Date posted: July 12, 2019
Students in Critical Thinking through Science had an opportunity to see plasma up close and personal through a plasma lamp, a glass globe filled with neon gas; at the center is an electrode with a high-voltage current running through it. When someone touches the glass, they complete a circuit – just as lightning does when ...more about Plasma Demonstration
Date posted: July 11, 2019
In our Healthy Relationships course, students learn strategies to maintain a healthy relationship in various environments. One of the activities they participate in is SCOPES. The term SCOPES is an acronym for Scene, Conflict, Options, Perspective, Emotions and Solution. Students were given a social situation and asked to find the best solution to the given ...more about Filling Out A SCOPES
Date posted: July 1, 2019
Our Critical Thinking Through Science course was busy finals week preparing and presenting their science experiment projects for their final. They spent a couple of weeks performing the experiments and collecting data before presenting their findings to each other. The underpinning for this entire course is a five-step process known as the Scientific Method. It ...more about Science Experiment Presentations
Date posted: June 27, 2019
In our Walking and Jogging course, students are asked to walk or jog one mile as a group, in partners or alone. Students spend time learning about the importance of exercise for both physical and mental health. This is a relaxed class where students get to explore campus, be social and learn how to take ...more about Walking & Jogging
Date posted: June 25, 2019
Every spring our Critical Thinking Through Media course students participate in a fun and creative project by creating a commercial for the OLS program. The commercials are geared to prospective OLS students and requires our students to utilize their critical thinking skills to develop an idea focused on what future students might be interested in ...more about Creating OLS Commericals
Date posted: June 25, 2019
Imagine you have lost your job and then find out your checking account has been hacked. Can things get any worse? Thankfully for our students taking Personal Finance, this was just a simulated exercise using LifeSim, a personal finance simulator developed by our instructor Nathan Schloetel and a foundational element of our Personal Finance courses. ...more about You’ve Been Hacked: Personal Finance Exercise
Date posted: June 20, 2019
During the 2nd year of OLS, students take a course called Career Exploration where they evaluate the career pathway they've chosen and look at their own values, strengths, and skills to better determine if that pathway is a good fit. By the end of their 2nd year, students have gained enough skills and had enough ...more about Utilizing OLS Skills to Help Others
Date posted: June 18, 2019
Our Environment and Our Community course was hard at work this spring quarter at Idylwood Park on Lake Sammamish. In partnership with Forterra, a local non-profit, students work together for 6 weeks to rid the park of invasive species of plants that are suffocating the trees. It is important these trees keep living and thriving ...more about Community Service with Forterra
Date posted: June 13, 2019
This quarter students taking our Office Procedures and Customer Service course were asked to write their response to questions about the five communication skills that are essential to success in face-to-face customer service. Flip charts were posted on the walls, and after each flip chart was completed students participated in a class discussion based on: ...more about Five Pillars of Success
Date posted: June 5, 2019
In our Career Portfolio course, 1st year students focus on personal and work values such as making fundamental decisions, finding and articulating your strengths, and being part of a team. Students spend a lot of time doing introspective thinking, searching for ways to articulate and communicate ideas about themselves and others. Students work in partners, ...more about Career Portfolio with Johnny Bunko
