BFPP Clubs

Student/Parent-driven clubs are a fun part of BFPP. Past clubs have included math club, Pokemon club, chess club, kindness club, and several others!

There are a myriad of ways clubs can look at BFPP. They can be year-long or short-term, drop-in or more consistently attended, open to all age groups or targeting a particular age range. All that's needed to get started is an idea and an adult supervisor.

Interested in starting a club? Spend some time thinking about the Topic, Purpose, and Format of your club. Then contact Principal Kate or Heidi Zollner with your idea.

Below is a list of family-led clubs from the 2023-2024 school year. An updated list for the current year will be ready soon.

Please contact Teacher Jackie with questions.

Tuesdays @ 2pm

5th-8th grade (older siblings welcome)

Interested in MINECRAFT? Join our club on Tuesdays at 2pm! Starting next Tuesday the 20th!

PVP, Parkour, Building, Redstone, Command Blocks, etc.

(You'll need a computer with Minecraft JAVA)

Meet at BFPP on Tuesday! Room is TBD.

Contact BFPP student Cypress and mom JenYa with questions: jenyawil@gmail.com

Middle School ages 11-14+ (older siblings welcome)

Thursdays 12:30-2

at BFPP in the Global Citizens Room

Do you have some experience with Dungeons and Dragons and would you like to join a campaign? You are INVITED to come CHECK US OUT on Thursdays, 12:30 - 2pm at BFPP. Meet in the Global Citizens Room.

For questions please contact BFPP student Cypress and mom JenYa: jenyawil@gmail.com

**Science & Engineering Club is underway and closed to new participants unless special arrangements are made**

Have an awesome solution to a problem? Want to test an idea to see if it’s true? The Science and Engineering Fair club is for you! Led by BFPP parent and science enthusiast Juliana West, we will brainstorm ideas for a project, go through the science or engineering process, and conclude with a presentation at a school-based science fair in May.

Middle grades (6-8) will meet on Mondays from 10-10:55am. Elementary grades (4-5) will meet on Mondays from 11-11:55am. Club will begin Monday, February 5th and meet in the Fort. Contact Juliana with questions.

The Knit Wits is a crochet and knit club for anyone who wants to learn how to crochet or knit. It is also a club for anyone who wants to crochet/knit in a group! You can join us on Mondays in the Cabin starting February 5th from 1:30-3:00pm.

For more info, email BFPP student Gwen (grahagwe000@bellinghamschools.org), or Annie Graham (annie.cmg@gmail.com)

*This club is returning for the 2024-2025 school year! It'll be moving to Tuesday afternoons*

For grades 3 and up

Meeting twice a month~ the first and 3 Thursday each month.

Starting Thursday, February 22nd

Starting 12:30 and running until 2ish as it is open ended

Come join the fun of Geocaching. Do you love love to go on adventures and spend time outside? Do you like to search for treasure? Then Geocaching is for you!

Geocaching is a real-life treasure hunt that uses GPS to guide you to hidden objects or “ caches” Using an app with GPS tracking, intense visual searching, and occasional puzzle-solving, geocachers are led to the secret location of a weatherproof container aka the treasure!

Our goal in this club is to have fun outside and make new friends. The first few weeks we will explore the caches hidden by our school, but the plan is to assign a park for the remainder of the weeks and meet there. We are also going to create some BFPP caches and hide them ourselves!

Please contact BFPP parent Jill and her son Ethan Brown at 360-319-7768 via text with questions or to join in the fun!

*This club is returning for the 2024-2025 school year!*

BFPP parent and math education enthusiast Rachel Throolin is once again leading Math Club at BFPP!

10:00-10:50am, 3-6th grade Upper Elementary Math Club

11:00-12:05pm, 6-8th grade Middle School Math Club

Elementary club will be using Math Circle resources (https://mathcircles.org) and problems from around the web, and the middle schoolers will be following James Tanton’s series of essays for AMC preparation. (https://www.maa.org/math-competitions/teachers/curriculum-inspirations).

Both levels will participate in MOEMS, Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools, a series of 5 tests held monthly from November to March. Each contest consists of 5 non-routine questions, with a 30 minute time limit. A sample can be seen here. Please contact Rachel with questions.

If your child is interested or you want to find out more, please contact Rachel to get on her email list!

Below is the elementary club after their first Math Olympiad test last year, toasting to "math" and to all their hard work!

Join in the fun of homeschool hiking club for grades 1-3, organized by BFPP dad Donald Antenen, on Friday mornings at 10am! Please dress for the weather and email to RSVP.

**Pokemon Club officially finished up with the close of first semester. Informal Pokemon gatherings still happen Mondays at noon in the library.**

Roots Theatre Club - 1 & 2 grade

Fridays @ 12:30 - 1:30 in the gym

October 6 - January 26

BFPP parent Angela Vizina is leading this new club for 1st and 2nd graders. It will help students get a sense of the performing arts with games, movement, set design, rehearsals and a culminating performance for family and friends. The goal is to create a love for theatre and help students gain confidence. Students must be available for the show dates at the end of the semester. The success of this club will depend on regular participation each week. For signup and questions, please reach out via email to roots.bham@gmail.com.

*This club currently does not have enough kids interested - please reach out if you'd like to participate!*

BFPP parent Juliana West is leading two Future City Clubs this year!

Future City for grades 6-8 meets Mondays at 10am in the Fort.

Future City for grades 4-5 meets Mondays at 11am in the Fort.

Future City is a competition that encourages students to plan, design, compose an essay about, build, and present a city one hundred years in the future. This club will be run like a class, with homework and regular attendance encouraged as this will be a collaborative project. Parents are encouraged to come to the first meeting to see if this is a good fit for your families. Come with any questions you have too! To read about the competition you can click here.

Interested in mentoring our school's future city club? Time commitment can be very small as this is just a requirement to compete. Anyone who is an engineer or has city planning experience is welcome to mentor us! Contact Juliana West to learn more.

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