News, Information and Updates for Bremerton School District staff.

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Policy News

The Board adopted five revised policies that fall under the 1000 series, Legal Status & Operation.

• Policy 1733; Board Member Compensation
• Policy 1810; Annual Governance Goals and Objectives
• Policy 1820; Board Self-Assessment
• Policy 1822; Training & Development for Board Members
• Policy 1830; Participation in School Board’s Association

New procedures went to the Board at the March 4th Board meeting:

· 1620P; The Board-Superintendent Relationship

· 1731P, Board Member Expenses

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After a long hiatus from sports, Season 1 finally opened on February 1st in Washington state. These traditional high school fall sports included Cross Country, Football, Girls Soccer, Girls Swim, and Volleyball. The Board received a report from Bremerton High School Athletic Director Casey Lindberg on the state of current Athletics & Activities. He reported that participation was higher than expected and the teams enjoyed a great season, which spanned seven weeks. Season 2 sports (traditional spring sports) began March 15th and will end on May 1.

The Board approved the updated Superintendent's contract, extending its duration until June 30, 2024, and approved the Letter of Agreement bringing school nurses into the fold of the Bremerton Professional Education Association (BPEA).

Study Session

The Board spent Thursday afternoon in a special session to look at the benefits of a balanced calendar and discussed exploring more options to benefit all students as children and staff return to the buildings.

To view any of these documents, you may also visit https://go.boarddocs.com/wa/wabrsd/Board.nsf/Public#.

Compiled by Ioanna Cossack, Board Secretary

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Please note that there are three tabs on the top of all home pages that puts the most current information at your fingertips:

• District Updates & Announcements
• 2020-21 / COVID-19 information
• BSD Family Update Newsletter

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We are offering a blended learning Red Cross CPR/AED course. This will be in two parts, an online course that will take roughly 2.5 hours to complete and an in-person skills session. The online portion must be completed prior to attending the skills session.

There is a completion certificate at the end of your online course that can be emailed to Ioanna Cossack (ioanna.cossack@bremertonschools.org) for proof of completion. The skills session will be hands-on with the manikins. Please be aware that these skills do include ventilations during CPR and the requirement to be able to kneel on the floor for at least 2 minutes while providing compressions. All of the equipment is sanitized for your protection and you will not be sharing equipment with anyone else during your skill session.

The skills session with the instructor will take approximately 45 minutes, and these will begin on Wednesday, March 24th. To keep the number of participants limited in the classroom (Curriculum Library, Administration Bldg.), we will schedule probably three classes throughout Wednesday afternoon, beginning at 12:30 p.m.

If you're interested in taking the first class and will be available March 24th or March 31st, then let Ioanna know and she will get your names to Chriss Kuykendahl who will be teaching this first set of classes and will set up the schedule. If you are wondering whether it is required that you have CPR and First Aid, please check out the instructions below to get that information from Skyward.

If you'd like to take the classes but are not required by the District, please let Ioanna know and she will find out what the cost is. Thank you.

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On March 13, Bremerton School District Transportation Director Marco DiCicco and BHS teachers Wendy McPheters and Max Karler participated in the VIRTUAL Seattle Hot Chocolate 5K - and invited some BHS music students to join them!

While they all would have preferred to run/walk in the REAL event, they had fun at the virtual event - and celebrated with hot chocolate at the finish!

Wendy said that it was a beautiful day for a walk and run, and it was great to see smiling faces (behind masks) of their students!

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Bremerton High School had a number of winners in the 2021 Olympic ESD 114 Regional High School Art Show.

• “From the Inside Looking Out” by Allison McMartin is the winner of the 2021 People’s Choice Award. Her piece received the most votes from visitors to the online High School Art Show. Allison will receive a $200.00 purchase award and her piece will be professionally prepared and added to Olympic ESD 114’s High School Art Gallery.

• “Hands” by Sandra de Moura has been selected as a Regional Winner and will advance to the state-level Superintendent’s High School Art Show at Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
• “A Pause” by Clover Navarro has been selected as a Regional Winner and will advance to the state-level Superintendent’s High School Art Show at Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
• "Second Dive" by Chloe Painter has been selected as a Regional Winner and will advance to the state-level Superintendent’s High School Art Show at Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
• "Dive" by Chloe Painter has been selected by Central Washington University to receive a $2000.00 Scholarship Award.

Please visit the Padlet Awards page to view the winning artwork. All entries to the Olympic ESD 114 Art Show can be viewed in the Online Art Gallery.

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OSPI: FAQ on school employee vaccine priority

FAQ: Kaiser Permanente's “Get Ready” COVID Vaccination Plan

KPHD's COVID vaccine information page

CovidVaccineWA.org

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• Soccer
• XC
• Swimming
• Volleyball
• Cheer & Drill
• Football

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• Learn more about the WIAA Return-to-Activity guidelines.
• View the WIAA Sports Season schedule.

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