Bellevue senior boys enjoying their last day in town at a restaurant just hours before all outside access was restricted. Photo by Alex Gillin. During mid-winter break in February, members of Bellevue's senior class visited Punta Mita, Mexico. A completely gated resort packed with beach clubs, hotels, restaurants and even two golf courses. Punta Mita is located about 25 miles northwest of the city of Puerto Vallarta, in the neighboring state of Nayarit. The region is a well-

Photo from Unsplash              After waiting four years, the Winter Olympics have finally arrived in Milan, Italy. Although often overshadowed by its summer counterpart, the Winter Games feature a wide variety of sports accommodating all sorts of tastes. There’s freestyle skiing for exhilaration, curling for strategy and patience, skating for fast-paced racing, and much more, all of which result in of the most exciting and anticipated events in recent years. And this time,

Photo by Aimee Ni   Every year, there is an event hosted at Bellevue High School that not many know about. It is the annual mock congress that combines multiple classes from three civics and government teachers with nearly 200 participants. The meeting is hosted during the school day within the Performance Art Center and aims to provide students with an opportunity to act as members of the House of Representatives and get hands-on experience of what congress is like.         

Photo from https://es.geneastar.org/genealogia/wilsonkathe/katie-wilson Seattle’s new mayor, Katie Wilson, stood out during her campaign for her background in grassroots organizing. However, beyond just her passion for community activism, she enters office with an agenda that reflects her experience in policy reform; an agenda that will matter far beyond Seattle’s city limits, as her policies start to affect Bellevue residents who commute, work, and move through Seattle ever

Graphic by Mingze Shi Every 10 years, Washington state redraws voting district boundaries based on new census data. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, the current bipartisan system, where Democrats and Republicans decide the maps together, has been in place for over 30 years. But after seeing states like Texas redraw their voting maps to favor Republicans, Washington Democrats are attempting to do the same to balance Texas out. To maintain a majority in the House afte

Photo by Brooklyn O'Connor There are nearly 200 diverse classes offered at Bellevue High School, and many of them are social studies. But there are very few classes dedicated to studying the variety of cultural identities around us. In a city and school that is approximately 40% Asian American (the highest racial percentage), how much do we actually know of their history? While major detrimental events like the Chinese Exclusion Act and Japanese internment are certainly not

Graphic by Brooklyn O' Connor Beginning in the spring of 2026, Alaska Airlines will expand its west coast, transcontinental and international flight network.  As Bellevue High School looks forward to mid-winter break, spring break and summer break, this new expansion creates endless possibilities for travel. On a domestic scale, Alaska is revamping its services and adding two new routes: Seattle to Tulsa, Oklahoma, starting March 18, and Arcata-Eureka, California, starting

Ethan Kuruvilla is using ChatGPT. "Don't look at my prompt history," He says. Image by Mingze Shi. Most students know their school has cameras. Fewer know what happens after a camera, a laptop filter, or a safety app generates an alert. Does it just get logged, or does it quietly change how adults see a student? That question is sitting behind Senate Bill 5956, a Washington proposal that would set new limits on AI and surveillance tools in public schools, especially when dis

Photo from Unsplash Recently, Seattle became a national headline as the labor battle between Starbucks and its unionized workforce continues to escalate. In mid-November, baristas who were represented by the Starbucks Workers United, also called the SWU, launched a strike that was timed around the company’s “Red Cup Day,” a holiday sales event. This action quickly spread to other cities with Seattle’s protests creating the greatest effect. Workers rallied outside the company

Photo from Unsplash When the federal government shuts down, countless government-funded programs lose funding or face severe delays. This includes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps nearly 40 million people across the country put food on the table each month. Since the government shut down for 43 days, from October 1, 2025, to November 11th, 2025, SNAP resorted to emergency funds. These funds inevitably ran dry on November 1st, 2025, leaving te

Donald Trump's Face on the Nobel Peace Prize. Artwork by Mingze Shi. Last month, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to María Machado, a powerful advocate for democracy from Venezuela. Machado was praised for fighting oppression in Venezuela’s government and her work in freedom fighting gained global attention, but her recognition of this also brought international controversies. President Trump was one who reacted strongly to the award. Trump argued he deserved it and that h

Senior class officer, Swafiya Twahir with her second period's donation bag! Picture by Stella O'Connor. Bellevue High School has officially kicked off its annual Fall Food Drive, which will run from November 12th through November 25 th . This year’s focus is simple but meaningful: to collect peanut butter and jelly to support local families in need this Thanksgiving. In partnership with Families Helping Families Give, BHS Leadership is working to encourage students to parti

Photo from waymo.com It hasn’t been long since rideshare apps have taken over the world of transportation. Now a new fast and convenient method is making waves. Waymo, a subsidiary company of Alphabet Inc., is like Uber but without a driver, or more specifically without a human driver. Their cars use autonomous driving technology to transport customers to their desired destination. The company first launched in 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. Since then, they have expanded their

Bellevue High School has officially kicked off its annual Fall Food Drive, which will run from November 12th through November 25 th . This year’s focus is simple but meaningful: to collect peanut butter and jelly to support local families in need this Thanksgiving. In partnership with Families Helping Families Give, BHS Leadership is working to encourage students to participate and make a real impact in the Bellevue community. Peanut butter and jelly might sound like a small

Microsoft recently launched a new initiative titled “Microsoft Elevate” that seeks to bring artificial intelligence to people worldwide. The initiative is a five-year, billion-dollar commitment to equip educators and students with the skills to utilize AI in their lives. Led by Brad Smith, the Vice Chair and President of Microsoft, Elevate will provide funding, AI resources and cloud technology to education institutions across the globe. However, Microsoft believes that the

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District Event Finalists: Wolverine robotics receiving the District Event Finalists award at the FRC Sammamish District Event. The first time since 2008 that the team has done this well. Photo courtesy of Bellevue Robotics. Led by Andrew Nguyen, Bellevue’s own Wolverine Robotics, team 949, won two awards this season. These were the Rising All-Star Award at the Bonney Lake District Event, awarded to teams with a successful revival and comeback, and the District Event Finalist