{"id":677,"date":"2016-04-29T10:25:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T10:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bellinghamschools.org\/?page_id=677"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:00:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T23:00:45","slug":"school-day-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bellinghamschools.org\/families\/school-day-information\/","title":{"rendered":"School Day Information"},"content":{"rendered":"

Calendars<\/a><\/h2>\n

View our school year calendar for important key dates. Our school start and end times, including early dismissal information.<\/p>\n

School Meals<\/a><\/h2>\n

Low cost, nutritious meals are served to more than 6,000 students every day through breakfasts and lunches offered in all Bellingham Public Schools.<\/p>\n

School Safety<\/a><\/h2>\n

Keeping our students and staff safe at school is a top priority. Bellingham Public Schools coordinates with all local emergency responders to ensure our procedures and plans for fire, earthquake, lockdowns and other drills are current and reflect best practices for student safety.<\/p>\n

School Supplies<\/a><\/h2>\n

In Bellingham Public Schools we provide school supplies for all students.<\/p>\n

ParentSquare<\/a><\/h2>\n

Bellingham Public Schools uses ParentSquare to streamline school-to-home communications. ParentSquare can be used for mass communications (school newsletters, district information, urgent alerts), classroom communication (one-to-one and group messaging, parent-teacher conferences), and related school services<\/p>\n

If you are a parent and our district\u2019s school database system (Skyward) contains your contact details, you can use your email or phone number to set up your account.<\/p>\n

ParentSquare automatically generates an account for each parent\/guardian, using their preferred email address and phone number. Download the app or log into the\u00a0ParentSquare\u00a0web portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once you activate your account you can set your communication frequency and language preferences. Please make sure your contact information is up to date in Skyward.\u00a0Check here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Transportation<\/a><\/h2>\n

We safely transport more than\u00a03,500 students to and from school\u00a0buildings throughout the district.<\/p>\n

Weather Procedures and Snow Routes<\/a><\/h2>\n

We will use SchoolMessenger to notify parents of school weather closures or delays. If you have an email address in Skyward Family Access, you will receive an email notification.<\/p>\n

Dress Code<\/a><\/h2>\n

Part of The Ò»±¾µÀapp, our strategic plan, strives to develop students and graduates who are respectful and compassionate humans<\/em>. We want students to respect themselves and others. While we encourage individuality, the district\u2019s dress code aims to foster a positive and healthy environment. Learn more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Calendars View our school year calendar for important key dates. Our school start and end times, including early dismissal information. School Meals Low cost, nutritious meals are served to more than 6,000 students every day through breakfasts and lunches offered in all Bellingham Public Schools. School Safety Keeping our students and staff safe at school…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":287313,"parent":624,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellinghamschools.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellinghamschools.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellinghamschools.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellinghamschools.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellinghamschools.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bellinghamschools.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/677\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellinghamschools.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellinghamschools.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellinghamschools.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}