Bellingham School District No. 501 School Calendar 2026-2027

At a Glance

BSD is an urban school district with 25 schools. For the 2026-2027 school year, classes begin August 31 and end June 11. The district has said a complete 2026-2027 calendar — including staff learning days, early dismissal dates, teacher workdays and snow makeup days — will be published soon. The calendar sets aside 2 additional days (May 21–June 14) that may be used as weather makeup days if needed. The last day of school is tentatively set for June 11, but may move if the district needs to use weather makeup days.

Source: Bellingham School District No. 501

Also known as BSD.

Schools in Bellingham School District No. 501

Alderwood Elementary School (Elementary)
Bellingham High School (High)
Birchwood Elementary School (Elementary)
Carl Cozier Elementary School (Elementary)
Columbia Elementary School (Elementary)
Fairhaven Middle School (Middle)
Geneva Elementary School (Elementary)
Happy Valley Elementary School (Elementary)
Lowell Elementary School (Elementary)
Parkview Elementary School (Elementary)
Roosevelt Elementary School (Elementary)
Sehome High School (High)
Shuksan Middle School (Middle)
Silver Beach Elementary School (Elementary)
Sunnyland Elementary School (Elementary)
Whatcom Middle School (Middle)
Options High School (High)
Kulshan Middle School (Middle)
Squalicum High School (High)
Visions (Seamar Youth Center) (High)
Northern Heights Elementary Schl (Elementary)
Wade King Elementary School (Elementary)
Cordata Elementary School (Elementary)
Bellingham Family Partnership Program (Other)
Bellingham Re-Engagement Program (High)

Bellingham School District No. 501 2026-2027 School Calendar

All schools

2026-08-31 — First day of school (grades 1 to 12) (in session)
2026-09-02 — First day of school (kindergarten and Promise K) (in session)
2026-09-02 — First day of school (preschool) (in session)
2026-09-07 — Labor Day: No school/holiday (closed)
2026-09-18 — No school/teacher workday (closed)
2026-11-11 — No school/holiday (Veterans Day) (closed)
2026-11-26 to 2026-11-27 — No school/holiday (Thanksgiving) (closed)
2026-12-21 to 2027-01-01 — Winter break (closed)
2027-01-04 — Classes resume (in session)
2027-01-18 — No school/holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) (closed)
2027-01-22 — No school/day of commemoration (Treaty Day) (closed)
2027-01-25 — Semester break (closed)
2027-02-15 — No school/holiday (Presidents Day) (closed)
2027-04-05 to 2027-04-09 — No school (Spring Break) (closed)
2027-05-21 — No school or weather makeup day if needed (closed)
2027-05-31 — No school/holiday (Memorial Day) (closed)
2027-06-11 — Tentative last day of school (school year may be extended based on snow/closures) (in session)
2027-06-14 to 2027-06-16 — Weather makeup days if needed (closed)
2027-06-18 — Juneteenth holiday (closed)