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COHO CONNECTION

12/05/22

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE | LIBRARY NEWS

WINTER ARTS NIGHT | SAKAI SPIRIT

SPIRIT WEEK | PTO NEWS

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

REPORTING COVID POSITIVE CASES

COMMUNITY EVENTS

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Sakai Families,

Today is Day 21 of our 30 Days of Kindness. Today, students may need your help as they are challenged to give someone a call and tell them why their life is better because of that person. Our Kindness Challenge is an aspect of our Social Emotional Learning curriculum CharacterStrong, that we are piloting. CharacterStrong founder Houston Craft writes in his book Deep Kindness, “Deep Kindness requires something more than politeness or even an honest desire to help-it requires careful self-reflection, profound courage, a willingness to be humbled, and hard-earned social and emotional skills.” He notes that to really instill deep kindness in kids, we need to create intentional opportunities for them to practice this, as we would any skill.

Speaking of kindness, the wonderful students at Bainbridge Island High School have created a district-wide spirit week, with dress and kindness themes each day next week. Please see the themes below. We are so excited to participate! If your student brings in any of the items for Helpline House, they can drop them off in the office.

Finally, we appreciate your support during our book fair. I want to extend a huge thank you to all our volunteers. We could not have done it without you!

Have a wonderful week, Sakai!

Drew

LIBRARY NEWS

Greetings from Sakai Library...

THANK YOU to the Sakai Community and the Sakai PTO for supporting our Scholastic Book Fair fundraiser. The library added new titles from the book fair to the collection at a significant discount and also received a percentage of the sales. The funds help us add new titles throughout the year to keep our readers engaged and replace the well-loved titles that fall apart from so much reading...a good problem to have. Thank you so much for helping us to keep them reading!

For those that created a Scholastic eWallet and have remaining funds, here is a link to eWallet FAQs.

WINTER ARTS NIGHT

Sakai Winter Arts Night is an evening to celebrate music and art classes at Sakai. We will have visual art in the library from students. Walk through and enjoy the incredible work students have been creating in art classes this Fall. Join us in the Gym to see the Sakai and Woodward choirs perform the music they have been preparing in choir club this Fall.

Wednesday, December 14th

Student art showcase 5-6 pm

Sakai and WMS Choirs 6-7 pm

Parking is available at Woodward and Sakai. Please be prepared for it to be crowded!

We look forward to sharing all the incredible work your children have been doing this Fall!

If you have any questions or concerns, OR if you are interested in volunteering with setup and take down, please reach out to Maggie Hitchcock (mhitchcock@bisd303.org) or Katie Gibbs (kregan@bisd303.org). We look forward to seeing you there!

All volunteers must have completed our district's application process outlined here: https://www.bisd303.org/Domain/1809

SAKAI SPIRIT

This month the following students were honored for outstanding spirit:

Cooper Adcock

Willa Devine

Kayla Henshaw

Bea Gorfine

Carson Pratt

These students invited a friend to attend a pizza party with Mr. Crandall. Thank you to That’s a Some Pizza and PTO for sponsoring our student incentive program. The nominations are made in reference to Sakai’s Four R’s: Responsible, Respectful, Reasonable, Reliable.

SPIRIT WEEK

BISD is excited to end 2022 with a district-wide week focused on Spirit & Kindness.

Check out the schedule & plan to participate Dec. 12-16, 2022.

MONDAY, DEC. 12
Dress Theme: Dream of Kindness (PJ day)
Kindness Theme: Kindness from Head to Toe (warm hat, gloves & socks drive for Helpline House)

TUESDAY, DEC. 13
Dress Theme: Mix it Up for Kindness (dress in mismatch, clashing patterns/colors)
Kindness Theme: Smiles of Kindness (challenge to smile at everyone you pass in the hall)

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14
Dress Theme: Kindness is in the Air (dress in winter wonderland colors and/or winter clothing)
Kindness Theme: Kindness is in the Air (look for ways to spread kindness throughout the day)

THURSDAY, DEC. 15
Dress Theme: Throwback to Kindness (dress in styles from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s)
Kindness Theme: Can of Kindness (hearty soup donation -- pop tops preferred! -- for Helpline House)

FRIDAY, DEC. 16
Dress Theme: A Spirit of Kindness (dress in school/district colors)
Kindness Theme: Kindness Sticks (sticky notes provided to recognize kind acts)

PTO NEWS

Hot Cocoa Day

It is time to celebrate the amazing school wide class spirit and participation in the COHO Run with hot cocoa and marshmallows during lunch recess Friday, December 16.

Students will be encouraged to bring their own mugs.

If you would like to volunteer, please sign up here. Please plan to be ready to start at 11:15 am and we will wrap up at 1pm. This time frame includes set up, serving hot cocoa, and then cleanup.

All volunteers must have completed our district's application process outlined here: https://www.bisd303.org/Domain/1809

Sakai Yearbook Cover Art Contest

Here is an opportunity to show off your creativity and artistic talents!

When you hear the word Sakai, what comes to your mind? Design an artwork to be displayed on the cover of this year’s Sakai Yearbook. You’ll need to create a cover illustration that depicts Sakai spirit, school themes, or shows our school’s heritage.

Use the medium of your choice: colored pencils, pens, paint, or pastels.

********IMPORTANT********

Your illustration must be on an 8 ½” x 11” sheet of white paper, VERTICAL ORIENTATION. Do NOT include any words, only artwork.

DUE DATE is January 6, 2022

Please drop off your entries in the office. You can also scan your artwork and email it to Ms. White in the office (iwhite@bisd303.org). All entries will be displayed anonymously in the school and/or in your google classroom, for voting by students. The top 25 most creative ways of showing Sakai spirit or heritage will be in the yearbook. Your original artwork will be returned after voting.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Sakai Volunteer Opportunities

We have several upcoming volunteer opportunities. Thank you for considering signing up to help us out.

All volunteers must have completed our district's application process outlined here: https://www.bisd303.org/Domain/1809

Hot Cocoa Day

Game Room Supervision

Academic In-Classroom Volunteers

Yearbook:
Please email Annie at anniegphotography@gmail.com

Art Room:
Please email Ms. Hitchcock at mhitchcock@bisd303.org

REPORTING COVID-POSITIVE CASES

Please report COVID-positive cases involving BISD students and staff at this link.

Take home COVID Tests are available in Nurse's office if needed.

COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS

For community activities of interest to students and families, click the button below.

Community Events

Nondiscrimination Statement: Bainbridge Island School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. For questions, please contact Civil Rights Coordinator, Kristen Haizlip at khaizlip@bisd303.org.

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