🍪Grade 1 students recently completed a Cookie Lab in Science 1! 🍪 After learning about lab safety and procedures, how to use a mass scale and graduated cylinder, and how to work well with lab partners, these scientists were ready to test their hypotheses about what would happen to different types of cookies in milk. The classroom was alive with excitement as our grade 1 scientists worked with their partners to carefully measure and pour milk into graduated cylinders and then observed closely what happened to the different cookies in milk. As all good scientists do, they then wrote down their findings and discussed as a class. The scientists discovered that most cookies float in milk, but that the chocolate chip cookies are more likely to sink. Through their observations and inferences the scientists determined that the number of chocolate chips in the cookie would determine weather that cookie would float or sink. We can’t wait to see what else our grade 1 scientists discover this year!💡👩‍🔬

Throughout Latin American and Hispanic Heritage Month, our students explored the rich histories and cultural contributions of these communities through art, food, and music! Students in grades 1–3 created colorful artwork inspired by Mexican artist Jamie Domínguez, while grades 4–5 explored the traditional art of the Wixárika (Huichol) people of Mexico. Students in Grade 6 and above created decorative sugar skulls inspired by Día de los Muertos traditions for our school’s ofrenda and Harvest Festival. Students also enjoyed conchas, horchata, and aguas frescas while listening to popular Latin American music during recess. To continue the celebration, Ms. Cardenas and Ms. Hinton hosted a hands-on tortilla-making event, where students prepared fresh tortillas from scratch and enjoyed them with beans and rice while watching Disney Pixar’s Coco. Celebrated annually from September 15 to October 15, Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the diverse contributions of Hispanic and Latin American communities. Through our campus activities, our students gain a deeper appreciation for the traditions and perspectives that enrich the world around them. Thank you to our faculty and staff for bringing these meaningful cultural experiences to life! #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinAmericanHeritage #DEI #BASISIndependentBellevue

Grade 6 students in Ms. Iliescu’s Algebra 1 courses have been learning about linear equations, including graphing, slope, rate of change, and intercepts with x and y axis. 📉 In small groups students were challenged to make connections between different representations of slope in real-life situations. Students then worked together to create a poster that demonstrated their depth of knowledge and presented to their classmates. We love to see our students building deep content knowledge, through purposefully challenging assignments, and applying it into real-world situations with confidence!

HS Peer Advisory Council is a new program for our high school students that will create an open forum for students in grades 9–11 to share ideas, propose campus events, and make meaningful changes to their campus and community. 💡Within this program our students had the opportunity to campaign for a position on the Leadership Team! Creating posters, writing speeches, and surveying their peers, our campus has been abuzz with excitement. 🌟 This past Tuesday, our future leaders stood in front of their peers, teachers, and administrators to deliver their speeches and share why they deserve the vote of their classmates. 📣 These high school students spoke on their leadership experience, their goals for the year, and how they plan to continue to build our school community. 🏫 The moment they’ve been working toward is almost here! Tomorrow, our high school students will cast their votes and help choose the Leadership Team for our HS Peer Advisory Council. 🗳️ We can’t wait to see who their peers select to help shape an exciting year of ideas, events, and positive change across our campus and community. Good luck to all of our candidates! 🎉 #FutureLeaders #FearlessThinkers #StudentVoices #GoMountaineers!