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Coho Connection 11/04/25

Posted Date: 11/04/25 (11:23 AM)
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Coho Connection 11/04/25

Inside this Newsletter
  • Thank You!
  • Ordering School Photos
  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Recess Equipment Wishlist
  • Yearbook Photos Needed
  • Bainbridge Youth Services - Sakai Peer Tutoring
  • SBA Results Available in Family Access  
  • Learn More about the EP&O Supplemental Levy
  • Sakai Calendar
 

Thank you to our PTO and Volunteers!

Thank you to all the volunteers who provided our staff with delicious food during conferences. 

Our staff enjoyed the breakfast, soup lunch and snacks tremendously!​
 

Ordering School Photos

Please read the Picture Day Flyer for information and instructions regarding school photo online ordering.

The Sakai Event Code is FE249425.
 

Volunteer Opportunities

Sakai Reads
Sakai’s all-school book discussion groups takes place on Thursday, November 6th. This year’s theme is Expanding Perspectives. For more information and if you would like to lead a discussion group, please click here.

BISD Farm to School
Seeking volunteers November 6th from 11:20-12:40!

This Thursday, November 6th, BISD be running a taste test of a new scratch-cooked menu item at lunchtime! Our BISD Farm to School October Harvest of the Month feature is pumpkin (and November is apples!). We will feature a pumpkin curry for this taste test, and will set up a tasting and voting station in the cafeteria to offer the curry to all students. Volunteers will serve curry in compostable bamboo containers and ask all students to vote for if they'd like to have it on the lunch menu again. We are seeking volunteers for this taste test from 11:20-12:40 at Sakai. If you'd like to help, please email jessica.woersching@gmail.com

This taste test will:
  • Allow students an opportunity to taste something they haven’t already tried
  • Provide opportunity for authentic student input into the menu
  • Highlight a local farm and product-pumpkin!
  • Engage students and staff in the BISD farm to school program
  • Prototype taste tests to replicate at other schools


Please remember that all volunteers who help in the classroom, on field trips, and other various activities must be cleared by the district: Volunteering with BISD. The approval process can take up to two weeks. Once approved, you are ready to volunteer and your approval is valid for two years.

Please bring your driver's license or id each time you sign into any school in the district.
 

Recess Equipment Wishlist

If you have any gently used soccer or basketballs you’d like to donate, please consider donating them to Sakai. We could really use a few more for recess. You may drop them off in the office.

Thanks so much!
 

Yearbook Photos Needed

It’s never too early to start thinking about the Sakai Yearbook! We would love to get photos of your student throughout the year to include in the yearbook. That is why we are sending out this QR code to allow you to upload photos directly to the Sakai Josten’s Yearbook site anytime! 

You can use this code all year to upload photos of your student participating in any and all activities such as first day of school photos, Halloween, sports and recreation, vacations, school activities and more! Thanks for helping to make this year’s Yearbook amazing!
Yearbook QR Code
 
Bainbridge Youth Services
 

SBA Results Available in Family Access

If your student was in grades 3 - 8, 10, or 11(science only) in June of 2025, SBA results have been uploaded and are accessible in Skyward Family Access. To access results:

  1. Log in to Skyward: Family Access
  2. On the left side of the window, select: Report Cards and School Info
  3. Click: Spring 2025 Smarter Balanced Score Report
  4. This will download a PDF with both ELA and Math (and science for grades 5, 8, and 11)
  5. If you have any questions, please contact your student’s teacher or counselor
 

Learn More about the EP&O Supplemental Levy

This levy helps bridge the gap between what the state funds and what it actually costs to provide the education our community values—supporting strong academics, creative opportunities, and the well-being of every student.

Proposed rate: $0.08 per $1,000 of assessed value in 2026, $0.11 in 2027, and $0.13 in 2028. Even with this addition, overall school taxes will decrease as older bond taxes expire.

Learn more at www.bisd303.org/levyinfo
 
Important Upcoming Dates

Sakai Calendar

NOVEMBER
6: Sakai Reads 10:30 am
11: Veterans Day - No School
20: PTO Meeting 9:00 am
26-28: Thanksgiving Break - No School

 

Non-Discrimination Statement

Bainbridge Island School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, homelessness, immigration or citizenship status, the presence of any sensory mental, or physical disability, neurodivergence or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.  The BISD provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. 

The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator & Title IX Coordinator:
Kristen Haizlip, Associate Superintendent
206-780-1058
khaizlip@bisd303.org

Section 504/ADA Coordinators:
Annalisa Sanchez, Director of Student Services
206-780-1069
asanchez@bisd303.org

Maria Kuffel, Director of Student Services
206-780-1088
mkuffel@bisd303.org

8489 Madison Avenue North Bainbridge Island, WA 98110