Bellingham Public Schools Foundation

Hummingbird design by Coast Salish Artist Jason LaClair w/"Truth & Reconciliation" text. Select size on next screen.  Shirts will go home in backpacks the week of Sept. 23rd.

Orange Tee

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<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5">ORDERS DUE BY Friday SEPT 13th at 5pm.....More information....<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"> <p style="margin:0.5em 0px;color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><span fr-original-style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit;" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">Orange Shirt Day (September 30th) was established as an observance in 2013, to promote awareness and education of the residential school system and the impact it has had on Indigenous communities for over a century. The residential school system has been recognized as a cultural genocide, and continues to this day. The use of an orange shirt as a symbol was inspired by the story of Phyllis Jack Webstad, whose personal clothing—including a new orange shirt—was taken from her during her first day of residential schooling, and never returned. The orange shirt is used as a symbol of the forced assimilation of Indigenous children that the residential school system enforced. The official tagline of the day, "Every Child Matters", reminds us that all peoples' cultural experiences are important.* <span fr-original-style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit;" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1694372016/wytxpig2nvmuxmv2ngzq.png" style="width:168px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:bottom;margin:5px 0px;text-align:left;max-width:calc(100% - 5px);position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;box-sizing:inherit;user-select:none;float:left" />About The Artist - Jason LaClair is a 38-year-old Coast Salish artist from the Lummi and Nooksack communities. Mr. LaClair has been practicing Northern Formline Art and Coast Salish Styles for more than 25 years. In 2021, he collaborated with local artist Gretchen Leggitt to create the public installation of the “Salmon Run” mural for the City of Bellingham. In addition, he was the artist of the “One from the Heart” mural in Ferndale. Other murals decorate the Boardmill Building in the Port of Bellingham’s central waterfront redevelopment. Mr. LaClair's drive comes from the need to share the art of his ancestors with his People and the Whatcom Community as a whole. He says he loves what he does and that his career is the best way to express himself. Proceeds of the shirt sales will go to <a href="https://settingsunproductions.org/" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Children of the Setting Sun (settingsunproductions.org</a>)<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1"> <span fr-original-style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important;" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important">*Source: Wikipedia contributors, "National Day for Truth and Reconciliation," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation&oldid=1173964246 (accessed September 10, 2023).<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;color:rgb(32, 33, 34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1"><span fr-original-style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important;" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important">*Children of the Setting Sun Productions website: <span fr-original-style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(243, 121, 52);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important;" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(243, 121, 52);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important"><a href="https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;-webkit-user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole</a><span fr-original-style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important;" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-size-adjust:auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline !important">.

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name, Thank you for supporting this important movement! As a reminder, shirts will go home in backpacks the week of Sept. 23rd and there will not be delivery or pick up options for this order. Please note that while assistance is being provided by Bellingham Public Schools Foundation, this is not a fundraiser for BPSF; funds for the shirt(s) go directly to our wonderful printing vendor Liet Unlimited, to pay the artist, and to a fund for implementing future projects for the Since Time Immemorial curriculum through Children of the Setting Sun Productions. For questions, please contact:Kirsten Jensen (she, her, ella)Instructional Coach / IB Coordinator Happy Valley and Alderwood Elementary SchoolsBellingham School District <a href="mailto:kirsten.jensen@bellinghamschools.org" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;-webkit-user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">kirsten.jensen@bellinghamschools.org</a>

<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5;max-width:100%">ORDERS DUE BY Friday SEPT 13th at 5pm.....More information....<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5;max-width:100%"> <p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5;max-width:100%">Orange Shirt Day (September 30th) was established as an observance in 2013, to promote awareness and education of the residential school system and the impact it has had on Indigenous communities for over a century. The residential school system has been recognized as a cultural genocide, and continues to this day. The use of an orange shirt as a symbol was inspired by the story of Phyllis Jack Webstad, whose personal clothing—including a new orange shirt—was taken from her during her first day of residential schooling, and never returned. The orange shirt is used as a symbol of the forced assimilation of Indigenous children that the residential school system enforced. The official tagline of the day, "Every Child Matters", reminds us that all peoples' cultural experiences are important.* <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1694372016/wytxpig2nvmuxmv2ngzq.png" style="width:168px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:bottom;margin:5px 0px;text-align:left;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;box-sizing:inherit;user-select:none;float:left;max-width:100%" />About The Artist - Jason LaClair is a 38-year-old Coast Salish artist from the Lummi and Nooksack communities. Mr. LaClair has been practicing Northern Formline Art and Coast Salish Styles for more than 25 years. In 2021, he collaborated with local artist Gretchen Leggitt to create the public installation of the “Salmon Run” mural for the City of Bellingham. In addition, he was the artist of the “One from the Heart” mural in Ferndale. Other murals decorate the Boardmill Building in the Port of Bellingham’s central waterfront redevelopment. Mr. LaClair's drive comes from the need to share the art of his ancestors with his People and the Whatcom Community as a whole. He says he loves what he does and that his career is the best way to express himself. Proceeds of the shirt sales will go to <a href="https://settingsunproductions.org/">Children of the Setting Sun (settingsunproductions.org</a>)<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1;max-width:100%"> *Source: Wikipedia contributors, "National Day for Truth and Reconciliation," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation&amp;oldid=1173964246 (accessed September 10, 2023).<p style="margin:0.5em 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:right;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1;max-width:100%">*Children of the Setting Sun Productions website: <a href="https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole">https://settingsunproductions.org/story-pole</a>.

Bellingham Public Schools Foundation

Orange Shirt Day Apparel Orders: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

Orange Tee

$20