BASIS Independent Bothell

Looking back on our Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations! 🏮🌕

Last week, students across grade levels took part in activities to celebrate the holiday:

🌙 Kindergarten made moon plates
🥮 Grade 1 created mooncake crafts with Magic Foam
🏮 Grade 2 made Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns
🎨 Grade 3 painted Chinese-style paintings of mooncakes
👩‍🍳 Grade 4 and Grade 8 made real mooncakes
📚 Grade 7 taught Mid-Autumn Festival vocabulary to our kindergarteners
 
What a wonderful week! We love celebrating cultural holidays together, especially when they bring our students’ Mandarin learning to life. 🥮✨

Our Grade 4 engineers are building popsicle stick bridges with one goal: strong enough to hold a kindergartener. 🌉💪 So they did what real engineers do and gathered data. This week they visited our KC class to find the average kinder weight to design against (bridges will be tested with weights, not actual kindergarteners!). PreK meets Grade 4, math meets engineering. This is what PreK–12 learning looks like. 🧮🔧

🫍 Orcas in the Wild 🫍
 
Huge congrats to Caden C. (‘37) and Arvy K. (‘38) for helping lead Sound FC’s Boys U8A soccer team to an undefeated championship run at the Zipfizz Cup Soccer Tournament! ⚽️🏆
 
This team brought incredible teamwork, grit, and pure love for the game all tournament long. Congrats to Caden and Arvy for working together to bring home the Zipfizz Cup!

Grade 1 highlights from our first few weeks: becoming shapes in Math 🔺, writing Chinese numbers from memory in Mandarin ✍️, and blending pastels in Art 🎨.

So proud of our students for starting the year off strong! ✏️

End of year field trip ✅ Grades 1 & 2 had a blast at Woodland Park Zoo yesterday. Highlights included a bear showdown, a red panda sighting, and a whole lot of smiling faces! 🐾🦁🐒🐼🐧

On March 5, Latin Subject Expert Teacher Mr. Hui-Peterson hosted the 2025 National Latin Exam (NLE). The NLE is a comprehensive exam that assesses students’ skills in grammar, comprehension, mythology, literature, and more.
 
This year, 18 Orcas in Grades 6 and 7 participated, with 10 students earning recognition for their strong performance.
 
Congratulations to our Orcas! 🏛️✨

Spring on campus 🌸✨

So much happening as we head into the final month of our founding year. It’s hard to believe these students all joined us just nine months ago.

It’s been a truly special year, and we’re looking forward to a strong finish ahead.

Teacher led Specialty Camps bring expertise, experience, and excitement to every moment of camp! BASIS Independent Bothell Teachers share their passions through these unique specialty camps that inspire curiosity, creativity, fun, and learning.

Ms. Wahl is leading a mind blowing Mythbusters camp. Inspired by the hit TV show, explore and debunk various science myths through hands on experimentation.

Mr. Sturm will challenge your mind in Chess & Strategy Games. Develop new strategies for chess by exploring new games that challenge students to think outside the box. Try new games like Otrio and Othello to stretch strategic thinking.

Explore Chinese culture with Ms. Yang in Chinese Folk Art! Campers will discover the traditions, stories, and history behind a variety of crafts and hands-on art projects while creating their own unique works of art.

It’s not too late to register for camp! Fill your student’s summer with enriching experiences that complement their education through fun, creativity, and hands-on learning at BASIS Independent Bothell. Visit the link in our bio to explore options!