By Nancy Israel, Bravo Team Co-Captain Bravo Team this year is a group of creative and caring middle and high school students from Port Townsend’s alternative learning program, OCEAN. We’ve really been enjoying the gift of being together during the pandemic to work as a team with a common goal and doing hands-on work. Although
Considering the pandemic circumstances, we were thrilled to offer a modified Maritime Discovery program with the Port Townsend School District/Blue Heron Middle School in June. Our main goals were fun, hands-on and engaging learning free from computer screens! All the 7th graders had the opportunity to attend in small cohorts with one day at NWMC
On March 4 Bravo Team students and instructors happily reunited at NWMC! Students from the OCEAN program at Port Townsend School District have been meeting online every Thursday all school year. We will be having outdoor classes every other Thursday for the spring. This winter we spent time developing our environmental project and learning about
Greetings! It’s been a while since our last post back in mid-March. Bravo Team started up again in October with a virtual format. We meet every Thursday on Zoom for one hour and have been focusing on Salish Sea environmental learning, building community and having fun together! There are 7 students in 8th-12th grade from
Light north wind, sunshine, flood current and tide rips made for a good longboat adventure today. After settling on a date for our Beach Clean up and picking our sweatshirt color for this year, we headed out on the water. Spring is in the air and we enjoyed a fine day out there. We decided
Bravo Team took advantage of a shore day due to a small craft advisory to dive into planning our environmental project. We also took some time to go out to Point Hudson where we enjoyed our snack and moment of silence. The team has chosen to plan a community beach clean up as a stewardship
This was our third week working in the boatshop on Townshend maintenance. We worked hard even with a smaller crew this week. One of the students had a broken wrist and was still able to get a lot done! Rolling and tipping paint on to the hull was a main focus today. We also oiled
Longboat love means taking care of the longboat so she will take care of us! When we relaunch her in February, we will be able to take pride in our work and know she has been well maintained for another year of service. We started the day by introducing a new student and having a
It’s the season for small craft advisories with strong wind and rain! We started our day ashore with team building activities that helped us to incorporate 2 new team members. We played a game of blindfolded tag that brought out the need for clear and calm communication when working together. The game was a great
Bravo team is getting the best of luck with the weather on Thursdays this year! We took advantage of the beautiful sunny day and got out on the water as soon as possible to go sailing. First we made sure to review some important knots, the yard bend, which we use to tie the halyards