In February, we wrote, here, about one of Bellevue School District’sLilia Kol finest teachers, . Though her excellence needs no confirmation (at least for US!!!), we’ve recently found that Mrs. Kol won a Teacher Recognition Award in the 2009 Presidential Scholars Program. She was nominated by former student and 2009 Presidential Scholar, Brian Reiser, as the person most influential to his education.

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If you are interested in PRISM or have a kid currently in PRISM, here’s an event for you that I guarantee will be worth your time! On Tuesday June 23rd at IHS in the theatre, Bellevue’s Gifted Program and the PRISM Foundation have gathered a great group of kids to talk about leaving Bellevue and heading to college. Should be of interest to anyone with any aspirations of getting their kids into exceptional schools.

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The following letter was presented to the Bellevue School District Board today. As much as I would love to see the hind side of the current curriculum, I have to agree that with the state doing such a major review of curricula, and with the poor performance of many, it seems a touch premature. i believe that once the state decides on it’s “recommended” list, districts have to use them or will not get state money for books. What a dang shame it would be if Bellevue did their selection, purchased one year’s worth of books then found out that the state wouldn’t help purchase the succeeding years..

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So, it’s not directly Bellevue School District (bsd405) related but, this blog is called Bellevue School District PARENT… and I’m a proud one…
Check out my boy at his Northwest Guitars recital….

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Stevenson PRISM Program to Move!

The district’s all day gifted program, PRISM, has been on the Stevenson campus for nearly 25 years. Due to the current and projected growth at Stevenson Elementary, the PRISM program will be moving to Spiritridge Elementary beginning in September of 2010. The first year the PRISM program will be with Spiritridge is when the school moves to the district’s Bellewood transition site while Spiritridge is rebuilt. When the new Spiritridge facility opens in 2011-12, the PRISM program will move into the new building as well. Due to limited space at Stevenson and at Bellewood, first grade PRISM placement will not be offered for the 2009-10 or 2010-11 school years. The district anticipates having the capacity to offer first grade again when the new Spiritridge facility opens.

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