Date posted: October 31, 2023
During the first week of each quarter, OLSBC students spend time creating classroom norms in each of their courses. These student-driven course norms help build a sense of community and belonging in the classroom and set the tone for the course by providing clear guidelines on how to behave and be successful. Students in the ...more about Student-Created OLSBC Classroom Norms
Date posted: October 24, 2023
OLSBC students began the fall quarter News and Daily Living course with an introduction to news apps and websites. Every student downloaded a news app to their phone or chose a news website to use on their laptops; their selections included sites like CNN, Apple News, KING5 and the BBC. They were given time to ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Learn About the News
Date posted: September 26, 2023
What's your favorite breakfast item on the Taco Bell Menu, and what does it cost? That's the question students taking the OLSBC Personal Finance course had to answer for one of their course activities. In this activity, students worked in small groups to practice their communication and money management skills. Each student had a budget (a ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Practice Personal Finance Skills
Date posted: June 15, 2023
The year-long Environment and Our Community class recently took a walking tour of the Bellevue College campus. But as 3rd year students, it was obviously not just sightseeing! The purpose was to explore some of the many features on Main Campus that promote sustainability – new ways of doing “business as usual” that do not ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Participate in Sustainability Tour of BC Campus
Date posted: June 6, 2023
The Occupational & Life Skills Bellevue College (OLSBC) course Yoga for Life Balance met in the BC Outdoor Leadership green space on June 2 to practice Yoga in nature. The activity allowed students to use nature in their yoga practice, and the different setting complemented what students had been practicing indoors. Students explored how practicing ...more about Yoga in Nature With OLS Bellevue College
Date posted: May 2, 2023
Written by: Zeke, 3rd-year student in the Occupational & Life Skills Bellevue College (OLSBC) program. When studying at Bellevue College, there are a ton of activities that you can do around campus. We’re here to countdown the ten best spots and activities at Bellevue College. The Ten Best Things About Bellevue College 1. Taking pictures ...more about OLSBC Student Shares the Ten Best Things About Bellevue College
Date posted: March 30, 2023
Occupational & Life Skills Bellevue College (OLSBC) Critical Thinking through Writing students spent winter quarter learning about many types of writing and how pieces they create can be used to express their voices. Social issues affect everyone, and there are many social issues that were discussed in class during a class brainstorm. Students then had ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Create Social Issues Comic Strips
Date posted: March 23, 2023
The Occuaptional & Life Skills Bellevue College (OLSBC) Communication in the Workplace class had their Mock Interviews on March 8th. Preparing for the mock interview This is a quarter long preparation for the students in getting ready for these interviews. We start with communication skills with customers and coworkers as well as conflict resolution. We ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Participate in Mock Interviews
Date posted: March 23, 2023
In February, Environment and Our Community students got a close-up look at how those two things – environment and community – will work together in the future. The class had a private tour of Seattle’s Bullitt Center, billed as “The Greenest Commercial Building in the World.” The most visible “green” feature is the overhanging roof, ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Visit Seattle’s Bullitt Center
Date posted: March 9, 2023
Second-year students in the Occupational & Life Skills Bellevue College (OLSBC) program were tasked with a research project in their Disability Awareness course. Famous Person Research Project Students researched a famous person with a disability similar to their own disability. Classroom presentations included students talking about their disability and comparing the experiences of the famous ...more about OLS Bellevue College Disability Awareness Research Project
