May 29, 2018

Bulldogs Capture State Championship!

After starting their season losing 2 of their first 3 games, the Bellcate Bulldogs Gold basketball team rallied off 8 straight wins and claimed the school’s first ever Vermont State Basketball Championship defeating a feisty Mill River team on Thursday 5/10 at Patrick Gym with a score of 51-47. Playing in the Vermont Interscholastic Unified… Read more »

May 21, 2018

WbcR’s 6th Broadcast

Greetings WbcR listeners: this month’s show is an all original Bellcate School music program. BUT FIRST: We congratulate the Bellcate bulldogs on their Unified Basketball State Championship with sound and color from UVM’s Patrick gym. Next up we have music from the SOA music program featuring upcoming graduate Abdi and his song “Here I Stand”… Read more »

May 15, 2018

It’s More Than A Haircut

Bellcate School has offered haircuts in a variety of ways over many years. The ritual of free haircuts at Bellcate first started as a response to many of our students having high anxiety and/or sensory issues related to going to a barber. This would often lead to our students not having regular haircuts. Parents would… Read more »

May 14, 2018

Drumming: A Universal Healing Language

This quarter Bellcate School added a Drumming Circle, as a therapeutic activity, to our farm and nature centered programming. We did some research and discovered a beginner training method demonstrated by Judy Atkinson on you tube. She shares simple rhythms following the principle “If you can say it, you can play it.” This technique was… Read more »

April 30, 2018

Bulldogs Head Into Playoffs Sizzlin’

After the Bulldogs lost 2 of their first 3 games, they bounced back and won 4 straight games headed into the State Playoffs beginning at the end of April. With wins over St. Albans, MMU, Burlington, and Colchester, the Bulldogs have secured the number 2 seed headed into the North Division Playoffs. The Bulldogs will… Read more »

April 17, 2018

Bulldogs Gold Rolling Into Final Week of Season

After a tough loss to CVU, the Bellcate Gold basketball team has strung together their first two game winning streak, defeating BFA St. Albans and Mount Mansfield High school this past week. The Bulldogs have put on some offensive clinics of late, entering a new member to Bellcate’s all time scoring list. Callie, who has… Read more »