By Kelley Watson of West Sound Technical Skills Center and the Port Townsend School District Needless to say, the two staff and fifteen students from this year’s Port Townsend Maritime Academy crew will never, ever forget this school year. As … Read More
A raingarden makes a big difference!
Each year, Bravo Team studies both maritime expedition skills and our marine environment. As we build our knowledge of the Salish Sea, we consider service projects that we could complete to contribute to a healthy marine environment. Like many classes, … Read More
Real World Readiness: Encouraging consistency, competency, and connection
Intro by Sonia Frojen, School Program Coordinator Real World Readiness (RWR) is a Northwest Maritime Center job-readiness program for adjudicated youth that encourages consistency, competency, and connection. One of our students arrived through the Jefferson County Juvenile Services referral a … Read More
Bravo Team is Back!
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 … Read More
Marvelous Mistakes and the courage that follows
A glimpse into the powerful project-based learning students will experience at south King County’s new Maritime High School starting this fall. Stephanie Burns is an educator with 25 years of experience serving learners of all ages, backgrounds, and strengths. After … Read More
Studying the Salish Sea
Bravo Team has been meeting weekly online since September. While we’d all prefer to be on the water, we are enjoying this time to learn more about where we live- the Salish Sea. If you haven’t heard that term used … Read More
Bravo Team Adapts to the Times
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 … Read More
Rowing, Sailing and Singing
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. … Read More
Planning Day
It was a windy day in Port Townsend Bay and Bravo Team was held ashore. Our COI (Certificate of Inspection) states that we aren’t able to head out in over 18 knots of wind or when a Small Craft Advisory … Read More