Halilts Newsletter: August 26, 2024

Happy Monday, Orca families!

The staff is back in full swing: preparing, learning, planning, and setting-up. The energy in the building is joyful with lots of laughter and happy greetings! The staff genuinely like each other and are happy to be returning to a routine. It has been fun for me to experience!

x̌alilc will send out a Newsletter every Monday. This is the best place to check for important dates, information and helpful links.

Our very involved and supportive PTO is busy planning! Watch out for more information on all our events and for tables set-up with new Orca wear. I was able to get my first x̌alilc Orca sweatshirt on Sunday at the event for our new Kinder friends. Our PTO leaders are passionate in their support of x̌alilc and would love your involvement! You can do as little or as much as you are able and want as a PTO member. We'd love to have you!

As our staff meets together tomorrow, we will be working on our values and beliefs about education, teaching, and learning. We will revisit our collective beliefs and values throughout the year. I wonder what your values would be? What would your student say? My guess is, we would all be pretty closely aligned. Our goal is to have those values and beliefs sustain and drive us through our year of growth and learning together!

We look forward to our Open House on Friday, August 30th from 9am-10am! Your students' teachers are creating warm and welcoming spaces and classrooms. I have had many conversations about why they are designing their spaces with the intention they are. All conversations have come around to... "I want our students to feel safe, welcome, and excited to be here!"

We are going to have a wonderful year together swimming along in our big x̌alilc Orca family!

See you around very soon!

Rhonda Walton

Your student’s class placement is available on Skyward Family Access. Sign-in to see your student's teacher. Kindergarten families be sure to sign-up for you WA Kids Conference.

Remember, you cannot see their teacher until you have completed the ABC process! 

Please join us Friday, August 30th from 9am-10am to visit students' classroom and meet teachers.

The PTO will be on site with Halilts spirit wear. Bring cash, check or credit card to buy a t-shirt or sweatshirt for your Orca for the year ahead!

Tuesday, September 17th

All Families: Help us make sure students arrive to their after school location safely! Fill out this Transportation Plan for EACH student in your household as soon as possible.

Families will need to provide transportation to play dates and other after school activities.

If you need to change your student's transportation plan, please email, call, or send in a note prior to 12:30pm on Monday and 2:00pm Tuesday to Friday. Our preference is an email to halbus@bisd303.org We will respond to your email, but are unable to confirm messages or notes

Thank you so much for filling out this form and talking to your student about their normal end of the day plan. It helps dismissal run smoothly!

Bus Routes are posted online here. Please contact transportation directly with any questions. (206) 842-4641 or Transportation@bisd303.org

On behalf of the PTO, we hope everyone had a great summer and is ready to get this school year underway! We have lots of fun new events and activities planned this fall, and we can't wait to connect with our community. See below for a few highlights of new things happening soon!

We are bringing back after school clubs! This fall the PTO is partnering with IslandHoops and Bainbridge Chess to offer after school activities. We hope to expand these clubs throughout the year if our community likes these types of opportunities. 

We have a fresh batch of BayHay spirit gear in new colors available for purchase directly from the PTO this fall! We will be selling these items at Meet and Greet on August 30 and on back to school night. Bring cash, check or card to take some home!

Kate March & Annalisa Alberti

x̌alilc (Halilts) PTO Co-Presidents

Learn more at: https://bainbridgeptos.org/halilts/

Thanks to our amazing PTO for suppling all students their schools supplies for the year.

Here are the school supplies your family should supply:

Thanks to our amazing community for your generosity!

BISD uses ParentSquare to share district and school communications (such as this newsletter) with our families, staff and the community.

All parents/guardians with a student in our school system can set up their ParentSquare account using the same email address listed in Skyward/Family Access. This document walks you through the necessary steps.

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23: Class Lists Available in Skyward

25: Kindergarten Popsicle Party @ 2:00 p.m.

30: Meet & Greet @ 9 a.m.

2: Labor Day (BISD Closed)

3: First day of school for grades 1-4

6: First day for kindergarten students

10: First day for preschool students

25: School Pictures