You can recycle your plastic bags! Sakai students are collecting, weighing and shipping plastic film to be recycled into TREX composite decking.

Listen here as 5^th graders, Genna Albrecht, Rowan Meek, and Taylor Mass join Sakai Principal Jim Corsetti, Lead Teacher Elizabeth Vroom and Sakai PTO Enrichment Chair Kathy McGowan to tell us  how local businesses like Safeway and T&C are working with Sakai students to win the TREX challenge and reduce the amount of plastic that damages our environment.

You'll learn about types of plastic that can be recycled, about the successes and challenges involved in this exciting project, and about how you, too, can get involved.

Drop off your plastic film -- including bubble wrap, cereal bags, shopping bags, dry cleaning bags and more --  at Sakai between now and April 15. There are special bins marked TREX at the smaller entrance of the school to the left of the main school entrance.  Help Sakai School students win this challenge, and reduce the amount of plastic that goes into landfills and the ocean!

Credits: BCB host, Betsy Lydle Smith; audio editor and publisher, Diane Walker; social media, Jen St. Louis.

Maya Fletcher, Zack Huck, Daniel Muir, Cameron Albee and Kyle Schroer are all members of the island’s first LEGO Robotics Club. Their team, called “Mission Implausible," is one of many clubs around the country that teaches middle-school students about engineering through LEGO-based robots of their own design.

As part of their work, each team is required to do a community project. Our group of 6th graders decided to do this podcast on how to access water during an emergency.

Listen here to learn about their talks with city officials, what they've discovered about what happens to our local water supply when the power goes out, and how to make your own home-grown water filter. And, as an extra bonus, stay tuned at the end of the podcast to hear Daniel Muir's interview with Scott James, author of Prepared NeighborhoodsON-021.

All very helpful information indeed!  We want to thank our youth for doing their part to strengthen our community. For more information on emergency preparedness, please visit: www.bainbridgeprepares.org.

Credits: BCB host, Christina Hulet; audio editor and publisher, Diane Walker

The Bainbridge Spartans took their team across the Puget Sound and to beautiful Memorial Stadium to play Lakeside, but they were not satisfied with the beautiful view. The Spartans wanted to start the Metro football season with a win and they did. The final score was 20-7.

Bainbridge's defense was on full display, shutting the Lakeside offense down in the red zone. Of the 4 times Lakeside reached the Bainbridge 20 yard line, no points were given up.

Eric Jung was the MVP of the game, scoring all three Bainbridge touchdowns. His first was in the second quarter, when he intercepted Lakeside QB A.J. Allen and returned it 20 yards for 6. His other two TDs were on an 28 yard pass completion from QB Gannon Winker, and an emphatic 63 yard rushing touchdown. 

The Spartans next face Bishop Blanchet in their second home game of the season.

The Bainbridge Spartans started their home slate with a hard-fought loss versus the Olympic High School Trojans 19-7.

A couple of large early game penalties and a second half strip sack stalled the Bainbridge offense for a majority of the game.

One offensive bright spot was the new wide receiver Lyle Terry. The 6'3" Senior, long a basketball team star, showed the home crowd his talent by catching the only touchdown for the Spartans and making two more receptions of more than 10 yards.

Gannon Winker replaced injured quarterback Riley Dunn and had a game to remember. He didn't throw an interception, one touchdown pass, and had a 70 yard touchdown run, only for it to called back.

Next week the Spartans head to Vancouver, Washington, looking for their first win against King's Way Christian (2-0).

In this heartwarming podcast, Finn Mander introduces Liam, Eimon, Eli, and Zachari who are all active participants in the programs offered by the Bainbridge Island Boys and Girls Club. In this eclectic podcast, they share their stories, favorite moments, and advice for other kids interested in joining the club. The underlying theme of the discussion is how important community really is.

BCB was introduced to the Boys and Girls Club in the spring of this past year when they hosted the club for a four week audio engineering course. Within those four weeks, the kids learned about podcast making, live sound recording, sound editing and mixing, working in a professional environment, and how to conduct interviews. At the end of the course, they tested their knowledge by taking part in the creation of this podcast with the help of their teacher, Finn Mander.

The Boys and Girls Club is currently working on a project called the “BGC Radio,” which is an online community radio station run by the kids of the Boys and Girls Club. It is an amazing opportunity for the kids to learn about how streaming works, how sound is edited and recorded, about music as a whole, and about being a part of a community project.

The Boys and Girls Club offers many different activities for the kids of Bainbridge Island to learn about different aspects of their community and society as a whole. Their ultimate goal is helping prepare students for high school graduation and college by exploring career paths, developing leadership skills, caring for their community, engaging in positive behaviors, expanding their creativity, and learning how to live a healthy lifestyle and make the right choices. Through taking part in these activities, the kids learn a large amount, have fun, and make friends. Outside of these activities, the kids also have time to work on homework, play with friends, and learn from staff at the facility in the Coppertop area of Bainbridge Island.

You can learn more about the Boys and Girls Club at: http://positiveplace.org/locations/bainbridgeisland

The BGC Radio can be listened to at:

http://tunein.com/radio/Boys--Girls-Clubs-Radio-s266762/

Credits: BCB host, audio editor and publisher: Finn Mander. Dogfish Bay Studios; music splash: Dave Bristow.

In the first round of the Metro League Playoffs, the Spartans got what they had been lacking over the past 2 months, a home win. Bainbridge won, 68-54, over the Nathan Hale Raiders.

The Spartans used stifling defense, and a 24-7 second quarter, to gain their third Metro League win of the season.

The Spartans were led in points by the triple threat of Brendan Burke, Marcus Clyde and Blake Bieber, all with double figures.

The Raiders had only one player in double digits, Sam Nasralla had 20, leading all scorers.

Credits: BCB-BHS host, editor and publisher: Shaemus Kreider.

On the last regular season home basketball game of the Bainbridge Spartans season, the Spartans started well, but were slowly outlasted by the Bishop Blanchet Braves, 67-52.

After starting 5 of the 6 seniors, Coach Haizlip got a good first quarter performance from his guys, though Blanchet still lead 16-14.

From that point on, the Braves were in control, consistently leading by about ten points throughout the game.

Bainbridge, without junior forward Lyle Terry due to injury, was led in points by Brendan Burke with 21, and Blake Bieber with 11.

Bishop Blanchet had 3 stars on the offensive end. Connor Bennett, Will Merriman, and Keegan Crosby chipped in for 16, 18, and 12, respectively.

Credits: BCB-BHS host, editor and publisher: Shaemus Kreider.

There’s a Swing Dance coming up this Friday, Feb 26th at 7pm at the Bainbridge High School Commons. And it’s a fun way to provide a fundraising benefit for the BHS band program.

In this podcast, BHS Radio Club member Finn Mander interviews Chris Thomas who is the Director of Bands at BHS.

As further described in this BCB podcast, there will be refreshments, two live jazz band performances (composed entirely of BHS students), and dance lessons provided by a professional, namely, popular local dance instructor Sheila Phillips.

Imagine going back to the 1920s to the “roaring twenties” and the “Swing Era.” They were jazz eras like no others. The Bainbridge High School band program is hosting this swing dance evening featuring music from those eras.

Swing dancing is a popular dance form that developed along with the jazz musical style of the same name between the 1920s and 1940s. The swing style is based on the focus of the off-beat, meaning that if there were four beats (1,2,3,4), it would focus on every second beat (1, TWO, 3, FOUR) rather than the first and third (ONE, 2, THREE, 4).

Instrumentally, the band is based on a strong low section including low brass such as Trombones, and rhythm sections such as Drums, Piano, and Auxiliary, and a featured melodic group made up of reed instruments such as Saxophones and Clarinets and high brass instruments such as Trumpets. Soloists almost always perform during these musical pieces and when they do, it is often improvised meaning that they are coming up with their solo as they are playing it, rather than reading off of music.

Swing music and big band music are incredibly fun to dance to, and if you’re not into dancing, it’s also fun to sit and listen to.

Tickets are available for $12.00 online at the BHS Band website, or at the door for $15.00. Students with ASB cards can purchase tickets for $8.00 online, or at the door for $10.00.

Credits: BCB host and audio editor: Finn Mander; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

The Bainbridge Spartans fell once again in Metro Basketball action, this time to the West Seattle Wildcats, by a final of 57-49.

The Spartans were up after the first quarter, 12-3, but the cold Wildcats offense heated up for the rest of the game, outscoring Bainbridge, 54-37. Nate Pryor led the Wildcats with a game-high 24 points, and Lyle Terry led the Spartans with a strong 19.

The loss moved the Spartans to 5-8, with a Metro record of 1-6. Next up: Rainier Beach on January 22nd.

Credits: Host, editor and publisher: Shaemus Kreider

The Bainbridge Spartans Basketball team lost their sixth straight Metro League basketball game, in a thriller, to the Cleveland Eagles on January 8th, 55-58, on a Davon Bolton Buzzer Beater.

Bainbridge played O'Dea High School in their third home basketball game of the young season on December 15th, 2015.

The superstar for the Spartans was guard Brendan Burke, who finished the game with 34 points, a career high, as the Spartans soared to their highest scoring contest of the year.

O'Dea had many turnovers, but that was the only thing keeping the Fighting Irish off the board as they outscored the Spartans, 68-61. Michael Carter III, scored 14, but many Irish teammates were in double figures, as the Irish were very balanced in their scoring.

Bainbridge Spartans basketball team faced off against the Roosevelt Roughriders on the 8th of December, 2015 at Paski Gymnasium

The Metro League game featured the Spartans' new head coach Steve Haizlip, at this second home game of the young season.

The Roosevelt team, led by 6'5" Jonathan Lang, who had 24 points, had more height than the Spartans, but they rallied behind guard Brendan Burke, who led the Spartans with 19 points.

Listen to the game above to find the result.

New BHS head basketball coach Steve Haizlip joined Shaemus Kreider in the BCB studio for a preview of the upcoming season. The first game is on November 28th at Kingston, while the first home game is the following Monday versus the North Kitsap Vikings.

The conversation occurred on November 7, 2015.

Credits: BCB host, audio editor and social media publisher: Shaemus Kreider.

In this episode of Bainbridge On Campus, Finn Manders interviews Aila Ikuse, Kate Merifield, Erik Appleberry, and Mark Dettman about their involvement in the Fort Ward Community Hall project that is taking place on the south end of the island.

The four students are members of the Youth Advisory Committee for the project and are responsible for helping to restore a former 100 year old bakery into a community hall for the public.

They have made a huge amount of progress in restoring the building through grants, hard work, and donations, but are still collecting donations to get them to their of $300,000 goal.

Visit their website at http://fortwardhall.org/ to learn more about their outstanding progress, the organisation and project, and how you can support them in restoring the magnificent building.

Credits:

Host: Finn Mander, Edited by: Finn Mander, Published by: Finn Mander

In this episode of Bainbridge On Campus, Jonathan Coonan interviews Robby Davis and Kolin Hawkins in the second of a three part series focusing on the Bainbridge Island High School Robotics team, Spartronics 4915. They discuss their 2015 season, as well as their individual experiences on the robotics team.

In the third and final episode of the series, Jonathan will be interviewing two of the mentors on the robotics team, Clare Liguori and John Sachs about the FRC legacy and their experiences on the team.

A year and a half ago STEM outreach grew at the high school due to the formation of Spartronics Team 4915. The robotics club participates is an FRC (FIRST Robotics Challenge) team and have been working hard to get ready for this years competition season. FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is an umbrella organization that is also in charge of FIRST Lego League and FIRST Tech Challenge.

Spartronics Team 4915 had amazing seasons last year and this year. Their robots, ATLaS, and GAEA made it to World Championships and finished in the top 5% worldwide.

What makes robotics so unique is the presence of 13 professional mentors at every meeting. These mentors are engineers, programmers, and marketers who work in the professional world and live on the island. They teach team members about their respective fields, and help them build the robot.

Due to last years success, the team has grown significantly. This year they have 50 members, twice the size of last years team. They also have 16 girls, quadruple the number last year. In fact, there were enough girls to attend the Girls Generation Competition, a competitions run by and for girls. The ladies fixed, drove, and cheered ATLaS on as they won 2nd place.

This year’s challenge has been difficult to solve, but with tons of support and a successful season behind them, Spartronics 4915 has placed well in competitions at Glacier Peak, Shorewood, and their regional competition in Cheney. Due to the success of the team throughout this years season, they have qualified for another trip to World Championships with GAEA.

On April 9th, 2015 the team hosted a fundraiser all over the island celebrating STEM, and teamwork with the hopes of sharing their excitement about the world of robotics as well as raising money to send their robot across the country to the World Championships in St. Louis. Thanks to the outstanding support and generosity of the community, they received over $3,000.

Credits: Podcast host: Jonathan Coonan, Podcast editor: Finn Mander, Podcast guests: Kolin Hawkins, Robby Davis.

In this episode of Bainbridge On Campus, Jonathan Coonan interviews Aila Ikuse and Clio Batali about the Bainbridge Island High School Robotics team, Spartronics 4915. They discuss their 2015 season, as well as their individual experiences on the robotics team. 

A year and a half ago STEM outreach grew at the high school due to the formation of Spartronics Team 4915. The robotics club participates is an FRC (FIRST Robotics Challenge) team and have been working hard to get ready for this years competition season. FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is an umbrella organization that is also in charge of FIRST Lego League and FIRST Tech Challenge.

Spartronics Team 4915 had an amazing season last year. Their robot, ATLaS, made it to World Championships and finished in the top 5% worldwide.

What makes robotics so unique is the presence of 13 professional mentors at every meeting. These mentors are engineers, programmers, and marketers who work in the professional world and live on the island. They teach team members about their respective fields, and help them build the robot.

Due to last year’s success, the team has grown significantly. This year they have 50 members, twice the size of last years team. They also have 16 girls, quadruple the number last year. In fact, there were enough girls to attend the Girls Generation Competition, a competitions run by and for girls. The ladies fixed, drove, and cheered ATLaS on as they won 2nd place.

This year’s challenge has been difficult to solve, but with tons of support and a successful season behind them, Spartronics 4915 has placed well in competitions at Glacier Peak, Shorewood, and their regional competition in Cheney. Due to the success of the team throughout this year’s season, they have qualified for another trip to World Championships with GAEA.

On April 9th, 2015 the team is hosting a fundraiser all over the island celebrating STEM, and teamwork in the hopes of sharing their excitement about the world of robotics as well as raising money to send their robot across the country to the World Championships in St. Louis.

They did not choose April 9th for no reason, in fact April 9th, 2015 is a once in a lifetime day for Spartronics team 4915, as 4/9/15 is the same number as their team number.

Join the team for 49 minutes and 15 seconds at ACE Hardware, Town & Country, the Pavilion (where their robot ATLaS will be demoed!), Westside Pizza, and Safeway.

Credits: BHS-BCB host: Jonathan Coonan; BHS-BCB audio editor: Finn Mander; authors of podcast notes: Finn Mander and Aila Ikuse; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

Have nothing to do on a Friday night? Come on down to the Bainbridge High School where the two High School Jazz bands will be performing in their annual community Swing Dance!

In this episode of Bainbridge on Campus, Finn Mander interviews the Bainbridge High School band director, Chris Thomas about the upcoming Swing Dance. To name a few points of their conversation, they discuss the origination of the classic Swing Dance, which has been around far longer than most of us can remember, as well as dance styles associated with the two High School Jazz bands. You will also have the opportunity to listen to one of this year’s Jazz bands!

The High School Jazz band has had a very successful history over the past few years, including being asked to play at Governor Jay Inslee’s inauguration in 2013, and winning prestigious awards in local Jazz competitions such as the one they visited recently at the University of Washington where they placed third in finals.

You’re in for a treat on Friday night, so make sure you pick up tickets at www.bainbridgebands.org, or purchase a ticket for $15.00 at the entrance to the High School commons at 7:00PM. While you’re at it, don’t worry about your hunger or thirst as refreshments will be provided!

All proceeds will benefit the band program.

On Campus Host Charlie Hanacek sits down with Ashley Alnwick, Leah Potter, Claire Fowler, and Sophie Carson, who are all leaders of Biomedical Engineering Club at BHS, to talk about the club, it's future, and an Ebola poster made in apparently poor taste. Biomedical Engineering's advisor is BHS Biology teacher Charisa Moore. Be sure to stop by their meetings on Thursday afternoons!

Are you interested in joining Radio Club, or maybe just want some cool podcasts to follow on the bus to school or work? Ryan Cox interviews Charlie Hanacek as the up and coming BHS Radio Club. Highlights include future live streaming, and sweet shows, and why now is the time to get involved! For the aspiring student radio broadcaster, the club meets Thursday mornings at 7:45 in Mr. Dunn’s room. Also visit us at www.bestofbcb.org

In this episode of "On Campus", BCB high school volunteer Hayden Tutty interviews graduating High School senior Catherine Edwards, in a 7-minute recording made in early June 2014.

The interview occurred at a time when Catherine was preparing for her senior cello recital on June 13th. In this podcast, we briefly meet Catherine. Then, a little less than 3 minutes into this recording, Catherine performs a 4-minute excerpt from her recital on her cello.

About the BCB-Supported Bainbridge High School Radio Club:

The Club was formed in collaboration with BCB, and with financial support from Sustainable Bainbridge, the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island, and a start-up grant from Bainbridge Community Foundation.

One member says the Club envisions producing podcasts about "cool and exciting things and people around Bainbridge."

In spring 2014, a studio was furnished and equipped at the High School with a generous grant to Sustainable Bainbridge from the Rotary Club, along with support and cooperation from BCB and the Bainbridge Island School District.

During the school year, the Club generally meets weekly with occasional training from BCB volunteers and guidance from faculty adviser Charles Dunn.

The BHS Radio Club welcomes new members.

Credits: BCB-BHS Host: Hayden Tutty; BCB-BHS production manager and audio editor: Charlie Hanacek; Podcast art: artopia creative.

In this first podcast episode from the BCB studio of the Bainbridge High School Radio Club, Ryan Cox interviews 2014 BHS Senior and outstanding violinist Sophia Stoyanavich. At the time of this recording in early June, she was preparing for her senior violin recital on June 29th in connection with graduation events that month.

Listen to the last 2-3 minutes of this 15-minute podcast to hear Sophia perform live a small portion of her musical program for June 29th.

The new series of On Campus podcast radio episodes are intended to present glimpses of the community from the BHS campus.

Introducing the BCB-Supported BHS Radio Club:  

In the spring of 2014, after too many years without a student led radio program, the void was filled by a few students at BHS by starting the BHS Radio Club.

The Club was formed in collaboration with BCB, and with financial support from Sustainable Bainbridge, the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island, and a start-up grant from Bainbridge Community Foundation.

One member says the Club envisions producing podcasts about "cool and exciting things and people around Bainbridge."

In spring 2014, a studio was furnished and equipped at the High School with a generous grant to Sustainable Bainbridge from the Rotary Club, along with support and cooperation from BCB and the Bainbridge Island School District.

During the school year, the Club generally meets weekly with occasional training from BCB volunteers and guidance from faculty adviser Charles Dunn.

The BHS Radio Club welcomes new members.

Credits: BCB-BHS Host: Ryan Cox; BCB-BHS production manager and audio editor: Charlie Hanacek; Podcast art: artopia creative.