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Sensory Processing Part 3: Disorder Kids or a Disordered World?
October is National Sensory Awareness Month. As part of this national education effort, Inside Bainbridge is publishing a series on Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), citing the latest research,...
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Gov. Inslee Letter Calls Owen’s Playground ‘A Beautiful Tribute to a Special...
On Saturday (September 20) afternoon’s groundbreaking ceremony for Owen’s Playground at the Rotary Fields on Weaver, Jay Kinney of the Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Parks & Recreation Board read...
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The Pumpkin Walk: My Favorite Fall Night on Bainbridge
One of the pleasures of being a parent on Bainbridge is having an “excuse” to go to the annual Pumpkin Walk at Bainbridge Gardens, which this year is this Friday and Saturday, October 17-18, from 6 to...
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A Bloody Bainbridge Bullet List of Hellacious Halloween Happenings
Get ready for frightful fun on Bainbridge starting this weekend. The horrific Halloween hootenannies kick off Friday evening with the Pumpkin Walk at Bainbridge Gardens and Spooky Woods Walk at Battle...
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Letter to the Editor: Why Kids Need Recess
I’ve been listening in on the national conversation about the amount of time that children spend at recess or in unstructured play and have come to believe that there is a big piece of the...
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Grown-ups Bully Too—Community Leaders Weigh in with Their Insights for Adults
Today, October 22, is Unity Day, the national campaign to raise awareness about bullying. Kids at Bainbridge schools dressed in orange to show their opposition to bullying and their desire to stand...
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A Talk with Ferry Baby Zoë’s Dad
The latest Washington State Ferries (WSF) baby was born last Wednesday morning, October 22, on the Bainbridge Island boat to Seattle. I had a chance to talk with baby Zoë’s father, Chris Hammond, to...
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Bainbridge Youth Services Turns 50, Tells Powerful Stories About At-Risk Youth
More than 150 people attended the Bainbridge Youth Services “Voices Heard” breakfast October 29 celebrating the organization’s 50 years spent providing services to the Island’s youth. The event, held...
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Ferry Baby Zoë’s Family Meets Captain & Crew Who Assisted with Birth
A local celebrity was aboard the 9:35 a.m. ferry on Saturday. But unlike most celebrity appearances, this little star slept through the whole thing. Baby Zoë and her parents Christina and Chris...
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Two New Community Resources: One for Tweens/Teens, One About Mental Illness
Bainbridge Islanders can avail themselves of two new resources. One is the Resource Guide for Bainbridge Island Teens and Tweens. The other is How to Get Help in Kitsap County. The Resource Guide is...
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Parenting Right in the Middle: New Program to Help Bainbridge Parents of Tweens
The Bainbridge Island School District, Hyla Middle School, and Raising Resilience have partnered to help parents with that often troublesome and yet overlooked middle age: the Tween years (grades 5...
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Islander Kate Matthews Earns Highest Girl Scout Honor
Bainbridge High School senior Kate Matthews is a member of a small, elite group: the 5 percent or so of Girl Scouts who achieve scouting’s highest honor, the Gold Award. The award itself is not much...
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Bainbridge Island Youth Shine Sunday in Spotlight of Compassionate Action Awards
It should be no surprise that on an Island with such high volunteerism, our young people so eagerly take up the call of compassionate action. The service of 100 such local teens and tweens was honored...
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Parenting Right in the Middle Series Kickoff Draws Large Crowd of Parents of...
More than 140 parents of tweens (grades 5 through 8) braved the cold last Wednesday evening, December 3, to learn more about Warmhearted-Coolheaded Parenting at the Bainbridge High School Commons. The...
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Three Teens Killed Early This Morning in Seabeck Car Crash
At 3:16 this morning, January 11, four teenagers in a Toyota Corolla 4-door were leaving a party when their vehicle rolled over in the 6600 block of Seabeck-Holly Road NW. Kitsap County Sheriff’s...
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Are Bainbridge Island Kids Undervaccinated?
With an escalating Pertussis outbreak on Bainbridge Island and at least five confirmed cases of measles now in Washington state, vaccinating is on our collective minds. Here are some things to...
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National Ambassador for Kid’s Lit. Kate DiCamillo Visiting BI This Week
It’s not everyday that Bainbridge Island hosts an ambassador. But this Thursday, February 26, Kate DiCamillo, who is the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, will be paying a visit to...
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BHS Junior’s Star Rises Again and Life’s a Carousel
Sarah Mather, a junior at Bainbridge High School, is an actor, a dancer, a singer—and a rising star. Again. She was recently selected by Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre for the second year in a row to be...
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In Memory of Two Bainbridge Girls, Two Doctors Ask for Your Help to Fight Cancer
Not that long ago, Hannah Hunt and Katie Gerstenberger were two lovely, lively girls growing up on Bainbridge. Hunt loved animals, especially the family’s dogs and cats. She was a dancer and a soccer...
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Tween Experts Coming This Saturday to Unlock Secrets of 3 Key Topics
This Saturday, April 11, you can get the skinny from three tween topic experts who know all about the trifecta of local parent interests: (1) physical, emotional, and social tween development; (2)...
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Bainbridge Island Destination Imagination Team Going to Globals
Destination Imagination is not a new ride at the Epcot Center. Instead, it is a global program that challenges kids to use STEAM—science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics—to solve...
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Photo of the Day: Knighttime at Battle Point Park
Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2, about a dozen Boy Scout Troops from all over the county gathered at Battle Point Park for their annual Camporee. This year’s theme was Monty Python and the Holy...
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Meet Your 2015 Rotary Club Scholarship Winners
On May 4, the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island Announced the winners of its 2015 Community Service Scholarship Awards. These awards are given to Bainbridge-residing high school seniors “who have...
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Two St. Cecilia Students Take Top Honors in Kitsap County Law Day Essay Contest
Two of the three winners of this year’s Kitsap County Law Day essay contest are St. Cecilia students: Sam Maher finished second and Caroline Muma finished third in the 7th-9th Grade Category. Last...
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Owen’s Playground Phase II Launches with Money Raised by Local Kids
Owen’s Playground, the inclusive, barrier-free playground under construction at the Rotary Ballfields on Weaver, has completed Phase I fundraising and just launched Phase II. Phase I consisted of...
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Boys and Girls Club Is Already Growing Into Its New Space
Question: Where can you drop off your kid at the last minute on any afternoon of the school week for supervised homework and free time until 6:30 p.m. for just $10? (Not $10 an hour. $10 total.) The...
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Two Local Kids Among ‘Brightest Young Students’ in World
The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth annually conducts a Talent Search that consists of a rigorous above-grade test for second through eighth graders. Of the 33,000 students who...
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Who’s a Big Kid Now? KiDiMu Celebrates 10 in a Large Way
Kids Discovery Museum, better known as KiDiMu, is turning 10, and you’re invited to the Birthday Bash this Saturday, June 6. Executive Director Susie Burdick put it this way: “We are excited to invite...
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Get Ready to (Fun) Run for BYS
It’s official: Summer is about to begin. Your clue (other than the really obvious fantastic weather) is that it’s time to register for the Bainbridge Youth Services (BYS) 4th of July Fun Run. This...
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Big Kid/Little Kid Cooperation at El Velero Improves Everyone’s Español
The size discrepancy was in some cases shocking: kindergartners and first graders standing beside high school seniors, a few over six feet tall, hands over hearts, reciting the pledge of allegiance—to...
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Two Bainbridge Girl Scouts Get Gold at Award Gala
Islanders Carolyn Williams and Kate Matthews were honored at the June 7 Gold Award Gala at the Tacoma Art Museum for attaining the highest achievement in Girl Scouts, the Girl Scout Gold Award. Less...
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Eagle Harbor Student’s Scrap Metal Sculpture to Take Flight at Auction
Greg Millican is only 17 but he’s already got a reputation on the Island as a metal artist. He won a student art show for a metal hand he made. Then he took First Place in 3D Sculpture for his metal...
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More Than 900 Runners Sweat It out for Fun Run: See Who Won
The 36th Annual Bainbridge Youth Services Fun Run attracted more than 900 sweaty runners on what was, at 92 degrees, the hottest Seattle-area July 4th in recorded history. The event featured a 1-mile...
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Kitsap Community Foundation Spreads the Love: The Winning Orgs. and Students
The Kitsap Community Foundation’s annual competitive grant process cycle came to an end in May, and KCF gave out $88,000 to 26 Kitsap County nonprofits. KCF also awarded scholarships from six...
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Art to Kidnap Island Families This Saturday
Art is descending upon our little Island this Saturday, July 18, and taking over your entire family. The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA) and Kids Discovery Museum (KiDiMu) are teaming up to...
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Bainbridge Dad and Daughter to Be Honored by Coast Guard Tomorrow
The evening of August 31, 2014, Island father-daughter team Sean and Grace Meek were calmly fishing near Blakely Rock off Eagle Harbor. But within the next hour the two would have helped rescue eight...
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KiDiMu & Coates: New Interactive Solar Installation in the Works
There’s a new exhibit in the works at KiDiMu, and it is going to be the result of a collaboration between Coates Design Architects and community kids, supported by a kickoff grant from the D.V. and...
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Owen’s Playground Rocks: Photo Gallery
Owen’s Playground, the inclusive, barrier-free playground being built on Weaver, rocked out this week when artist Andre Pomeroy brought giant boulders from his quarry in Marblemount to help define the...
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Project Backpack 2015 Needs Your Packing Help
For 14 years Helpline House has managed Project Backpack, an effort to make sure kids in need on the Island get school supplies. Since 2000, nearly 1,400 students in need have started the school year...
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West Sound Academy Students to Host Music Festival Benefiting Trevor Project
In May, kids from West Sound Academy, the across-the-bridge 6-12 school attended by many Islanders, were awarded a North Kitsap-Poulsbo Rotary Club community service grant of $500 to support their...
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Link Crew Coming for BHS Freshmen (Has Nothing to Do with Rowing)
This Tuesday and Wednesday, August 18 and 19, Link Crew is coming to Bainbridge High School. No oar locks will be involved. Instead, 70 peer mentors will be trained to help incoming freshmen navigate...
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GLAM GALS, Beautiful on the Inside, Make Island Prettier on the Outside
GLAM GALS are a group of tweens and early teens intent on taking action to make things better around here. Their name, which has nothing to do with clothes or makeup, stands for Girls Living a More...
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These BHS Students Want Your Help Replacing the Hidden Cove Dock
The Hidden Cove Dock is the only public swimming float on Bainbridge. It provides water-level access for swimmers. It provides access even when the tides are low, unlike the Point White Pier. It...
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Make a Poster to Fight Youth Suicide
The League of Women Voters Kitsap is inviting young people between the ages of 10 and 20 to help raise awareness about youth suicide via a poster contest. The winning poster will be duplicated and...
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Bainbridge Org. Makes Sure Malala’s Story Gets Heard in Myanmar
In 2014, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person, at age 17, ever to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which she shared with Indian child labor opponent Kailash Satyarthi. The award recognized...
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Owen’s Playground Gets $50K Matching Gift Pledge—Make It Work
Owen’s Playground, the inclusive playground in Phase I of construction on Weaver Road, has a total fundraising goal of $350,000. Fundraisers are now poised to take a big leap toward that goal with a...
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Know Any Young People with Compassion?
It’s time to nominate compassionate youth for the 14th annual Bainbridge Youth Services Compassionate Action Award. Established by BYS in 2001, the award honors local kids, in grades 7 through 12, who...
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Haunted Hayrides Tonight and Tomorrow for Families Looking for a Thrill
The Bainbridge Island Park and Recreation District is doing something new this year. Tonight, October 26, and tomorrow night they are offering haunted hayrides for kids of all ages. Three wagons with...
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Salish Sea Expeditions Nabs First Place at Seattle Fast Pitch (Not Softball)
Bainbridge Island’s marine science education nonprofit, Salish Sea Expeditions, grabbed first place in the “established nonprofit” category at Social Venture Partners Fast Pitch‘s final showdown...
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Photo of the Day: BHS Junior Helps KHS
Bainbridge High School Junior Micaela Hogger did the unthinkable: She made $1,407.77 at a two-day garage sale. But this future business leader did more than just weave gold out of thread. She also...
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