BHS Community Newsletter ~ August 29, 2024

Posted Date: 8/29/24 (3:51 PM)

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August 29, 2024

Inside this Newsletter

Welcome from BHS Principal
Class schedules go live today at 3 p.m.
Important Reminders
Show off your Spartan Pride
School Picture Day is September 11
BHS Calendar

Welcome back, Spartan Families!

And an especially warm welcome to our incoming 9th grade and New to BISD families!

It is going to be a great year! We are very excited to be rolling out several building-wide initiatives to help create enhanced predictability, consistency, and structure across our large school. We know that students achieve their best when these key elements are in place. Students will be learning from their teachers on Tuesday about these initiatives and our expectations.

Highlights of initiatives for this school year include:

our building-wide cell phone policy found here
a digital hall pass program called SmartPass requiring students to sign out of their classroom when they are leaving. This program will help us track and adapt to both the number of students out of class at a time as well as the duration of missed instructional minutes when students need to leave class.
And finally, we have created a new school-wide course that will take place each Tuesday for 75 minutes. This course is called Culture, Community, and Self (CCS). Students will earn credit and a grade for this course like they do for all of their high school courses. A syllabus will be shared on the first day.

As always, we value your partnership! Please don't hesitate to reach out to us with questions.

Go Spartans!

Kristina Rodgers, BHS Principal

Class schedules go live today at 3 p.m.

Student schedules will be live in Skyward Family Access (using student login) at 3 p.m. Students with a “contact counselor” on their schedule should contact their assigned counselor via email or phone to resolve the issue. Schedules are tight this year. Therefore, counselors will only meet with students that do not have a full schedule and students that are incorrectly placed in a math or world language class. There will be no preferential schedule changes made for students. Student schedules are based on student requests done last spring and, in some cases, students did receive one of their alternate elective choices.

PLEASE NOTE: Students may need to reset their Skyward password before accessing schedules.

Important Reminders

School starts September 3!

Spartan Startup (9th & new to BISD only) starts at 8:45 a.m.
Everyone else starts at 10:45 a.m.
Here is the First Day of School schedule
Starting Wednesday, we will follow the Regular Bell Schedule
For Parents--PTSO meet & greet in BHS Library from 9-10 a.m.

Show off your Spartan Pride!

Spartan spirit wear is available for purchase now through September 3! Click here to grab yours. Youth sizes are available as well. Orders will be shipped directly to your homes 3-4 weeks after the site closes.

School Picture Day is September 11

Students will take their picture during their English class. Running Start students or students without an English class may go to Paski Gym any time between between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Retake/Make Up Day will be held on October 16.

BHS Calendar

SEPTEMBER

2: Labor Day (BISD Closed)

3: BHS Spartan Start-Up, First Day of School

10: PTSO General Meeting @ 7 p.m.

11: School Picture Day

OCTOBER

9: 9th/12th Gr. Parent Nights, BHS Open House

18: Homecoming Assembly/Football Game

19: Homecoming Dance

Non-Discrimination 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 or 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. The following employee has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Kristen Haizlip, Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator and Gender Inclusive Schools Coordinator, 8489 Madison Ave. N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110; 206-780-1058; khaizlip@bisd303.org