Bainbridge On Campus

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 5th 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 go

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.bainbridg

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 G

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 b

The Bainbridge High School girls lacrosse season is about to get underway. Amy Willerford, Sonia Olson, Katie Usellis, and Robin Hilderman join BCB host Charlie Hanacek for an insightful view into the world of girls lacrosse on Bainbridge Island. Since 1993, BHS Girls Lacrosse has qualified for the State Championship 18 times, and has won the championship nine of those times. All four captains are seniors at BHS and are excited about the upcoming season. Each one of them has been playing lacrosse since they were in elementary school. Hear what keeps these girls motivated and compels them to work so hard on the lacrosse field. Also, don't forget to come out and watch the first Girls Lacrosse game of the season on Wednesday, March 9th, at 6pm at Memorial Stadium right here on Bainbridge Island. Registration for the 2016 season is still open for girls 3rd grade through high school. Please visit bainbridgegirlslax.com Credits: Host and Editor: Charlie Hanacek, Publisher: Finn Mander  

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 GAE

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

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 pi

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