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NWIC reaches to the sky

Students Chris Cultee, Lisa Redsteer and Amy Irons were joined by their instructor Gary Brandt on Saturday, May 30, to launch off a variety of rockets they had built in recent months. ...

FSD board seeking student members

Applications due May 29; student board members add non-binding advisory votes FERNDALE — The Ferndale School Board is looking for two Ferndale high schoolers to sit on the board as ...

‘Girls in Engineering, Math and Science’ at WWU May 30

BELLINGHAM — Western Washington University invites families to join in on a variety of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities at the inaugural Girls in Engineering, ...

New Ferndale administrators hired

FHS, Cascadia have new principals FERNDALE — The Ferndale School District is filling some of its vacant administrator positions with two new principal hires announced in the past ...

We Day 2015

Students in Fran Genger’s leadership classes at Vista Middle School traveled to Seattle on April 24 to join thousands of other kids for “We Day,” an event celebrating the power ...

Central Young Artists Conference coming up

‘Express Yourself’ is this year’s program theme FERNDALE — It’s almost conference time again at Central Elementary School, and this year is the artists’ turn. The school’s ...

Gadgets and gizmos: Students show off tech

Students, parents and teachers participated in a technology showcase event on Wednesday, May 6, sharing various student projects with the community. The district’s girls robotics ...

FSD vocational director John Young retiring

Young has been local for 35 years, at FHS 16 years FERNDALE — John Young enjoys hearing from past students, and that will certainly continue to occur after he retires at the end of ...

Ferndale School District, public library hosting technology fair

FERNDALE — The Ferndale School District is partnering with the Ferndale Public Library to host a technology fair from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, at the library, located at 2125 ...

Cascadia principal Bud Larson retiring

Starting in FSD in 1976, he has seen generations of students FERNDALE — Cascadia Elementary School principal Bud Larson is retiring after 39 years of service in education to several ...