
May 25, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
Our flags are at half-staff in honor and remembrance of the victims who tragically lost their lives on May 24, 202...

May 18, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank School Board Director Brain Kelly for his nine years of se...

May 11, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
The Department of Health and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction just released an update for gu...

May 4, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
Every Whatcom County School District including Mount Baker has a Mobile Crisis Response Team trained and prepared t...

The 2022-2023 School Year Calendar is now available!

April 27, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
As we are engaging in the busyness of spring and looking forward to our more traditional end of the year eve...

April 20, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
We are experiencing an increasing number of students absent from school due to the Norovirus. This is a highly ...

April 13, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
I hope everyone enjoyed spring break. There are only 44 school days left, and they will all be busy. We are lo...

March 30, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
We are already busy planning for next year and that includes getting incoming Kindergarten students registered, ...

March 23, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
Our third trimester has begun. Elementary teachers are enjoying conferences with parents this week. It is such ...

March 16, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
It was wonderful to see smiles and faces this week. As I have visited schools, there have been some who feel sa...

March 9, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
This Friday, March 11 is the last day masks will be required at school. There is no school for students on Monday...

Correction: The showtimes for the Mount Baker Junior High Drama Department production, Young Sherlock Holmes , is March 4 & 5 at 6:00 PM (not 6:30 PM). March 2, 2022
Dear...

February 17, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
I am writing to share important information about the mask requirements in our schools.
On February 17...

February 2, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
Punxsutawney Phil may have predicted another six weeks of winter, but I want to celebrate that school has not ...

January 28, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
I just became aware of a survey that the Department of Health is doing to obtain feedback regarding a COVID-19...

January 26, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
The COVID Omicron surge has created challenges since returning in January. Currently Acme Elementary, four cl...

January 19, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
Last week I shared updated K-12 Guidance focused on keeping students in school as well as a one-page documen...

January 12, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
We remain tenacious regarding keeping students at school for in-person learning even though we are prepared to...

January 5, 2022
Dear students, staff, families and community,
Happy New Year and thanks for your understanding and flexibility regarding school closures and last-minute chan...