Photo by Ken Lambert from The Seattle Times. Although budget problems have plagued Bellevue School District (BSD) with uncertainty over the past couple years, on February 10, some monetary anxiety was temporarily alleviated with the renewal of two BSD levies—the Education Programs and Operations (EP&O) levy, and the Technology and Capital Projects (TCP) levy. Both levies are collected in the form of proportional property taxes on assessed values of Bellevue housing propertie

Bellevue senior boys enjoying their last day in town at a restaurant just hours before all outside access was restricted. Photo by Alex Gillin. During mid-winter break in February, members of Bellevue's senior class visited Punta Mita, Mexico. A completely gated resort packed with beach clubs, hotels, restaurants and even two golf courses. Punta Mita is located about 25 miles northwest of the city of Puerto Vallarta, in the neighboring state of Nayarit. The region is a well-

Photo from Unsplash              After waiting four years, the Winter Olympics have finally arrived in Milan, Italy. Although often overshadowed by its summer counterpart, the Winter Games feature a wide variety of sports accommodating all sorts of tastes. There’s freestyle skiing for exhilaration, curling for strategy and patience, skating for fast-paced racing, and much more, all of which result in of the most exciting and anticipated events in recent years. And this time,

Photo by Aimee Ni   Every year, there is an event hosted at Bellevue High School that not many know about. It is the annual mock congress that combines multiple classes from three civics and government teachers with nearly 200 participants. The meeting is hosted during the school day within the Performance Art Center and aims to provide students with an opportunity to act as members of the House of Representatives and get hands-on experience of what congress is like.