Ben's Buzz: Arrival, Dismissal and Logistical Details

Arrival, Dismissal and Morning Care Announcements from BFCCPS

Summer Updates from BFCCPS

Today's Ben's Buzz Summer Update includes details about arrival and dismissal, as well as sign up information for our Morning Care Program.

I hope that you are having a wonderful summer, don't forget to send a post card to us in the front office so that we can see what you all have been up to!

Please save the date for our annual Back to School Picnic hosted by the PCO. The event will be held Monday, August 29th from 5-7 PM. The picnic is a great opportunity to catch up with your BFCCPS friends and welcome new students and their families too. You can pick up your Bus Passes and your Yearbooks during the event. We hope to see you there!

Front Office Summer Hours:

The front office will be open from 9 to 3pm Monday through Thursday (closed Fridays). Normal business hours will resume the week of August 22, 2016.

Pick Up and Drop Off at BFCCPS
Arrivals Grades K-5:

The school day begins at 9:00 for students in Grades K-5. Parents who drop their children off here at school may do so beginning at 8:45 am. Please note that students who have not arrived by 9:00 am will be marked tardy.

Please note: If you need childcare coverage before 8:45 am, morning care will be available beginning at 7:30 am and signups are now available.

Arrivals Grades 6-8:

The school day begins at 8:15 for students in Grades 6-8. Parents who drop their children off here at school may do so beginning at 8:00 am. Please note that students who have not arrived by 8:20 am will be marked tardy.

If you need childcare coverage before 8:00 am, morning care will be available beginning at 7:30 am. Sign ups for our Morning Care program are now available. As a reminder, the building does not open until 7:30 am. Students can not arrive at school prior to 7:30 am.

This short video will show you how to complete the drop-off process, please note that the traffic patterns differ depending on what time you arrive to the school.

Morning Arrivals at BFCCPS

Dismissal:

Dismissal is at 3:05 PM. At that time, students who take the bus will be escorted to the auditorium to wait for their bus to be called.

If you pick your student up by car at the school you can pickup via our Express Line. This short video will show you exactly how this process works.

Express Pickup at BFCCPS

Alternately, you may choose to come to the school for Courtyard Pickup at 3:20 PM. You will need to park your car in the parking lot and walk across to the courtyard to meet your child.

Morning Care:

Before school care is offered daily for students in grades K-8. K-5 before school care is offered from 7:30 - 8:45 and will be located in the Art Room, the Library, or elementary classrooms.

You can find the scheduled daily locations below:

	M	T	W	Th	F
7:30- 8	Art	Art	Art	Art	Art
8 - 8:45	Art	Art	Art	Library/Tech.	Library/Tech.

6th-8th grade before school care is offered 7:30- 8:00 in the 7th and 8th grade classrooms.

Programming includes homework help, ongoing art projects, quiet games, silent reading and outdoor play. All activities are led and supervised by BFCCPS teachers and staff. A parent/guardian is required to accompany and sign-in their child(ren) in grades K-4. Students in 5th through 8th grades may sign-in on their own.

For families in need of morning care on a regular basis, BFCCPS asks that students register with the school and make payments either in whole prior to the start of the school year or in two payments: 50% at sign up, with balance due January 15, 2016. There are three enrollment options:

OPTION 1: For 1, 2, or 3 days of morning care, $325 per child
OPTION 2: For 4 or 5 days, $450 per child
OPTION 3: $600 per family (2 or more children, any number of days)

MORNING CARE BEGINS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, TUESDAY AUGUST 30th, 2016.

For families needing morning care from time to time, but not on a regular basis, a drop-in option is available for $5 per child per day. Checks can be made to BFCCPS. Cash is not accepted.

To register your child(ren) please complete the form below. Each child must be registered individually.

Learn More and Complete Form Online

After School Care:

In the event that you need after-school care, BFCCPS students are currently attending before and after-school programs at the YMCA Bernon Family Branch, Elemen-Tree House, Adirondack Club: Active Kids, and Franklin Solutions. Each of these programs offer bus transportation from our school to their location.

Please note: We encourage you to complete the enrollment process for these programs as soon as possible as several programs have limited availability.

Bus Transportation at BFCCPS

Franklin Residents:

Schedules for Franklin students will be posted on the Franklin School District website by August 15th.

Bus passes will be available at the Family Picnic on August 29, 2016 or can be picked up in the office beginning on September 1st between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm.

Franklin Middle School Bus Service
For students in Grades 6, 7 and 8:

Students in the 6th Grade are eligible to ride the bus free of charge as long as they reside 2 miles from BFCCPS. Students in Grades 7 & 8 are subject to Franklin Public Schoo's pay to ride fee structure. Please click here for information on the Fee Structure and how to pay.

BFCCPS Middle School Students can catch the Franklin High School bus in their neighborhood in the morning and get off at the High School. They will transfer to another bus which transports them to BFCCPS for arrival by 7:30am.(Mrs. Schwab will be there to greet all students to assist them in the transfer process the first few days.) Students will attend Before School Care until 8 am. BFCCPS does not charge a morning care fee for Grades 6-8 students that take the bus. Please use the Morning Care form to Register them and indicate that they are Middle School bus riders.

Regional Bus Service:

Regional bus service is being finalized and we will reach out to regional families directly with more details ASAP.

Arrival and Dismissal Forms:

The arrival and dismissal form will be sent to you electronically as soon as the bus schedules have been published. This form will let us know how your students will be arriving and departing school each day.

Please note that this mandatory form will be due before the first day of school on Tuesday, August 30th.

BFCCPS Parent Community Organization

Every parent is automatically a member of our PCO. You can learn more about the organization on this page.

Please visit our online form to indicate any volunteer opportunities that interest you, we'd love to have you join us wherever you might be able to help out!

Sign Up Today

BFCCPS Health Office

Families of students with Life Threatening Allergies should make an appointment with the Health Office using the previously provided Helper-Signup Link. These short 30 minute appointments will ensure that all of the required paperwork for your student's IHP and medication orders are in place before the start of the school year.

The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School

508-541-3434 | www.bfccps.org