Foundations of the Beloved Community: Remembering Ms. Stone

In this Building a Beloved Community podcast episode, we honor Ms. Stone, a kindergarten teacher whose quiet strength and steady presence helped shape the Bellevue and Clyde Hill school community in the late 1950s. Through a conversation with former student, retired airline pilot and citizen’s rights activist, Don Chapman, and Editor of The Daily Scrum, Donovan Martin, listeners will hear how her kindness, patience, and belief in every child created a foundation of belonging that still guides our district today. Don’s reflections reveal how a single teacher’s influence can ripple across a lifetime, shaping values of inclusion and humanity. This episode connects Ms. Stone’s legacy to Bellevue School District’s ongoing commitment to building the Beloved Community — where every student is seen, supported, and inspired to thrive. 

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Black History 365 Honors Ms. Stone 

This story was also featured by The Daily Scrum News as part of their Black History 365 series, which is about honoring the people whose contributions may not have been written down in history books but are deeply woven into the fabric of a community. 

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