September 20, 2018

Event Planning Team is Busy, Busy, Busy!

This quarter, Events Director, Jac Treanor has 6 students and 10 blocks of Event Planning classes. The students have been working hard at learning the ins and outs of hosting such a large event as our 5th Annual Harvest Festival and Market. They’ve been gathering confirmations from vendors, hiring entertainment, and learning about budgeting. The… Read more »

September 14, 2018

The Hay is UP!

Every September Kerry calls the “hay guy” and he delivers over 100 bails of hay to feed the donkeys and goats over the long winter. On Thursday, September 13, he showed up again with an enormous hay wagon and he was met by a very eager La Finca Class to help unload. For the next… Read more »

September 14, 2018

A Note From Our Transitions Team

Hello, and welcome to an update from Bellcate School’s Transitions Team for the beginning of the 2018-2019 academic school year. This year we have a lot of new and exciting things happening for our transition age students! To get things started, let me first explain what transitions means. Transitions refer to how our students will… Read more »

September 14, 2018

The Art of Staffatars!

Bellcate Students have been creating “Staffatars” in many of our visual arts classes this quarter. Staffatars are Photoshop images of each of our Bellcate teachers and the students’ community placed into a surreal body form or one of more realistic art. One of our previous Interns and I came up with a basic questionnaire for… Read more »

September 13, 2018

Concept Move Rolls Out!

Bellcate School is a therapeutic community that exists to support young people on their journey towards creating meaningful and positive change. As a service oriented organization we often focus our attention on the needs of others. At the same time there is great value in attending and attuning to our own physical and mental health… Read more »

September 11, 2018

A Big Thank You for your Summer Support!

Bellcate School had the great privilege of hosting a number of youth interns this summer. This initiative started several years ago and continues to bring refreshing energy and perspective to our students and culture. Our youth staff were able to support a number of community-based opportunities to include dance and theater camps. They also assisted… Read more »