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Eastside Racial Equity Summit
On June 27, 110 individuals from 40 organizations (see below) gathered together at the Odle Middle School in Bellevue for the first Eastside Racial Equity Summit. Organized by the Bellevue School District (BSD), City of Bellevue, Eastside Pathways, and Leadership...
Community Truancy Board (BSD): Attentive to Attendance
The focus of the 2016 Bill Henningsgaard Fund for Children was funding a program that supports Eastside Pathways’ initiative to increase attendance and/or being in school on time for students of all ages. The recipient – Community Truancy Board (Bellevue School...
All-Partner Meeting (May 25)
The community room at the Crossroads Community Center was buzzing with excited voices. The second All-Partner Meeting of 2017 had gotten off to a great start as Tom Brewer, the MC, from Bellevue Presbyterian Church and a member of the Partner Leadership Committee had...
Bringing Partners Together
At the Eastside Pathways All-Partner Meeting on May 25, 2017, Stephanie Cherrington, Executive Director of Eastside Pathways, shared a Positive Pathways story – the success of the summer melt campaign that has been undertaken by the Career Pathways collaborative....
Partner Spotlight: Backpack Meals for Kids
There are children who go hungry every weekend in Bellevue. One in five students in the Bellevue School District qualifies for free and reduced-price meals at school. For some of these kids, school meals represent the bulk of their weekly nutrition. Since March...
Bill Henningsgaard Fund for Children 2017 Grantee Awarded
We are delighted to congratulate the Sammamish Leads Program by Bellevue Schools Foundation for being the grant recipient of the 2017 Bill Henningsgaard Fund for Children. This year the focus area of the grant was ‘Transitions – Grades 8 to 9 and 12 to College’. The...
Eastside Pathways Promotores Celebrate!
In September 2016, Eastside Pathways embarked on a remarkable journey of community engagement that culminated in a grand celebration on April 29. The Eastside Pathways Promotores project has been working with eight bilingual Latino community members to identify and...
Eastside Pathways 101
KidsQuest Children’s Museum had an unusual group of visitors in the evening on Wednesday, April 26. Executives and staff from community organizations on the Eastside trooped in to be a part of Eastside Pathways 101 – a quarterly gathering that gives community members...
Eastside Pathways 2016 Community Report: Equity Gaps Persist In Bellevue – We Must Find A Way to Close Them
BELLEVUE, WA (April 3, 2017) – Bellevue is growing both in numbers and in its diversity and that is mirrored in its student community: In 2016, Bellevue School District enrollment topped 20,000 students and reflected rich racial and ethnic diversity. The student...