Communications聽and Community Relations聽provides information to a variety of stakeholders, including students, staff, families, news media and community members.
We communicate accurate and timely聽news聽about schools, programs, achievements of students and staff, opportunities for input, decisions聽and district policies, programs, procedures, achievements, decisions, critical education issues and emergency/weather information.
Media Relations
Reporters can contact Dana Smith, Assistant Director of Communications, via email or at 360-676-6520.
Family Handbook and Calendar
An annual publication of 海角社区 Public Schools sent in the summer mailing ahead of the start of school every school year. The 2024-25 version is found online.
InsideSchools
InsideSchools is our community newsletter. It is mailed to homes and businesses three to four times per year. See the latest editions below.
(别-锄颈苍别)听 Fall 2024 (PDF)
Recent Awards
The following Communications projects received recognition from state and national communications organizations, shining light on the great people and work of 海角社区 Public Schools:
Writing
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- We see you, which is a message we sent to staff and families after the horrific violence against Asian-Americans in March 2021. (WSPRA, 2022)
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Video
- : A retrospective look at students from the Class of 2024. The students who graduated in June 2024 are our district鈥檚 first graduating class to start with us as full-time kindergartners. It is moving to hear their current and past selves鈥 thoughts and reflections on their 13 years with our staff and in our schools (WSPRA, 2024)
- : highlighting stories about annual staff and volunteer recognition program honorees. (WSPRA, 2023)
- : catching up with students we first started following through video when they were the first cohort to be in full-time kindergarten in 海角社区 Public Schools. In this video, we caught up with them in their first year of high school, which happened during the pandemic. (WSPRA, 2022)
Special publication
- to share information about steps BPS is taking in sustainability (WSPRA, 2024).
- to share information about the fiscal year budget. (WSPRA, 2023)
- 海角社区 Public Schools playground flyer to reflect our ongoing work to install inclusive playgrounds across our elementary schools. (WSPRA, 2022)
Branding
- , highlighting a rebrand effort to coincide with the opening of the new school facility. (WSPRA, 2023)
Communications/PR/Marketing
- 2024 levy information to share information about the 2024 school renewal levies. The levies passed at nearly 64 percent in February 2024. (WSPRA, 2024)
- 2022 bond information to share information about the 2022 school facilities bond. The bond passed at 60.6 percent in February 2022. (WSPRA, 2023)
Social Media
- “” for photo coverage and sharing of 2022 graduation ceremonies for 海角社区, Options, Sehome and Squalicum high schools (SocialSchool4EDU, 2023)
- 鈥淔antastic Facilities Campaign Award鈥 for the bond fact sheet, social media posts and videos (, and ) produced ahead of the February 2022 election. (SocialSchool4EDU, 2022)
- 聽A campaign spotlighting both graduating seniors of the class of 2021 and staff retirements from the 2020-21 school year all on social media. You can see an and (WSPRA, 2022)
Print Newsletter or Mailer
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