(Photo from Keven Wynkoop aka @theheadbeaver on Twitter) Thanks in part to the community’s votes, Ballard High School has won a $100,000 grant from Farmers Insurance “Thank Americas Teachers” program. Applying for the grant was the brainstorm of BHS teacher TuesD Chambers, pictured above with principal Keven Wynkoop at last night’s Ballard High School Foundation …
After a public meeting and comment period last month, the city has approved plans to build floodlights at Ballard High School’s athletic field. The lights will enable Ballard’s many outdoor teams — including football, soccer, lacrosse and track and field — more time to practice before school begins (8:45 a.m.) and after school gets out …
The Ballard High basketball season begins tonight with home games against Glacier Peak. The freshmen (JVC) game begins at 4:15, JV is at 5:45 and varsity kicks off at 7:15 p.m. If you can’t make the varsity game, you can still listen to the action live on the new community radio station KBFG (107.3 FM …
The Ballard High School music program is preparing for their annual Winter Concert Series on December 6 (orchestra), 7 (band) and 11 (choir), and tickets for reserved seating are now available. The finale of each concert will combine the wind ensemble, concert choir and chamber orchestra — 210 students on stage — to perform Haydn’s …
(Photo: Pacific Science Center) More than 40 teams from high schools around the state — including our own Ballard HS — gathered at the Pacific Science Center on Sunday for a battle of the bots. The Special Olympics Unified Robotics Championship, a partnership between kids with and without disabilities, featured four teams from Ballard. The …
Back in June, Ballard High’s short documentary, On the Backs of Salmon, was released by IMAX online. This Thursday evening, the documentary premieres on the big screen at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center IMAX theater. “Can you believe it?” said the Ballard High film program’s Matt Lawrence. “My students are walking on air.” On the Backs …
The Ballard Beaver cross-country teams competed in the state championships in Pasco this weekend. The women’s team took third place (below), and the men’s team came in sixth. Congrats!
Ballard High School has won just a handful of games over the last few years, but the Beavers came away with a huge win Friday night on their season opener. The Beavers beat Eastside powerhouse Samammish in overtime, 34-27. It’s coach Joey Thomas’ first game at Ballard and one to remember. A Seattle native, Thomas …
The Ballard boys basketball players beat Newport last night, 50-46, earning the right to head to the state tournament for the first time since 2002. Think that’s exciting? Just watch this video of the end of the game: “Ballard’s not known for state berths, except in football, so the student body was pretty excited. They …
A couple hundred people attended the Ballard High School Music Department‘s annual spaghetti dinner and fundraiser Saturday evening. All of Ballard High’s instrumental and vocal groups performed for the crowd, including the orchestra and concert choir. Both those groups have been invited to perform in New York this spring — the concert choir at Lincoln …
The Ballard High School marching band played in the Macy’s Annual Holiday Parade this morning, and Marianne sent us some photos. The parade began at 7th & Pine and ended at the downtown Seattle Macy’s. Ballard Beaver fans cheered the band as they marched by. Thanks Marianne for sending us the photos!
Ballard High School says they’ve received several calls in the last few days from neighbors and businesses asking about a donation drive for a sports calendar. BHS says someone — or a group of people — are claiming to be students and calling around soliciting donations for the calendar, but it appears to be a …