The Occupational & Life Skills Bellevue College (OLSBC) Disability Awareness course is designed to increase students' understanding of disabilities and self-determine disability-related needs through research and reflection. In addition, this course helps students to be better prepared for self-advocating in the community and at the workplace. Second-year students enrolled in the course had the opportunity ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Visit Microsoft Inclusive Tech Lab
A student came into the Social Change classroom one recent morning expressing outrage at something she had seen in the Pizza Café, near the dorms on Main Campus. Social Change in America teaches students ways they can take action to solve problems in their local communities. They learn six different methods such as elevating awareness ...more about Social Change and the $8.50 Soda
Students in the Fall 2022 Self-Determination in the Workplace course worked in groups to research the different resources Bellevue College has to offer. The goal of this project was to find information about BC’s programs that would be useful for OLS Students to access. Each group was assigned a different program offered through Bellevue College. ...more about OLS Students Research Bellevue College Resources
In the OLS Mindfulness course, students study how Mindfulness can be applied to various aspects of their daily lives. Using Mindfulness techniques can improve well-being and health in many ways, such as calming down before a stressing event, scanning the body for tension to help us fall asleep, controlling emotions by labeling them and using ...more about Mindful Eating
The OLS Intro to Computers class has been busy learning about internet safety. One activity that they recently completed was an Internet Safety Poster. For this fun group activity, students compiled what they learned in class on a poster. Students shared the best reasons to be online, how they use the internet, and advice they ...more about Learning About Internet Safety
OLS Citizenship course students spent time researching and self-reflecting on what being a good citizen means and how to be better citizens to their community. Students broke into small groups to discuss ways to help the community. Some of the ideas they came up with included donating blood, hosting food drives, donating goods and clothing, ...more about Volunteering at KidVantage
Students in the OLS Bellevue College Controversial Issues course are learning about the how the workplace is affected by changing social attitudes, beliefs, laws and market trends. OLS students are preparing to enter the workforce and should be able to identify employment resources, information on employment rights and laws, issues of discrimination, occupational safety and unique issues ...more about Steps to Justice Bingo
The OLS Walking and Jogging course goes outdoors on campus for many of their classes. On Wednesday, Oct 5, students got to break out of their usual routine with a community activity at Robinswood Park. In addition to giving students the chance to explore their community somewhere off campus, this gave students the opportunity to ...more about A Visit to Robinswood Park
Students in the OLS Bellevue College Citizenship course had blast this quarter with an activity learning about government cabinets. The students started by learning about the different cabinets that make up the government. They partnered up into groups of two to three, and they were secretly given one of the cabinets. The groups worked together ...more about Branches of Government – Cabinet Partner Project
Kenassa, OLS Student The Social Change in America class recently looked at the website for the National Alliance to End Homelessness and discussed all the different services that help unhoused people get back on their feet. The students were really digging into the topic; but 4th-year student Kenassa went “above and beyond” with thoughtful essays ...more about Social Change in America Essays
