Halilts Newsletter: September 22, 2025

Our photographer is scheduled to take school photos the morning of Wednesday, September 24th.

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

Picture retakes will be on Thursday, October 23rd.

Join us for an unforgettable Harvest Festival, outside at Halilts, where fall flavors and family fun come together! This celebration of community harvests and the fall season will take place September 26th, from 4:30-6:30pm. 

Taste the Season Inside: BISD Food & Nutrition Services will serve up a special harvest menu of pumpkin soup, focaccia, and apple cider that will feature fresh ingredients from our very own school garden and pumpkins from our neighbors at Suyematsu Farm, just down the street!

Explore & Create Outside: Grind grains, craft autumn keepsakes, discover what's growing in our garden, and let your creativity bloom at our hands-on learning stations. Kids will love the bubbles, face painting, mini-pumpkin painting, and photo booth memories!

NEW This Year: Our exciting mini-farmer's market will showcase local farms—meet the growers and learn about the amazing harvests and organizations happening right in our community! 

Field Day Fun: Race through games on the field and cheer on participants!

Share Your Harvest: Do you have delicious apples, pears, or other produce in excess on your property? Save them from going to waste by signing up and bringing them to our sharable harvest table! Any abundance will be donated to Helpline House!

All the magic happens before sunset, creating the perfect autumn afternoon for Halilts families.

Here's where YOU come in—we need amazing volunteers to make this harvest dream a reality! Sign up below and let us know how you'd like to be part of the harvest magic!

Our health room provides dry clothes for students who need a change of clothes. With the recent wet weather. We are requesting sweatpants and leggings only. All soft pants of any size would be a great help!

If you have any gently used clothing you are no longer using, please consider donating them to the health room. We would appreciate it! 

Deciding whether your child should stay home can be tough. This guide helps you recognize key symptoms and know when it’s best to keep your child home to rest, recover, and prevent spreading illness to others.

Bainbridge Island School District offers services to students who have been identified as highly capable. Highly capable students are those who perform or show potential for performing at significantly advanced academic levels. Services are provided for students in grades K - 12.

Fall Referral Window: September 29–October 10, 2025. Highly Capable (HC) referrals are welcome during our fall window for students new to our district (since February 2025) in grades 1–11. (Referrals for Kindergarten and currently enrolled BISD students will open during our spring window.)

If you’d like your student considered for HC services, please visit our BISD Highly Capable page for the timeline, program details, and the referral form.

Please complete the BISD referral and email documentation (e.g., assessment scores, grades, placement letters) to Whitney Skarbek at wskarbek@bisd303.org.

Deadline: Submit the referral (and any supporting documents, if applicable) by end of day Friday, October 10, 2025.

Questions or need assistance? Contact Whitney Skarbek at wskarbek@bisd303.org.

24: Picture Day!

25: School Board Meeting @ 5:45

26: Harvest Fair from 4:30pm-6:00pm

9: School Board Meeting @ 5:45

10: PTO Meeting @ 9:00 am in Halilts Library

15: Unity Day - Wear Orange

21: Picture Retakes

24: Move-a-thon!

30: School Board Meeting @ 5:45

30-31: Conferences - No School