School and ASB Student Announcements
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Ballard HS Students, please make sure to check your email and Schoology.
- College visits are starting again next week in the Counseling Center. To see who is coming, go to the Ballard High School website Counseling page, or Naviance What’s New. Sign up for visits on Naviance as well. Visit the Counseling Center if you have any questions.
- Nominate A School Counselor: The School Counselor of the Year program honors the best of the best in Seattle Public Schools – counselors provide excellent service for their elementary, middle, or high school community! SPS is taking nominations to recognize school counselors for their unique and integral roles in our schools. The nomination form is accessible through March 2, 2026. More details.
- Current Grade 10 & 11 Students: Are you interested in Running Start? The school counselors will host Running Start Information Sessions every Wed in March during lunch. These sessions are for current 10th and 11th graders who want to learn more about the Running Start program for the 2026-27 school year. If you’re considering taking classes through the Running Start program, attending an info session is required. You only need to attend one session —all four dates will cover the same information. We’ll meet in the Library Book Room for a short presentation followed by a Q&A. We hope to see you there!
- Get your tickets soon for the Spring Musical: Mamma Mia! Tickets are available through the BHS website and will go fast for this fun show! Performances begin on March 19. (Singalong Night is March 20!)
- Are you interested in participating in the Spring One Acts festival? Deadlines are coming up! Play and director applications are due by 4 p.m. Friday, March 6! Submitted plays should be between 10-20 pages and not contain gratuitous violence or any content not appropriate for school. Director applications are open to all grades and experience levels; all interested students are encouraged to apply!
- Both plays and director applications can be submitted via QR code on posters hanging around the school. Auditions for actors will be on March 25 with more details to come. Email Ms. Miller with any questions! (mashor@seattleschools.org)
- If you missed last week’s yearbook preorder deadline, don’t worry – there will be one more round of yearbook preorders during April.
- Reflections Art Show Event: Sunday, March 22, 2026. Where: Axis Pioneer Square. View BHS Student entries!
- Jan. – April: the Ballard High School Teen Health Center, there will unfortunately be a temporary interruption of clinic services until April 20, 2026. Read more on the email sent from Principal Hunt.
Seniors
- Seniors: Have you participated in BHS Athletics? The Smart Choices Scholarship Program will award two $5,000 scholarships and eight $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors from WIAA member high schools for excellence in athletics/activities, academics, leadership and community service throughout their high school careers. Check out the Scholarship Bulletin on the Counseling Center Dashboard webpage for more information and a link to the application. The deadline to apply is March 15.
- College visits are starting again next week in the Counseling Center. To see who is coming, go to the Ballard High School website Counseling page, or Naviance What’s New. Sign up for visits on Naviance as well. Visit the Counseling Center if you have any questions.
- Senior Sweatshirts: Ordering has closed. If you ordered a sweatshirt keep your eyes out for more updates soon. Sweatshirts will be handing out in the coming weeks.
- SPREE: Seniors – if you would like to participate in this year’s Senior SPREE event, tickets are now on sale! Tickets will be on sale until capacity for the venues is reached.
- Are you a high school student passionate about service and interested in a paid summer internship at a nonprofit organization? Teens in Public Service (TIPS) places high school interns at a variety of nonprofits – museums, food banks, nature preserves, and more. Apply today for the TIPS Summer 2026 program at teensinpublicservice.org. The application is due March 3.
- Cap & Gown Orders Due (and other graduation gear, like tassels and stoles)! Physical order packets are available in the main office and the order link is on the BHS website. The counseling center has caps and gowns available to loan out, but does not have tassels or stoles.
- The Class of 2026 graduation dates have been published! Ballard HS graduation will be on June 15, 2026, at 5 p.m. at McCaw Hall.
ASB & Clubs
- The ASB is excited to announce their second Spring Tolo Dance (Tolo… Here we go again!) on April 4 from 7 – 10 p.m. at Pier 66. Ticket sales begin on Monday, March 2 on Schoolpay! If students are purchasing a ticket for a guest who does not attend Ballard HS, they are required to fill out a Guest Form which can be found in the Main Office and BHS Website. Guest Forms must be completed and submitted to Mr. Fort by end of day on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. All Guests MUST STILL attend Spring Tolo with the Ballard Student Named on the Hard Copy Guest Form.
- Ballard Earth Service Corps is starting a new bathroom paper towel composting initiative! If you are in a bathroom with a green bin, we would appreciate it if you made sure all paper towels go in the green bin labeled compost.
- All other garbage needs to go in the black trash bin beside the green one. This program will begin as a pilot in the language pod bathrooms before moving to all school-wide bathrooms. If we go for four weeks without finding any contamination in the green bins, meaning anything other than paper towels, Earth Service Corps will bring donuts to our next club meeting. Thank you for helping us make Ballard more environmentally friendly!
Athletics & Club Sports
- The BHS Dance Team will compete at Puyallup High School on Feb. 28 in their final regular-season competition before heading to Districts next week. The team will be competing in the Dance, Hip Hop, and Pom categories, and the event begins at 12:00 p.m. Please help us cheer on our Ballard Dancers! Good Luck, Dance Team!
- Our gymnastics team had another awesome season, winning a Metro league title and finished 3rd at the state championship meet. Boys’ basketball made it to the district tournament for the first time in four years and our Girls’ basketball team had an outstanding season, finishing 2nd in the Sound Division. In Boys’ swim and dive, Tristen O. made it to state, finishing 16th in the 500 freestyle, and six wrestlers qualified for state and competed at the WIAA state wrestling championships. Our Cheer team finished 6th at the UCA cheer competition in Orlando, and Georgia P. earned a trip to state in bowling. Flag football just finished their first season as an official WIAA sport and our Dance team has qualified for districts in all three routines and are looking to get back to state at the Yakima Valley Sun Dome March 28. Talk about some incredible accomplishments from our Beaver student athletes! ~ Principal Hunt
- Registration is OPEN for Ballard Girls Lacrosse – Register Today! We are gearing up for another great season at the Dam! It’s a no-cut program with both Varsity and JV, welcoming athletes of all experience levels. The spring season runs from February to mid-May, games kicking off March 8. Scholarships are available. And great news Coach Rachel Moody is back! For more details, visit the Teams Website and follow us @ballardgirlslacrosse.
- Spring Athletics Registration on FinalForms are due If you have questions about FinalForms, please visit Ms. Nielcen in the main office.
- If you plan to sign up for spring sports and do not have a current physical exam, please plan to get one as soon as possible! The BHS Teen Health Center is closed until the end of April and is not a resource for sports physicals at this time. Alternative clinic resources are posted on the Ballard HS website (hard copies in the main office). You cannot participate in any athletics, including tryouts, if you do not have a physical on file.
- March 10: Spring Sports Night for Spring Athletics parents/guardians BHS Gym 6:30 p.m.
- Go Beavers!
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Support for Families in Need ResourcesBeaver Gear and Spirit Wear Breakdown
- Athletic Booster Club (ABC) has Beaver Gear and spirit wear (shorts, baseball tee, bleacher seats, plaid flannels, socks, scarf and hats) on the ABC website with Duffle Bags offered at different times of the school year.
- “The DAM” BHS Student Store run by Advanced Marketing Students in the Activity Center (AC) has great spirit items (t-shirts, hoodies, sunglasses, etc.).
- Performing Arts (BPA) spirit merchandise can be found on the BPA Website and offered at different times of the school year.
- Athletics! Check with coaches about specific Athletics/Sports Merchandise
Can’t Find What You Are Looking For?
Email me with tips on information you would like located here or better ways to support your searches on the Ballard HS website. Diane Taylor, BHS Website Editor at dmtaylor@seattleschools.org
As of Feb. 28, 2026