport.org will have our current information

Nestled in the shadow of majestic Mount Baker and in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, the Mount Baker School District serves over 2000 students living in a geographically large (512 square miles) rural area in Whatcom County - east of Bellingham, Washington. The staff of over 300 full- and part-time employees is dedicated to excellence in the education received by these students.

This page was last updated on 11/21/09

Dr. Richard Gantman, Superintendent
Mount Baker School District
P. O. Box 95
4956 Deming Road
Deming, WA  98244
360 383-2000
fax 360 383-2009
To contact the Superintendent's office, please send e-mail to:
mbsd@mtbaker.wednet.edu
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