Have you heard the buzz? 🐝 Last week, BASIS Independent Bellevue hosted our second annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. Out of the 22 students in grades 5-8 who took the preliminary written round, 12 students advanced to the oral round. The competition eventually narrowed to our top three spellers by round 9, with Boyan Z. from grade 6 ultimately winning round 11 with “patisserie.” He then went on to correctly spell the winning word, “cannelloni.” Congratulations to Boyan for earning the title of BASIS Independent Bellevue’s Champion Speller! Congratulations also go to our 2nd place winner Mira A. from G7 and our 3rd place winner Olivia Z. from G5. We are proud of all our students who competed this year. Way to go, spellers!   We wish Boyan the best of luck as he moves on to participate in the regional spelling bee. If you would like to support Boyan at this event, all BLV community members are welcome to attend the regional round on March 29 at 1:00 PM at Seattle’s Town Hall. We hope to see you there! G-O-M-O-U-N-T-A-I-N-E-E-R-S! #bellevuewa #spellingbee #basisindependentbellevue

A festive end to the first half of the 25–26 school year! The Winter Arts Festival gave students the opportunity to showcase all of their artistic talents. The MPR was filled with beautiful artwork from all grades, attending families witnessed a sneak peek of the upcoming Grade 3 musical, and Grade 4 performed a variety of winter songs (even involving some handbells!). The audience was graced with the musical stylings from the Grade 5 Band and Mountaineer Concert Band, and the night concluded with our Theatre and Dance Ensembles performing original pieces. Congratulations to all of the Mountaineer Artists! 📸: @bonnieleungphotography #bellevue #winter #performingarts