The end of the school year is soon here. Bravo Team’s second to last class was today and after such a full, awesome journey (see blog post https://nwmaritime.org/2018/05/10/bravo-team-journey-day/) on Tuesday, the group decided to focus in on their environmental project. Their video … Read More
Bravo Team Journey Day
We plan a journey every year as a culminating experience and on Tuesday, Bravo Team spent the whole day on the water. Journey allows us to put all of our skills to work: rowing and sailing a long boat, leading … Read More
Onward! with the Girls’ Boat Project
Today we had a great and challenging day on the water. We spent the afternoon practicing our rowing of the long dory Onward in preparation for our full day journey this weekend. The northwest wind gave us the chance to … Read More
Being with Great People
After what feels like too long, Bravo Team finally made it back on the water today and it was glorious. We spent the first few minutes of class finalizing some journey plans for the all day trip next week. We … Read More
Square Pegs, Round Holes
Today was the last day of the season in the boat shop for the Girls Boat Project. We only had a short day due to school testing so the benches were a flurry of focused work. Girls spent the afternoon … Read More
To Do or Not to Do, There is No Try
This quote by Yoda broke the silence today during Bravo Team Class – To Do or Not to Do, There is No Try. In the classroom at the beginning of class, we decided to shift gears in our Journey Planning … Read More
Almost Finished
Most of our girls spent their day taking a state test on a computer at school. Even though this meant we only had an hour to work today, the overall sentiment was that being in the shop was way more … Read More
Camera, Action!
Today’s class was focused on the Environmental Project to make use of the planning we have done for the past month. We let students decide how we best use our time today – they chose to focus entirely on the … Read More
Measure Twice, Cut Once
The Girls’ Boat Project is back for spring session and the girls are hard at work on their tool trays. After months of layout, cutting, planing, and chiseling, all of the girls are near the end of the project. The … Read More
Longboating!
Spring is here and we are happy to be getting back out on the water more! Today we worked on reviewing our knots and rowing commands. Then we discussed our work on our environmental project documentary “Don’t Suck” about the … Read More