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Eastside Pathways Welcomes Superintendent Tim Mills!
“…Eastside Pathways will have our school district’s support and we’ll be together shoulder to shoulder to make this happen for children. Because really that is what matters, there is nothing, there is nothing more important to any community than educating its...
Introducing Stephanie Cherrington: Eastside Pathway’s New Operations Manager
One of the key elements of the Collective Impact approach is the idea of a strong backbone organization, one that is accountable for supporting the shared vision, metrics, collaboration, and communications that make collective efforts possible. Thus far, Eastside...
Eastside Pathways at the Strawberry Festival
The Eastside Pathways community launch at the June 23-24 Bellevue Strawberry Festival was a success! Over 400 children, youth and families participated in the scavenger hunt activity visiting the four areas of the EP booth (EP/Community Engagement, Early Learning,...
Bellevue School District’s Big Picture School Takes a Different Approach
Last fall, Bellevue School District opened a school with a new format – The Big Picture School. It is a model that is followed in over 100 schools in the U.S., Australia, Canada, Israel, and the Netherlands. The approach was first applied in 1995 and is based on three...
Eastside Pathways’ Values Statement
On March 10th, some 35 people from across Bellevue, representing as much as possible the wide range of communities and stakeholders in our community, gathered to advance the conversation that started way back at the launch of Eastside Pathways in June 2011, namely to...
Bellevue Participates in National Challenge for Grade Level Reading
Eastside Pathways joined over 100 other communities in submitting a Community Solutions Action Plan (CSAP) as part of the national Grade Level Reading Challenge (GLRC) with the goal of ensuring that 95% of Bellevue’s children are proficient at reading by third grade. ...
Tracy Maury Meloy is Bellevue’s Community Volunteer of the Year
As most of you know, our progress as Eastside Pathways has been possible in part because of the substantial contributions of time and talent of our many volunteers. We are extremely pleased to announce that Tracy Maury Meloy has been recognized by the City of Bellevue...
Working on a Values Statement
Last June at the Eastside Pathways kick-off event, we started a discussion when we asked the question, “What are the values we believe are important to embrace?” The values wordle summarized that. On March 10 we will continue the discussion with a facilitated exercise...
Grade Level Reading Challenge: Q&A with Tracy Maury
Eastside Pathways spoke to Tracy Maury on the Grade Level Reading Challenge What is the Grade Level Reading Challenge? The Grade-Level Reading Challenge (GLRC) is a national campaign by a collaboration of funders, businesses and community stakeholders including the...