Lynden School District News

Thankful for Lynden Schools Retirees 
Thankful for Lynden Schools Retirees 

Lynden Schools celebrates the careers of 10 staff who have announced retirement at the end of the 2025-26 school year.  Kimberly Assink, Fourth Grade Teacher, Bernice Vossbeck 15 years in … Read More »

LHS Mock Trial Takes Over Lynden Courtroom
LHS Mock Trial Takes Over Lynden Courtroom

A recent trial in the Lynden Municipal Court building had some interesting characters. But that’s all they were, characters, as the Lynden High School AP Government class performed a trio … Read More »

Four Lynden Teachers Recognized by Community Awards
Four Lynden Teachers Recognized by Community Awards

Four Lynden Schools teachers were given much-deserved recognition as part of the third-annual Brown & Brown Excellence in Education program. Isom’s Chifundo Vis earned the top Educator of the Year … Read More »

LHS Students Using Math to Connect with Middle Schoolers 
LHS Students Using Math to Connect with Middle Schoolers 

As the wild end to senior years start to calm—AP exams have finished, prom is in the picture books and spring sports are wrapping—juniors and seniors in Jordan Vander Veen’s … Read More »

Assistance League Honored for Work with Lynden Schools
Assistance League Honored for Work with Lynden Schools

When Lynden students need help finding clothes or health items, the Assistance League of Bellingham continually steps in to offer the missing support, just one reason why the Assistance League … Read More »

Kristen Bock Named 2026 Masonic Lodge Educator of the Year
Kristen Bock Named 2026 Masonic Lodge Educator of the Year

Lynden Community Transitions teacher Kristen Bock was named the annual Masonic Lodge Educator of the Year for Lynden Schools. Lynden Schools’ board of directors honored the longtime teacher at a … Read More »

Staff Spotlight: Vanessa Gunderson is Getting to Know Families 
Staff Spotlight: Vanessa Gunderson is Getting to Know Families 

This post is part of the Lynden Schools Staff Spotlight series Vanessa Gunderson loves every facet of her role at Lynden Academy, from working with her students, the staff alongside … Read More »

Lynden FBLA Students Shine at State
Lynden FBLA Students Shine at State

The Lynden High School FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) students earned the Gold Seal Chapter award at the state leadership conference in Spokane last week, part of an exceptional … Read More »

Lynden Fourth Graders Studying Salmon
Lynden Fourth Graders Studying Salmon

From fish tanks to Fishtrap Creek, Lynden fourth graders experience every aspect of the life cycle of salmon. In a collaboration with the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA), every fourth … Read More »

Zoom Sessions with the Superintendent
Zoom Sessions with the Superintendent

To schedule a virtual zoom session with Superintendent VanderYacht, email him at vanderyachtd@lynden.wednet.edu

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