Dear Ordway Families,
I hope this finds all of our families well and enjoying the beautiful autumn weather and foliage. It is so fun for me to see our Ordway Otters when I am out and about with my family and grandchildren at the various fall festivities on Bainbridge! Here at Ordway there is great excitement for October’s Unity Day, Boo-Bash and Pacific Science Center Day of Science - all school-wide events that children love. We love our volunteers and the PTO has some sign ups below for guardians to help with these upcoming events.
This is also the season for parent-teacher conferences. The upcoming November conferences provide an opportunity for you to engage with your child’s teacher, discuss progress, and perhaps discuss goals moving forward. Please watch for communications from your child’s teacher about scheduling these conferences later this month.
Best,
Debra
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JOSTENS SCHOOL PICTURES ARE READY |
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Your child's photos are ready for purchase: Please create an account at Jostenspix.com and preview the photos.
Event Code: FE211623
You will need your child's OtherID (Josten's calls it " Skyward Unique Student ID") Your student’s ID number can be found on Skyward under the tab STUDENT INFO and it is labeled as Other ID and begins with a Zero. Photos will be shipped directly to you. Class composite pictures are also available for purchase. Retakes/Make-ups will be held on the morning of Monday November 6.
The attached flier has additional information.
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PTO NEWS - VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES |
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October is a busy month at Ordway! 
Ordway Family Day at the pumpkin patch is on Sunday, Oct. 15. All day, Suyematsu Farm is offering Ordway families 10% off pumpkins, gourds, seasonal and ornamental squash. Wear spirit gear or let them know you are an Ordway family at check out.
Come together for a spooky good time at Ordway's Annual Boo Bash on the Friday, Oct. 20, from 5-7 p.m. All kids must be accompanied by an adult. Costumes encouraged. (No masks or accessories such as swords, wands or anything that could be used as a weapon.) Many volunteers are needed!
BOO BASH Volunteer
First school assembly of the year! Pacific Science Center will be on campus for a Science on Wheels presentation on Oct. 20. instead of students taking an all day field trip to PSC - they are coming to us! This is an excellent example of your donation dollars at work! Volunteers are needed to help classes during their exhibit time in the gym:
Every week students are creating amazing art and volunteers are needed to prepare their supplies and displays.
Volunteer in the Art Room
Volunteers are needed for hearing screening on Monday, Oct. 16 and Tuesday, Oct. 17
Volunteer for Vision and Hearing Screening
It’s time to go “All in for Otters”, as our Ordway community comes together to support our school, staff and students! With your support, the Ordway PTO funds  schoolwide and individual classroom needs. Your contributions support assemblies, field trips, teacher appreciation, classroom grants for materials and supplies, and much more! Don’t forget to get those donations in!
Donate to Ordway All in for Otters Fundraising Campaign!
Thank you to all those who have already donated - we appreciate you!
| OFFICE REMINDERS - SCHOOL DIRECTORY |
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Did you know that you must Opt-in to the online school directory?
The school directory is found in Skyward and you Opt-In in order to share your contact information with other families. So if a family would like to reach out to you about a birthday party or play date - this is where they go to find how to contact you. The Ordway office cannot release your information. If this is of interest to your family and you haven’t done so, below is a guide on how to do this.
This is not a requirement, but not everyone understands that this is a choice your family has to make. Families are defaulted out, until they opt-in during the ABC process. So if you would like to have your contact information available in the student directory on Skyward Family Access, for other families to see please refer to the attached tutorial.
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How to OPT-In to the Ordway School Directory
Dear Ordway Parents/Guardians of Students in Grades K, 1, 2 and 3.
Our School Nurse will be conducting the annual Health Screenings of Vision and Hearing for
grades K, 1, 2, & 3 on Monday and Tuesday, October 16th, and 17th, 2023.
The intent of this screening is to recognize any obvious visual or auditory deficits which could have an impact on your child's ability to learn in school. You will receive written results of your child's screening. A separate notification letter will be sent to parents if the results determine that a follow-up visit to your child’s health care provider is recommended.
If your child wears glasses, please make sure that they bring them to school on October 16th and 17th for their screening.
If you do not want your child screened, please let our school nurse, Carol Beard, know as soon as possible.
While 4th grade students are not required to be included in the health screening sessions, they can be screened by parent request – just let the nurse know if you would like your student screened.
Nurse Carol welcomes any questions you may have regarding the screening process and/or your child’s screening results. Please contact her on 206-780-1453 or at cbeard@bisd303.org
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HIGHLY CAPABLE REFERRALS - CLOSES OCT 13 |
Highly Capable (HC) Referral for new students to our District
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.
If your student is new to our district this fall, and you are interested in having them evaluated for our Highly Capable program, please visit our Highly Capable Webpage for more information. The referral window is open from September 29th to October 13th.
Highly Capable Webpage: https://www.bisd303.org/Page/10084
The referral process for all other returning students (Grades 1-11) and Kindergarten will occur in the Spring of this school year.
New to District HC Referral Process Timeline:
September 29-October 13: Referral window open
October 16-20: CogAT Testing
December: Results communicated with families
Please contact your school's highly capable teacher with any questions you may have.
OCTOBER
15 - ORDWAY PUMPKIN PATCH DAY AT SUYEMATSU'S - ALL DAY
16-17 - VISION AND HEARING SCREENING
18 - UNITY DAY -WEAR ORANGE ON THIS DAY!
20 - PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER ALL DAY VISIT
20 - BOO BASH - ORDWAY GYM
NOVEMBER
02-03 - CONFERENCES - NO SCHOOL
06 - SCHOOL PHOTO RETAKES
09 - VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY
10 - NO SCHOOL - VETERANS DAY
22-24 - THANKSGIVING BREAK
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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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