Spartan Band Stands Up to the Rain and Competition at Weekend Peninsula Classic
by Christine Brown On Saturday, September 28, the Bainbridge High School Marching Band competed against bands from around the state in the Peninsula Classic Marching Band Competition at Silverdale...
View ArticleSpartan Marching Band Carries a Tune at Festival of the Bands
by Christine Brown The Bainbridge Island High School Spartan Marching Band competed in the Puget Sound Festival of Bands last Saturday, October 26, at Everett Memorial Stadium. Twenty-two Washington...
View ArticleSpartan Marching Band Ends Season on a High Note at Veterans Day Parade &...
by Christine Brown The Bainbridge High School (BHS) Marching Band finished their season with their best performances yet—2nd place in the field competition and 2nd place in the parade competition. The...
View ArticleBHS Band Marches Away from Peninsula Classic with Top Honors
The 2014 Peninsula Classic, the early-season competition for marching bands across Washington, was held in Silverdale this year, on September 27. So the Bainbridge High School Marching Band didn’t...
View ArticleGirls Generation Spartronics Alliance Takes Second at Tahoma Tournament
by Sarah Lane Spartronics Team 4915, the amazing rookie robotics team from Bainbridge High School that ended up going all the way to the world championships in its first year, 2013-14, enjoyed such a...
View ArticleSpartan Marching Band Finishes Its Season as Division’s Best in State
The Bainbridge High School Marching Band has just returned from the Auburn Veteran’s Day Parade and Field Show Competition, widely regarded as the state’s unofficial championship for Marching Bands,...
View ArticleFort Ward Bakery Project Uses “Dough” to Preserve History and Enhance Community
Back when Fort Ward was a fort, the parade grounds were used for parades, and servicemen lived in the now slowly decomposing barracks there, in the second decade of the last century, the brick bakery...
View ArticleBainbridge Says Yes to CRO, No to SRO: An Examination of the Issues
CRO and SRO are the acronyms for Community Resource Officer and School Resource Officer. Just last month, the Bainbridge Island School District decided, for now, not to take up Police Chief Matt...
View ArticleVideo of the Day: Take a Gander at GAEA
Last night, February 24, in a special pre-Open House sneak preview, the BHS Spartronics robotics team robot GAEA (Grabber Actuated Elevator Automaton) made her public debut, strutting her...
View ArticleFort Ward Community Hall Project Gets $10,000 Boost
The Fort Ward Youth Advisory Committee, which is spearheading the effort to restore the old Fort Ward Bakery and convert it into a community center, got some good news this week. Bainbridge Island...
View ArticleSpartronics End Season’s First Competition with Coveted Award
At the Glacier Peak FIRST Robotics Competition this past weekend, March 7-8, the Spartronics were awarded the competition’s Engineering Inspiration Award, the second highest honor the team could win....
View ArticleSpartronics Place 8th at Districts, Qualify for Competition at World...
Robotics Team 4915, the BHS Spartronics, spent much of their Spring Break (April 1-4) at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, at the regional championships where they finished in 8th...
View ArticleWho Does and Doesn’t Want Your Kid to Take the Smarter Balanced Tests?
This spring public school kids across the state will be taking the Smarter Balanced battery of tests. These are the new tests aligned to the Common Core Standards in English language arts/literacy and...
View ArticleFort Ward Youth Advisory Wins Five Blakely Awards
The Historic Preservation Commission presented five Preservation Leader Blakely Awards to the Fort Ward Youth Advisory Committee for its work preserving the Fort Ward Bakery. The Commission also...
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