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SAKAI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
COHO CONNECTION
03/27/23
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| MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
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Dear Sakai Families,
Last week 5th-graders learned about our local Orca population and the importance of environmental conservation during the Whale Tales assembly. It was really fun to see them all in the gym learning and laughing together, and then diving deeper in a smaller presentation in the library. This was ahead of this week’s salmon release. Our fry are ready to go and each class has reserved a time to hike down to our salmon stream. Although our wonderful maintenance department cleaned the trail up, it would be a good idea to have your student wear boots on the day they are scheduled.
We are seeing an up-tick in phones and Smartwatches distrupting learning. We do have students that have phones to communicate with their families after school, which is totally understandable. Just a reminder that our phone policy at Sakai is that they are stored in students bags or ‘ers during the day. Once students walk into the building in the morning they are to be put away. Families, if your student wears a Smartwatch, please use the parental controls to silence it and restrict communication during the day. If you need to get a hold of your student while at school, please call the office. Likewise, students are always able to call you from the office phone. Thank you for your help with this.
I hope you have a great week and a wonderful break!
Drew
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Both Sakai and Woodward are starting to look at math placement for students next year and want to ensure students are placed in the math course that best meets their needs. Please look over the math course options for the next school year and then complete the short survey with your student.
If you have any questions, please reach out to your student's math teacher. It would be helpful to have your completed survey by March 31st.
Current 5th-Grade Students:
Current 6th-Grade Students in 6th Grade Math:
Current 6th-Grade Students in 6th/7th Grade Compacted Math:
We really appreciate your time and partnership. Please reach out to me with any questions!
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CHOIR TO SING AT MARINERS GAME
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Sakai Choir sings the National Anthem at the Seattle Mariners game!
WHAT: Sakai Choir sings at Mariners vs. Brewers game
WHEN: Monday, April 17th, 6:40 pm
WHERE: T-Mobile Park
The Seattle Mariners are extending a discount ticket offer to the students, parents, and staff at our school! Enjoy a special outing with your frends and family!
- Discounted $20 view level tickets to the game
- Bring out your family and friends and join our school at T-Mobile Park to watch some exciting Major League Baseball action
- We have a large block of seats reserved for the game, so order your seats now and join us for some fun at the ballpark
Deadline to order tickets is 4/15/23
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This month the following students were honored for outstanding spirit:
Caden Brown-Storey
Harper Bugge
Maccoy Kelly
Lucas Langner
Annabelle Maxwell
Adeline Shriver
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.
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Sakai Volunteer Opportunities
We have several upcoming volunteer opportunities. Thank you for considering signing up to help us out.
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HIGHLY CAPABLE NOMINATIONS
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Spring Highly Capable (HC) Nomination Process
The Spring nomination window for our district’s Highly Capable program will soon open. Bainbridge Island School District offers services to students in grades K-12 who have been identified as highly capable. Highly capable students are those who perform or show potential for performing at significantly advanced academic levels.
Spring Nomination Information:
Who is this for?
What are the important dates for this process?
- The nomination window is open from March 21-31, and parents, school employees, and community members may nominate students.
- Visit our district’ Highly Capable Webpage on or after March 21st to access the nomination guidance and submission links. https://www.bisd303.org/Page/10084
- April 12-May 5: Testing window open
- Early June: Results communicated with families
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Earlier this fall, a Renaming Committee was formed to explore new naming options for Captain Charles Wilkes Elementary.
Name suggestions were submitted via an online form, at outreach events and through the mail (email and post).
All in all, the committee had a list of 89 names to review and consider. It should be noted that some name submissions did not make the consideration list because they did not meet a reasonable threshold for various reasons such as being too whimsical (for example, Rainbow Unicorn Elementary) or containing inappropriate language.
From the list of 89 names, the committee narrowed the list down to three and has submitted the finalists to the board for consideration. At the March 30th School Board Meeting, members of the Renaming Committee will explain its selection process and the rationale for the three names. The school board is scheduled to select one of the three names to rename Wilkes Elementary.
The names under consideration are:
Akio Suyematsu Elementary
x̌alilc (Halilts) Elementary
Sunrise Hill Elementary
In addition, the committee is recommending that the Orca be officially recognized as the school’s mascot.
You can read more about the names here. If you would like to provide feedback on the names, please complete this form.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
WHEN: March 30th at 5:45 p.m.
WHERE: Bainbridge High School Theater, located on the corner of High School Road and MLK. Jr. Way. Greeters will direct people to the theater. The meeting will also be available via Zoom.
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REPORTING COVID-POSITIVE CASES
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Take home COVID Tests are available in Nurse's office if needed.
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BAINBRIDGE YOUTH SERVICES
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There is still time to register for the BYS Peer Support Groups for Parents!
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Sign up today! Registration is open until March 29 at 5pm for parent peer support groups starting the week of April 10. Each no-cost group will meet at 6pm once each week for 6 weeks.
Details, including days, times, and facilitators, as well as the registration form, can be found here.
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CALENDAR
MARCH
MARCH 27 - 31 - SALMON RELEASE
APRIL
APRIL 3 - 7 - SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL
APRIL 17 - SAKAI CHOIR SINGS NATIONAL ANTHEM AT MARINERS GAME
APRIL 20 - PTO MEETING 9:15 AM
APRIL 20 - TALENT SHOW 7 PM
APRIL 28 - PTO FAMILY BINGO NIGHT, TIME TBD
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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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