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September 2012, Vol. 2, Iss. 23
Movie Night Canceled
Picture Make Up Day
October Lunch Orders
Harvest Festival
Room Parent Sign Up
BFF Policy Q&A Forum
Spirit Day
BFA Cooks!
Boy Scouts at BFA
Stick with Name Bubbles

Important Dates

Back to School Night (K-3):

     6-9 p.m., Sept. 19

Preschool Picture Days:

     Sept. 19 and 20

Picture Make Up Day:

     Sept. 20

October Lunch Orders Due:

     Sept. 21   

Harvest Festival:

     Sept. 22  

Back to School Night (4-7):

     Sept. 25

PAC Policy Q&A Forum:

     Sept. 26

Spirit Day:

     Sept. 28

STEM Expo:

     Sept. 28 

Boy Scouts Join Night:

     Oct. 1

 

Upcoming Meetings

STEM Committee:  

     Oct. 3

School Accountability Committee:

     Oct. 4

Parent Teacher Organization:

     Oct. 4

Finance Committee:

     Oct. 8

Board of Directors:

     Oct. 9  

Parent Advisory Committee:

    Oct. 11 

 

Ben Franklin Academy

Address: 2270 Plaza Drive

Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

Main Office: (720) 383-4519
Main Office Email: [email protected]

Attendance: (720) 432-9239 

Attendance Email:
[email protected]

Fax:  (303) 974-1738

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Dear Parents,

Congratulations to Jason Cochrane, Academic Director, one of this year's Great-West Great-Teachers� Grant Recipients!  

He will be awarded a $5,000 grant for the 2012-13 school year to start or enhance personal financial literacy programs in the classroom.

 

Specifically, Jason's grant will be used to enhance a unit on energy conservation. The grant program, Finances Electrify Energy Conservation: Does Renewable Energy Make Cents?, is a unique interdisciplinary, real-world approach to teaching personal and professional, short- and long-term financial skills. It combines mathematics, social studies and science through classroom lessons, real-world simulations, a field trip and guest speaker to explore the key concepts of credit, savings, investing, ratios and renewable energy in making real-world personal and professional financial decisions. Jason plans to use his grant to purchase books, hardware and software for iPads, as well as cover field trip costs to increase financial literacy in Ben Franklin Academy's 6th grade classrooms.   

 

Whether it's called financial literacy, personal finance or money management, young people need to know how to balance a checkbook, save for future needs and get the most for their money.  Great-West Great-Teachers� financial literacy grant initiative is designed to financially assist Colorado educators in teaching their students the basics and beyond.  For more information, click here.

Movie Night Canceled          

Please note that Movie Night, scheduled for today, Friday, Sept. 14, has been canceled.  The Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. 

Picture Make Up Day   

For those who were unable to attend Registration Day, picture make up day is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 20.  For a picture order form, click here.  Dress for pictures is uniform of choice.  Parents also can attend picture make up day to obtain the photo necessary for their volunteer badge.

 

Please note: Picture make up day is only for those who could not attend Registration Day.  Picture retakes (e.g., for those who don't like their school pictures and would prefer to retake them) will be scheduled at a later date.

October Lunch Orders Due Sept. 21 

Don't forget: The last day to order lunch for October is Friday, Sept. 21.  Please note: We are unable to process late orders this year for pizza and beverages.  

Harvest Festival         

Our annual Harvest Festival will be from 5-8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 22, at Ben Franklin Academy.  The Harvest Festival will include hayrides, a cake walk, face painting and carnival games.  What you need to know:  

  • Tickets are $5 per person or $20 per family.  You can purchase tickets in advance online through the BFA Store.  The deadline to purchase advance tickets is Tuesday, Sept. 18.  Tickets purchased at the door are $5 per person (family discount not available).
  • Your admission fee includes all games, prizes, rides and bouncy houses, as well as water, lemonade, mini muffins, popcorn and cookies.
  • You can pre-order a whole cheese or pepperoni pizza from Anthony's Pizza through the BFA Store (deadline is Sept. 18) for dinner.  You also may purchase pizza slices from Anthony's the night of the festival.
  • No costumes.
  • We are currently looking for volunteers, so if you are available to help, sign up via SignUpGenius.  In addition, those who sign up to help with the Harvest Festival's event parking will get credit toward their car pool volunteer hours.  Keep an eye out for a message regarding event parking sign up. 
  • For additional information, be sure to check your child's Thursday folder or click here.

Room Parent Sign Up   

If you are interested in becoming a Room Parent for your child's class, go to the Teacher Pages tab on the Ben Franklin Academy website.  Click on the grade, and locate your teacher's name.  Under the teacher's name will be a link to a SignUpGenius where you can submit your information.  Teachers will be choosing their committees after Back to School Night in September.  For questions, please email Room Parents.

BFF Policy Q&A Forum    

Please join the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) for a Ben Franklin Friends (BFF) Policy Q&A Forum from 9-10 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the BFA Middle School Commons Area.  Bring your favorite early morning beverage, and join other BFA parents for this social. The BFA Baking Committee will be providing snacks. 

Principal Bob Barber
, as well as Ben Franklin Academy Board Members Jason Sanders and Jason Sunahara will be on hand to answer questions. Hope you can join us, and children are welcome!  Email the PAC
 with any questions.

Spirit Day      

This year, we will have Spirit Day once a month.  The first Spirit Day will be Friday, Sept. 28.

 

Students are allowed to wear a spirit wear T-shirt along with their uniform bottoms of choice.  T-shirts can be purchased online through the BFA Store.  Check out the new Lightning Bolt logo T-shirt here!

BFA Cooks!  

The Baking Committee is putting together a cookbook of their favorite recipes, and it will be available for purchase in November.  If you would like to submit a recipe, go to G&R Publishing.  Log in with username BFA.recipe and password bake2012The deadline to submit recipes is Monday, Oct. 1.  Contact Kelli Stratton, Baking Committee, with any questions.

BSA@BFA   

The Boy Scouts are coming to Ben Franklin Academy!   

  • Join Night is at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 1, in the Middle School Commons Room for all interested students and parents.   
  • Parent Information Night (this is a parent-only meeting) is at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 8.   
  • The first den meeting is at 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 15.   

The Boy Scouts also will be available for questions at both Back to School Nights.  For more information, click here.  

Stick with Name Bubbles   

Never lose your kid's stuff again (or at least find it easily in the Lost and Found)!  You can with Name Bubbles - personalized, self-adhesive labels that are fun, durable and made to stay put through the laundry and dishwasher. When you buy Name Bubbles, 20 percent of the proceeds go directly to Ben Franklin Academy!  

 

To order, go to NameBubbles.com, and choose your favorite labels. Most importantly, enter BFA2012 in the Promotional Code section when you are ready to purchase, and click "Apply" to activate the code, as this is how the school receives credit for its sales.  

 

You can order Name Bubbles any time throughout the year, but get your order in before Sunday, Sept. 30,
to be included in our fall fundraising check (the next check isn't cut until April).  For more information, click here.  

Sincerely,  

 

Bob Barber 

Principal

Ben Franklin Academy