This past weekend our students represented our school at two competitions, Buzz Bowl and MATHCOUNTS.

The Buzz Bowl is a local science competition and attracted 50 teams this year. Our team, made up of Grade 6 students including Alan Z., Richard Z., and Tianle Z., won eight games straight and took home first place in the Grade 5 – 6 division!

The MATHCOUNTS Competition Series is a national program where students have the opportunity to compete in math contests with peers in Grades 6 – 8. Students can compete on a team as well as individually.

Twelve of our mathletes from Grades 6 and 7 participated in the MATHCOUNTS Lake Washington Chapter Competition. Our team, made up of Grade 7 students Katherine L., Lixing S., Ryan C., and Kevin W., won first place in the Chapter Competition and will be advancing to the State Competition!

Additionally, four top individual students, Shuyin L., Sophia T., Timothy W., and Alexander Yu., from our school will be advancing to the State Competition!

Congratulations to our coaches, students, and families! We are proud of our Mountaineers and their achievements at both the Buzz Bowl and MATHCOUNTS. We wish them the best of luck at the State Competition.

Shout out to all of the Mountaineer mathletes that participated in the MATHCOUNTS competition and represented our school: Ryan C., Katherine L., Lixing S., Kevin W., Haoran W., Cindy L., Timothy W., Sara L., Sophia T., Kuan D., Shuyin L., and Alexander Y.

BASIS Independent Bellevue, a private school, opened with Grades 2 – 7 to start and will add a grade level each school year as we expand to a full middle and high school (Grades 5 – 12).