We really miss having Mountain School students at the Environmental Learning Center this Spring! Until we can welcome them back, Senior Program Instructor Alexa Brandt is sharing …
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Poetry from the Porch is back for 2021! This new reading in our ongoing series features the verse of Kyce Bello from her 2020 debut collection “Refugia,” …
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By Sasha Savoian, Education Specialist at Re-Sources In a year of isolation, online learning and uncertainty, twenty-nine high school students from Whatcom and Skagit counties mobilized around …
Read More of Youth for the Environment and People? YEP!
“He fell in love with the area the first time he saw it. And, although he worked long, hard hours on the farm, he always found time …
Read More of New exhibit celebrates the legacy of Skagit artist Jesus Guillén
North Cascades Institute condemns the hate crimes committed against Asian American and Pacific Islanders, which includes the brutal murders of eight people, including six Asian American women, …
Read More of Statement Renouncing Hate Crimes against the AAPI Community
By Heather McPherson The year was 2009, I was a sophomore in high school, and I had no idea I was about to embark on a series …
Read More of Reflections on the Parks Climate Challenge program
¡2020 marca el 30 aniversario de la Escuela de Montaña! En los últimos 29 años, más de 30,000 niños del noroeste de Washington han viajado por la …
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By Annah Young, 2020 Connections Coordinator I was nervous as I drove up to Kendall Elementary in northern Whatcom County on the first day of the Connections …
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December and January are always months of reflection—pondering the year past and dreaming of the year ahead. With so much to preoccupy us while crossing the bumpy …
Read More of Dec 2020-Jan 2021 Photo Round-up!
“The risk of catching the coronavirus is lower outside than inside, and for that reason, a lot of people were hoping that public schools could mitigate risk …
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