BSD Staff Updates

• VR Groundbreaking
• AJ Demolition
• AJ Groundbreaking
• AJ Interim Campus - first day of school

You can also see highlight photos and get updates for both schools and our interim campus in the "Bond" section of the District website!

English and Spanish Flyers here!

The application window is now open for the Fall 2025 Bremerton Schools & Foundation Classroom Grants! The deadline is October 31, 2025. Click here for details and to complete the (quick and easy!) Google Form application. Please direct questions to: grants@Bremertonsaf.org.

The new Communications Hub is your "one shop stop" for all things communication. We will continue to add helpful communications resources! We invite you to check it out and let us know what you think. If you have questions or suggestions for the Communication Hub, please email communications@bremertonschools.org. Thanks!

We invite you to help us tell the District's many great stories! The Communications Portal has links to several Google Forms created to make it quick and easy for you to share the amazing things happening in your classrooms and schools. Our goal is to streamline the process to make it quick and easy for all staff to share so we can highlight student successes, celebrate staff, and showcase the great work happening across our district. We encourage you to submit your stories, photos, and updates via the District Spotlight Google Form so we can share them with our community through our newsletters, social media, and website.

Staff are included in the three newsletters produced every month:

• BSD Family Updates: Nuts & bolts information for students, families & staff (1x/month) View archives.
• We Are Bremerton: BSD's monthly community e-newsletter. View archives.
• BSD Staff Updates newsletter: Distributed a week after every board meeting (so some months it is produced twice, other months it comes out just once.) View archives.

Staff are included in the distribution of all of these newsletters and do not need to subscribe. But anyone can subscribe here.

BHS newsletters: Are you interested in keeping up on all the events and activities at BHS? Anyone can subscribe to the two BHS weekly newsletters as well!

• September 15 - October 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month
• October: School Principals Month & Disabilities Awareness Month
• Monday, October 13: Indigenous People's Day - no school
• Friday, October 31: Conference preparation for teachers - non-student day

November 14, 15 at 7:00PM

November 16 at 2:00PM

Tickets: $12 General Admission; $5 ASB or Senior

Check out the flyer here!

The board approved the 2025–2026 Board–Superintendent Priorities, which align directly to the District’s five-year Strategic Plan. These annual priorities focus on fiscal solvency and sustainability, student belonging and achievement, and a high-functioning governance team.

The Student Representatives Evelyn Bevers (Junior) and Quincy Robinson (Senior) gave their first update to the board for SY 2025-26 (see photo).

POLICY NEWS:

The following forms have been updated and are required per Policy and Procedure 2320/2320P, Field Trips, Excursions, and Outdoor Education.

OTHER NEWS:

The 2025/2026 Board Meeting Schedule was revised to change the July meeting date from July 9th to July 23rd.

The revised 2025-26 Sub/On-Call Rates were approved by the board.

Questions about board highlights or the board website "Community?" Please contact marlaina.simmons@bremertonschools.org.

Join us in-person or online!

We are working to get the District logo updated on everything from letterhead to building signage. It will take some time to get all of the logos updated! We encourage staff to begin using the new logo/font as documents are created or updated.

Staff are encouraged but not required to use the new District font. To add it to your fonts in Google:

You're Invited! Join us for a day of creativity, play, and community at the Kitsap Children’s Museum World Wide Day of Play Event!

Saturday, September 28th

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Norm Dicks Government Center, Downtown Bremerton

In celebration of the Worldwide Day of Play, we’re partnering with the Association of Children’s Museums and Nickelodeon to bring you “Box City” , a hands-on experience where kids and families work together to design and build a miniature city using cardboard boxes and craft materials.

See the Flyer here!

Addressing Youth Mental Health & Gun Violence

The Kitsap County Council for Civil Rights will be hosting a forum on mental healthand gun violence. This is an opportunity for the community to take a closer look at these issues, identify the correlation between them, and create solutions to decrease gun violence among youth in Kitsap.

Takes Place: Monday, September 29th, 6:00PM-7:30PM at the Commissioners Chambers County Administrative Building, 619 Division St., Port Orchard.

See the flyer here!

Applications are now open for the 2025–2026 Ready WA Student Storyteller Program! We’re looking for high school juniors, seniors, and first-year postsecondary students to join the new cohort and share their stories.

Deadline to apply is October 10.

Teachers and students can find out more information here!

The UW’s Master of Arts in Applied Child & Adolescent Psychology Degree is tailor-made for those driven to make a difference in the lives of youth. You will gain the knowledge and skills needed to positively influence child development, ensuring brighter futures for the next generation.

Applications are open through December 1st, 2025! Take a look at the program flyer here.

Email: communications@bremertonschools.org

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Phone: 360-473-1000
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Armin Jahr Elementary students celebrate the groundbreaking at the Dibb Street campus construction site on 9/22/25.